April 2-9 (Q2, L1) Just a Shepherd Boy?

Memory verse: “People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart” 1 SAMUEL 16:7, ICB
Lesson: Just a Shepherd Boy? (PDF)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Commentary: Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 637-642

• What other Bible stories tell about God finding big hopes in small people or things?
• This week, how can I help someone smaller than me know that she or he is important in God's eyes? What will I say or do to show that it's true?

If you have a sense of humor and a taste for the blues, here's a tune by Kevin Brusett called God Don't Care that reinforces this week's memory verse.