April 16-23 (Q2, L3) Caught in a Cave

Memory verse: “Let us not become weary in doing good.” GALATIANS 6:9, NIV
Lesson 3: Caught in a Cave (PDF)
Scriptures: 1 Samuel 18:5-9; 19:1-2, 11-12; 24:1-22 
Commentary: Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 649-659, 660-663

• When have you felt like hurting someone this week? Today? Right now?
• Instead of hurting Saul, David did something to show Saul that he loved him too much to hurt him. What will you do to show that person (the one you felt like hurting) that you love them too much to hurt them? 

April 9-16 (Q2, L2) Best Friends

Memory verse: “Jonathan...loved [David] as himself.” 1 SAMUEL 18:3, NIV
Lesson 2: Best Friends (PDF)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-5; 20:1-42
Commentary: Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 649-655

• How do I show my friends how much I love them?
• Who is someone who doesn't have many friends that I can be a friend to? What will I do to build a friendship with him or her?

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.