LESSON 20: HEARING GOD’S VOICE
THEME: The Story of Samuel and Eli (1 Samuel 3)
VOCABULARY: night, tired, laid, happened, voice, adopted, priest, thinking, calling, again, second (2nd), third, voice, servant, listening
STORY: There is a boy. His name is Samuel. Samuel is a good boy. Samuel was adopted by a priest named Eli. One night, Samuel was very tired. He laid down to sleep. While Samuel was sleeping, he heard someone call him. Thinking it was Eli calling him, Samuel got up and went to ask Eli what he wanted. Eli looked at him and said, ”I did not call you.” He told Samuel to go back to sleep. So Samuel went back to sleep. Again he heard someone call him, “Samuel!” He got up and went to Eli a second time. Eli again said, “I did not call you. Go back and lie down.” A third time the same thing happened. Samuel was confused. Samuel did not know the Lord, but Eli realized that Samuel was hearing God’s voice calling him. Eli told Samuel to answer God the next time the voice spoke. When Samuel heard someone calling him again, this time he said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” God told Samuel many things. From that night on, the Lord was with Samuel as he grew up.
ACTIVITIES:
- Review the vocabulary words. Listen to the Vocabulary File for pronunciation. Look up the meaning of any words you don’t know.
- Listen to Audio 1 as you read through the story.
- Listen to Audio 2 – Story with Questions as you read through the story and answer the questions.
- Think about the importance of hearing the Lord’s voice.
- Think about how everyone can hear from our Father.
- Can we hear from the Lord? (Yes)
- How does the Lord speak? (He speaks in many different ways.)
- How can we hear from God? (Listening, praying, reading our bible, focusing our thoughts on the Lord)
- Now you will take some time to listen to God.
- Quiet yourself.
- Play worship music quietly in the background. You will listen to the music and focus on what Jesus is saying to you. You can close their eyes if you want to.
- Focus on what you have learned, and pray to Jesus.
- Draw or write down the first thing that comes to your mind.
- Think about how this is one way we can hear from God.