Week 9 (August 1)

God Chooses David to Replace Saul

Link:
http://www.ask.com/

Link:
http://www.ajkids.com/

Go to the Ask.com Web site and allow each family member to enter a question, word, or phrase in the "Ask" box. Click on the "Ask" icon, and then wait to see if the Web site will have an answer. Allow children to use the Ask for Kids URL.

Consider that while the Internet may contain extensive information, it doesn't really know anything about you. Only an all-knowing God can look inside hearts.

Turn to 1 Samuel 16:1-13. In this passage, the prophet Samuel is following God's direction to look for the next king of Israel. Read verse 7 aloud. God tells Samuel not to base his search on outward appearance, but to remember that God looks at a person's heart.

Let each family member offer suggestions for what God might find when he examines hearts. How does the fact that God knows you so well make you feel? Is it exciting to know that God doesn't care how we look? Our hearts are what matters to God.