Has anyone ever done a job for you that you hate to do? Have you ever done a hated job for someone else? Would you be willing to do that for someone who was unkind to you? That’s
Think of the latest news you have heard that reported some natural calamity, or epidemic, or crime. How do you feel about all the pain, suffering, and heartache in our world? How d
Imagine that while scuba diving you spotted an old sunken ship with a lot of treasure still on board, and no one knew where it was but you. What would you do? What would you be wil
Have you ever planted a garden or worked on a farm? In some parts of the world, people buy most of their food in stores. Perhaps if Jesus lived in those places today, He would tell
Has anyone done anything so wonderful for you that you couldn’t help loving them, even though others didn’t like them? The blind man in our story today probably couldn’t help
Do you have a favorite preacher or teacher? Why do you think you enjoy that person so much? Have you told the person how you feel? Imagine Jesus as your pastor. PowerPoint Sabbath
Have you ever met someone who thought he was really cool? What turned you off was probably the bragging. When someone says, “I’m pretty awesome,” you probably wish they’d b
Have you ever felt pressured into doing something that you did not want to do? Then you will understand how Daniel’s three friends felt when the king and all the leaders bowed do
Have you heard the saying “If you talk the talk, you’d better walk the walk”? Our story this week looks at the life of King Solomon. Did his talk match his walk? PowerPoint S
Think of a big meeting at which lots of people from your area got together for a special event. It was just like that when Solomon called all the people of Israel together for the
Have you ever said, “It’s not fair,” only to have someone answer, “Life isn’t fair”? This week’s story is about how God’s servant, King Solomon, ruled with fairness
Have you ever needed help to assemble something because the instructions were so complicated? There’s good news for you. The Bible has instructions for our lives that are easy to
Who’s the wisest person you know? How do you think that person became so wise? Do you think you can ever be as wise? Try to picture the scenes that may have taken place in King S
Do you remember a time your family got some new furniture? Here’s a story about two families. One had a special piece of furniture for many years, and the other had the same piec
It is always fun to be on the winning team. Often it is the team captain who gets to choose the team. There are always a few people whom everybody wants, and a few people nobody wa
As you did last week, imagine that you are waiting for your father to return from helping friends move to another region. Now you hear that he must also help them attack and conque
When was the last time anyone tried to pick on you for no reason? Have you ever seen a bully picking on someone just because they were weaker? When has anyone made fun of you becau
Have you ever been on a campout or on a journey where there were no shops? How would you feel if you started running out of food and water? Would you panic, or trust God to provide
Think of a time you were really afraid. When have you ever felt that you were all alone and there was no one to help you? Remember when you prayed and were surprised by the answer
Think of a time you were sick and couldn’t go outside for several days. What did it feel like to have to stay inside your house all that time? How did you feel when you finally f
A man named Harry lived near an active volcano named Mount St. Helens. Harry ignored all warnings to leave the area when it appeared the volcano would erupt. Schoolchildren in Yaki
Debbie’s parents divorced when she was 6. All her life she’d gone to church—sometimes with her mom, sometimes with her dad, because they had different faiths. Most of the tim
Have you ever tried to make a model or follow a pattern and the instructions have not been very clear? How did you feel? When God asked Noah to build an ark, Noah didn’t have any
Imagine that you are at the Olympic Games and have just won the 100 meter race. You are standing on the winner’s podium listening to cheering crowds. In real life you may not win
Imagine that you were separated from all your friends, that you were on a small, isolated, rocky island in the middle of nowhere. How would you feel? That was John’s. situation,
Have you ever been in a totally dark place, perhaps deep in a cave or in a dark room? Is that someplace you’d want to spend a lot of time? How can your life of service shine brig
Have you ever thought about running away from home? Onesimus was in that position. He had run away from his master and was a poor, hungry fugitive when he met Paul. PowerPoint Sabb
Imagine what it would be like if you had no choice about when you got up in the morning, no choice about what you ate, where you went, or what you did? How do you think you would f
Have you ever helped repair something? Did it look OK when it was mended? Isaiah says that we are repairers of a wall when we show kindness to others. Imagine this conversation bet
Have you ever been persuaded to do something that you think will be awful and then afterward you were really glad that you did it? That was just the situation Simon found himself i
Have you ever put your faith in a friend and felt sure that that person would come through for you? How did you feel when the person let you down? Would you trust that person again
Have you ever experienced the death of someone you loved dearly? Did you turn to Jesus for comfort? Even when we can’t understand why He is allowing us to go through the pain, we
Everyone has some friends who say lighthearted things that are easy to understand. But there are other friends who are deep thinkers. When these friends say something, you sometime
Think back to when you were learning to ride a bicycle. Did you manage it the first time? No? Some things take time to learn to do. In the same way we need to practice using our ta
Have you ever been so caught up in something that you forgot all about the time? You were so engrossed that you forgot to eat anything, and suddenly you realized how hungry you wer
Have you ever had the measles or chicken pox and were so sick that you thought you would never get well? Maybe no one came to see you for fear that they might catch whatever you ha
Has a friend ever awakened you when you were in a deep sleep or interrupted you when you were working on an important assignment? How did you respond? Jesus told a story about such
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Has anyone ever said anything to you that made you think differently than you had ever thought before? How did that change your life? Imagine a boy your age being on the mountainsi
Have you ever listened to someone talk about something they did that was very important to them, and caught their enthusiasm? Maybe you said to yourself, I want to do that too some
“If you have ever doubted that you belong in your family, you may be surprised to learn that Jesus knows how that feels. In this lesson, Jesus and the apostle John help set the s
“What did you get for Christmas?” You’ve probably heard and asked that question hundreds of times by now. The next time someone asks you, ask yourself, “What did I give?”
Did you ever wonder what to do or which way to go? How helpful would it have been to have had a guide? In this story, several people received guidance from God. Try to picture thei
Think of a time you heard some really good news. How hard was it to keep it to yourself? How did you share it with your friends and family? Read on to find out how angels and sheph
Think of a time you were chosen for something special. How did you feel? Today in our lesson God sends an angel to tell Mary that He has chosen her above all others to be the mothe
Imagine yourself being selected to serve as an elder in your local church. How would you handle church members who are not willing to serve God? Let’s fi nd out how “Elder” N
Has anyone ever poked fun at you for doing what was right or tried to force you to stop doing it? Have you ever felt discouraged and wanted to give up? That is just how some of the
Think about a fire drill. Do you think that all the details and practices were a waste of time? Anyone who has escaped alive from a fire probably doesn’t feel that way about havi
Living with people you don’t know very well is not easy. Asking for favors from people you don’t know very well is even harder. Our story this week demonstrates how God gives u
Have you ever felt that you had messed up so badly that things would never be the same again? Did you wonder if there was any hope for the future? Elijah ran from God, and asked to
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