King Jesus Wants Our Obedience

8/8/2019 King Jesus Wants Our Obedience

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King Jesus and Obedience

Big Idea: Our obedience is important to King Jesus.

Bible Memory: To obey is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22)

Materials: Verse written on dry erase board, an apple, teacher

wears a crown, two kids for drama

Drama

Sara: I want to be the king!

Mike: You were king the last time.

Sara: I was not.Mike: Come onSara.lets play fair.

Sara: This stack of hay is so big, and I want to be the first to geton top.

Mike: Youd better be careful!


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Sara: Yikes! Help me MichaelI hurt my ankle.

Mike: I told you to be carefulhere take my hand.

Sara: I cant get up. Go get mom and dad.

Mike: Dad is busy with the cattle, and mom went to the store.Sara: This is not fair..every time I need help no one is here.

Mike: Sara.that is not true. I told you to be careful and besides,your complain too much, and want you own way all the time.

Sara: You are mean!

Mike: No, thats just the truth. Here, let me help you with thatankle. Dont try to get us if it hurts.

Sara: (cries) Life is not fair. I wanted to be the first on the hsay

stack, and look at me now.

Mike: It will be ok Sara, hold on to my arm real tight and we willtake it real easy.

Sara: Ok..but dont let go of me. Oh, look at my newpants.they are torn.

Mike: Sarayour ankle is more important right now. (mutters)sisters

Sara: What did you say?

Mike: It was nothing.come on lets try and walk over to thatbench. I am glad that mom decided to put it there.

Sara: Okhere I come. (sits down) Thank you, Michael. I amsuch a baby at times.

Mike: Youre ok for a sister, I guess. Lets hop that ankle does notswell up too much. I will go to the house and get you a wrap. Sithere.

Sara: You are leaving me alone with a bad ankle?

Mike: You will be ok. Just dont try to move. (Mike exits)

Sara: Botherall this all because I wanted to be the king. I guessnext time I will lot Michael be the King first that is only fair, Iguess.


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Message: There was a young man (Saul) whom God had Samuelanoint to be the King over the people of Israel. One day, God toldKing Saul to do something that He did not want to do. So theKing thinking his plan was better decided NOT to listen to God.

Instead, he did things his own way; as a result of hisdisobedience, God sent Samuel to him to let him know that thekingdom would be away from him. This made King Saul veryangry; therefore, he tried to hurt the new King God hadappointed who did not deserve this kind of treatment.

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating of the forbiddenfruit in the garden (show an apple), they were sent away fromthis wonderful place to find a new home. Because of theirdisobedience, God sent them away from their beautiful home.

King Jesus is displeased with disobedience.

Have your parents ever told you to do something, and you failed

to do it? Maybe you forgot, or simply did not want to it. Possibly

you thought it was unfair of them to ask you to do such a thing.

Has your teacher ever told you to do your homework a certain

way, and you thought your way was better and decided not to

follow their directions. You may have been thinking that your

teacher would not notice, but they did.

If your teacher gave you a lower grade because of it, did you get

angry and say that was unfair - grumbling about it?

Gods Word says it is better to obey than to sacrifice. When we

are assigned homework or a chore at home, if we spend a lot of

time doing something else rather than what we were asked, that

is disobedience. If your mom said to clean the bathroom, and

because you did not like that job you did the dishes instead, that

is not obedience. Let us be obedient and do what we are asked

to do the first time. That way, we will please our parents,

teaches, and most of all King Jesus.

Discussion Questions:


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1. Why is it important to obey those who watch over us?

2. What should you do if someone tries to get us to disobey?

3. What does King Jesus say about being obedient?

4. Where can we find help if we are having trouble being

obedient?

Memory Verse

Lets all say the memory verse together.

To obey is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22).

Look at the word obey To obey is to do as you are told. When

we are obedient we follow the leader whether it be our teacher,

parents, or any other adult in authority over us. When they asks

us to do something we act upon their request and comply. Look

at the word Sacrifice. To sacrifice is to forfeit. That means to let

go or surrender our way to what someone else wants or asks us

to do. It is not easy to always obey and sacrifice, but King Jesus

will be please when we comply with His Word. Remember it is

always best to obey. Lets say our verse again together. This

time, each person says one word and we will build the verseperson by person. We will all say the reference together. Ready?

Close in prayer

Dear God in heaven, thank you for all our children here. We love

them, and know that King Jesus loves them more. Help us to

learn from this lesson today that our obedience is more important

than all the good things that we can do on our own. Help us to be

quick to obey you, and those in authority over us. Give each childa good week at school and at home, and help them to obey in all

things. In Jesus name, Amen.

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