12/17/2023 0 Comments Kids bible study activity on samuelSay, Mephibosheth is a very unusual name but you were able to spell it by matching up the letters! In order to spell Mephibosheth’s name you had to work together. Work together to match up each letter so that it spells Mephibosheth. Then write each letter of his name on a post it note. Write Mephibosheth on a large piece of paper with a little space between each letter. Ask them to share how they think David’s kindness changed his life. Ask the class to: close the door, put away their chair, put away their papers, etc.ĭiscuss how life must have been difficult for Mephibosheth. Pick one child at a time to try to complete each task. Mephibosheth was lame so the class will be asked to complete simple tasks around the classroom without using their legs. David was king so he didn’t have to do these nice things for Mephibosheth but he did them because he knew that God wants us to be kind to everyone. So whenever David met Mephibosheth he gave him all of his land back and invited him and his whole family to eat dinner with David every day. He was very afraid whenever he heard that King David wanted to talk to him!īut David knew that God wanted him to be kind. Mephibosheth was lame, which means he couldn’t walk and he had lost all of his land. Even though Saul wasn’t always nice to David, David knew that he should be kind to, Mephibosheth. Jonathan was Saul’s son and he had been David’s best friend. His servant told him about a man named Mephibosheth who was Jonathan’s son. He asked his servants if there was anyone from Saul’s family that he could be kind to. Say, Once David became King he decided that He wanted to be kind to anyone who was related to Saul. Today preschoolers will learn that God wants them to be kind to everyone and will help them whenever it is hard. By law, David owed Saul’s family nothing, but David knew that God wanted him to show kindness to everyone, even if it seemed like they didn’t deserve his kindness. Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan, who was David’s best friend and David had made a promise to Jonathan to always care for his family. He reached out to Saul’s family, even though Saul had tried to have him killed. Gospel Connection: Once David finally became King he did something unprecedented. Lesson Title: David Is Kind to Mephibosheth
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