These Bible studies for youth are focused on King David, 2 Samuel 1 (New International Version).
Background: Saul pursued David to kill him for years. He was jealous because the Lord wanted David to be King. Three times David and his spies were surprised to find Saul unprotected, but David refused to hurt him, let alone kill him, because Saul was still King and therefore was still considered God’s anointed. Finally Saul was killed in a battle. (TEACHER WORDS IN BOLD)
David Returns Evil with Good (Youth Bible Studies Series)
Today we’re going to take the Truth & Honesty Test.
Raise your hand to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth:
How many of you have ever said something really rotten to somebody else? A friend, a parent, a sibling? Most hands should eventually go up. Put your own hand up if they need prompting.
How did you feel afterward? Most should say they felt rotten.
God did not make the human spirit to be rotten to other human spirits. And when you do it, you’re likely to feel”¦rotten. Sometimes, people get so used to saying rotten things that they don’t feel bad anymore. That’s what Jesus called “having their heart hardened.”
But even the hardest of hearts can eventually be made soft if you have the courage to say something nice to the person’s rotten remark. Sometimes a hard heart will soften right away.
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