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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 4

Returning With All Your Heart

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Twenty years passed after the ark came to Kiriath Jearim, and Israel began to mourn after the Lord. Samuel told them what true return looks like: if they returned with all their heart, they must remove foreign gods, direct their hearts to the Lord, and serve Him only.

The people removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth. At Mizpah they poured out water before the Lord, fasted, and confessed their sin. Unlike chapter 4, they did not grab the ark. They asked Samuel to pray, trusting God Himself rather than an object.

When the Philistines attacked, Samuel offered a lamb and cried to the Lord, and the Lord answered with great thunder. Israel won near the very place called Ebenezer where they had lost before. Samuel raised a stone and said, Yahweh helped us until now. The Philistines were subdued all the days of Samuel.

Show What You Know

  1. What three things did true return include?

  2. How was this different from chapter 4?

  3. How did the Lord answer Samuel's cry?

  4. What did Samuel say when he raised the stone?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

MizpahSamuelEbenezerthunderstone
  1. At they poured out water before the Lord, fasted, and confessed their sin.
  2. They asked to pray, trusting God Himself rather than an object.
  3. When the Philistines attacked, Samuel offered a lamb and cried to the Lord, and the Lord answered with great .
  4. Israel won near the very place called where they had lost before.
  5. Samuel raised a and said, Yahweh helped us until now.

Think About It

  1. What does it look like for you to return to God with all your heart?

  2. What stone of help, or reminder of God's help, could you set up in your life?

Memory Verse

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 7:3 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me until now. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Ebenezer teach us about remembering?
  • How can you return to God with your whole heart?

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