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1 Samuel 7 · Preschool

The Helping Stone

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Color Samuel's big stone! He called it Ebenezer to remember that God helped them.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Samuel set up a stone to remember God's help. What can we do to remember the ways God helps us?

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1 Samuel 7 · Kindergarten

God Helped Us

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

STONE
HELP
PRAY
GOD
Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

STONE
PRAY
LAMB
THUNDER

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a stone and write one way God has helped you.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How has God helped you?
  • What could you set up at home to remember God?

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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 1

God Helped Us

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

SERVE
ONLY
STONE
HELP
Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.

1 Samuel 7:4 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people put away false gods.
Samuel prayed for Israel.
Samuel offered a lamb.
God thundered loudly.
Samuel set up a stone.

God Helps Israel

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Israel gathers at Mizpah

Samuel says to return to Yahweh

Samuel sets up a stone

Yahweh thunders against the Philistines

Draw a stone and write one way God has helped you.

Memory Verse

“Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.”

1 Samuel 7:4 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the people put away false gods?
  • What did God do when Samuel prayed?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 2

The Stone of Help

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Read the Story

The people of Israel were sad. They wanted God. Samuel said to put away their false gods. They did. They served the Lord only.

The people met at Mizpah. Samuel prayed for them. The Philistines came to fight. The people were afraid. They asked Samuel to keep crying to God.

Samuel offered a lamb and prayed. God thundered with a great sound. The Philistines ran away. Samuel set up a stone. He named it Ebenezer. It means God helped us.

Memory Verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What did Samuel tell the people to put away?

    A great thunderTheir false godsGod helped us

  2. Where did the people meet?

    At MizpahA lambA great thunder

  3. What did Samuel offer?

    A lambAt MizpahTheir false gods

  4. What did God send?

    God helped usA lambA great thunder

  5. What does Ebenezer mean?

    God helped usAt MizpahTheir false gods

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

SJSEKVKVIGRUBYGJKLNESEIMTSAHTANLIHTMEUMESZUOBLRUZUPNNNPNEEWADEYERLRDHENWDRHPFNRDR
  • EBENEZER
  • THUNDER
  • HELPED
  • MIZPAH
  • SAMUEL
  • RETURN
  • STONE
  • LAMB

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the people want Samuel to keep praying?
  • What can you put away to make more room for God?

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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 3

Yahweh Helped Us

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Read the Story

The ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim for twenty years, and all Israel mourned after the Lord. Samuel told them how to return to God with all their heart. They must put away the foreign gods. They must serve the Lord only. Then He would save them. They removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth.

Samuel gathered Israel to Mizpah to pray. They poured out water before the Lord, fasted, and confessed that they had sinned. When the Philistines heard, they came up to attack. The people begged Samuel not to stop crying to the Lord for them.

Samuel offered a nursing lamb and cried to the Lord. The Lord thundered with a great thunder that day. The Philistines were confused, and they were struck before Israel. Samuel set up a stone and named it Ebenezer, saying, Yahweh helped us until now. Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Memory Verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How long was the ark at Kiriath Jearim?

  2. What did the people remove?

  3. What did the people confess at Mizpah?

  4. How did the Lord confuse the Philistines?

  5. What did Samuel say when he named the stone?

God Helps Israel

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the people pour out water and fast?
  • How was Israel different this time than in chapter 4?

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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 4

Returning With All Your Heart

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Read and Think

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)

Copy It

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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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 5

Until Now

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Read and Think

Chapter 7 is a turning point. After twenty years with the ark at Kiriath Jearim, Israel mourned after the Lord. Samuel, now leading the nation, called for repentance that was more than emotion: put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, direct your heart to the Lord, and serve Him only. Israel obeyed, and the Lord promised deliverance from the Philistines.

At Mizpah, Israel poured out water before the Lord, fasted, and confessed, We have sinned against Yahweh. Samuel judged them there. This time, under threat, they did not try to manipulate God with the ark. They pleaded for Samuel to keep crying out to the Lord. Prayer, not a religious object, became their hope.

Samuel offered a nursing lamb as a whole burnt offering, and the Lord thundered against the Philistines, throwing them into confusion. The stone Samuel named Ebenezer, Yahweh helped us until now, looks back with gratitude and forward with trust. The defeat at Ebenezer in chapter 4 was answered by help at a new Ebenezer. Samuel then judged Israel faithfully on a yearly circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Israel confess at Mizpah?

  2. What became Israel's hope this time?

  3. How does the name Ebenezer look both back and forward?

  4. Where did Samuel travel on his yearly circuit?

Crossword

31254

Across

  1. The name Samuel gave the stone (7:12)
  2. Where Israel gathered and fasted (7:6)
  3. Yahweh sent ____ against the Philistines (7:10).

Down

  1. Samuel offered a suckling ____ (7:9).
  2. Samuel said, Yahweh ____ us until now (7:12).

Think About It

  1. Why is confession an important part of returning to God?

  2. Looking back on your life, how can you say God has helped you until now?

Memory Verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why do people sometimes trust things instead of God?
  • What does Yahweh helped us until now mean for your future?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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