King Saul and King David
The chapters for this week introduce Israel’s first kings and show the difference between outward success and true obedience. The people ask for a king, and Saul is chosen, but he repeatedly chooses his own way instead of fully following the Lord. Because of this, the Lord calls David, a young shepherd with a faithful heart, to be the next king. These chapters teach that God values obedience and looks at the heart, inviting us to trust Him and follow Him sincerely.
Unlock Deeper Study with Guided Prompts
For adults you’ll find:
- Verse-by-Verse Study Guide: Contains actual scripture text from the scriptures, additional insights, commentary (insights, background, quotes, etc.) about the verses, and questions to help you think and connect the scriptures to your life
- Quote Page: Introduces the study for the week in a visually-appealing way
- Tools to Enhance Your Study: A list of videos to watch and talks to study that go with the lesson
- Overview Page: Gives overview, context, and information to help you understand the Old Testament reading for the week.
Scripture Glue-Ins: Quotes and scriptures from the Study Guide that are designed in a beautiful way and intended to be cut apart and put into your scriptures.
Equip Teens To Have Powerful Scripture Experiences and Apply the Lessons to Their Life
For teens you’ll find:
- Power Quote: Introduces the study for the week in a typographic way that teens love
- Teen Table Poster: Filled with original art, short quotes, tidbits of fun information, and QR codes to talks, videos, and activities all about the lesson for the week. Slip the poster in an acrylic sign holder and leave on the counter for teens to look at (like a cereal box) and learn from.
- Teen Scripture Marking Guide: Helps teens develop independent study skills and gets them to dive deeper into the reading for the week.
- Teaching Helps for Teens in the Classroom: Provides tips and resources to help youth prepare lessons for their quorums and classes
- Review Activity: Fun to use as games and reviewing content at home or church
Help your teen build a strong foundation in faith and scripture each week!
Flexible Tools for Home, Church, and Children of All Ages
Choose what works best for your family or calling with activities tailored for every age:
- Learning the Scriptures
- Scripture Poster: Introduces the study for the week in a beautiful way to get children excited about learning
- Kids’ Scripture Marking Guide: Helps kids dive deeper into the reading for the week and provides additional information and ideas of what to mark
- Scripture Glue-ins: Art for your scriptures
- Kids’ Table Poster: Filled with original art, short quotes, tidbits of fun information, and QR codes to talks, videos, and activities all about the lesson for the week. Slip the poster in an acrylic sign holder and leave on the counter for kids to look at (like a cereal box) and learn from.
- Family Study Guide: Includes context/background/summary, marking tips, and discussion questions that can be used for the basis of a family lesson for the week.
- Video Trivia: Provides a link to a video related to the week’s content and gives “This or That” questions to answer as you watch
- Classroom and Group Learning
Lesson ideas and fun hands-on activities for children that can be used at home or in the classroom.
- Hands-on Classroom Learning (for older children): A fun story map activity to discover who will be the new king
- Hands-on Classroom Learning (for younger children): A fun hands-on activity to demonstrate how the Lord looketh on the heart
- Quick Lesson Idea: A quick lesson idea to help children understand that what is on the inside is more important than what is on the outside
- Fun and Creative Learning
Fun and creative activities you can do in class, at home, or during church that relate to the lesson for the week.
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- Activity: Object lesson to help children look on the inside instead of the outside
- Reverent Church Activity (for older children): Unscramble the words
- Reverent Church Activity (for younger children): Coloring page
Engage all ages with meaningful, fun, and flexible gospel learning tools!
Engage Youth and Primary with Powerful, Interactive Lessons
Sunday School / Gospel Doctrine / Seminary
- Use the Verse-by-Verse Study Guide to help guide scripture discussion (includes questions to ask those you are teaching).
- Youth leaders can use the Teen Scripture Marking Guide to help teach the Old Testament stories and have scripture discussions that are relevant to youth.
- Youth leaders can use the Teen Table Poster as a handout or to reference and find Church videos that can be used in class (videos chosen by experienced seminary teachers).
- Youth leaders can also use the Review Activity to engage teens (many teachers turn the quizzes into games).
Primary Teachers
- Use the Activity to help the children not be deceived by outside appearances
- Use the Quick Lesson Idea and show the children that the Lord looketh on the heart
- Watch videos about young David, and give each child a copy of the “This or That” questions to help them concentrate as they watch.
Use the Coloring Pages
Teach More, Print Less with the RHH Lifted Membership
Keep all of these items (and more) at your fingertips with the RHH Lifted Membership (comes with an app).
The app contains exclusive membership-only features such as:
- “Your 1-2-3” Video: A 10-minute video each week, for Sunday’s, to prepare you and help you grasp the scripture story for the upcoming week. Giving you a foundation to build on while teaching your children.
- Storytime: An in-app tool each week which illustrates the scripture story in a flippable, story-like format.
- Table Talk: An in-app tool each week. Questions that spark conversations in an easy to read and access format.
- Send and See: An in-app tool each week which offers a question or two, fun and graphically designed, that you can send to a group chat with your family, friends, etc. and see what answers come back.
- Teen Connect: An in-app tool that is a quick, easy, and engaging way for you to bring gospel conversations into the norm with your teen.
- Mark + Remember: An in-app tool that can take your teen, children or you through a quick, in-scripture marking exercise, helping you understand key doctrines and principles in a scripture.
- Drawn In: Each week artist David Bowman teaches the scriptures while he draws the story right before the children’s eyes.
- Illustrated Stories: Full-page, swipeable scripture stories perfect for children.
Simplify your teaching and enjoy a seamless gospel learning experience.
*More membership-only features coming soon.
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