Listening to God

Last week we read a Bible story that taught us the

importance of listening to God and doing exactly what He says. In order to
really understand this story, we first read it together a couple of times. Once
students became familiar with the story line, a few volunteers took different
roles in the story and began to act it out. We acted out the story quite a few
times with different students as different characters so each child had an
opportunity to participate. The video below shows one of the many times we
acted out the story. I’m sure you will recognize this particular Bible story
once you begin watching the video.

After having fun, taking different character roles and
acting them out, we had a discussion about why it was so important for Samuel
to listen to what God had to tell him. In connecting this to our own lives,
students recognized that God does not speak to us the exact same way that He
spoke to Samuel, but He still does speak to us. Students pointed out that by
reading the Bible, God speaks to us and tells us what He expects of us. Through
listening to and understanding His commandments we can do what He tells us just
like Samuel did in the story. So, not only do we need to read our Bibles and
listen to what God has to tell us, we need to take action and do what He wants
us to do.

Jesus said, “Whoever is of God hears the words of God.” John 8:47