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David and Goliath - Matthew tells the story of David and Goliath using
LEGOs and PowerPoint |
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David's Prayer Journal - Shep and Lily discuss David's psalms and encourage kids to keep their own prayer journal |
| Puzzles, Mazes, Coloring, etc. |
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Coloring Page - David Plays for Saul |
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Coloring Page - David the shepherd boy |
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Coloring Page - David fights Goliath |
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David - Crossword puzzle about David and Goliath |
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Missing Picture - Draw the picture for a newspaper article called Local Boy Defeats Giant |
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Five Smooth Stones - Read the story of David and Goliath and then travel through the maze finding all 5 stones |
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David Flees from Saul - Read the story and find your way through the maze to the cave where David is hiding |
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A Question about David - Who was David's grandfather? |
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Psalms Question - Identify which two psalms David wrote in the cave |
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Rearrange the Letters - Juggle the letters in the sentence to reveal "The Lord is my Shepherd" |
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The Psalms (Songs to the Lord) - Find your way through the maze |
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Which Route for David - Determine which route David should take as he flees King Saul |
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Jonathan's Secret Code - Use morse code to decode Jonathan's messages to David when King Saul wanted to hurt David |
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Friends Forever - Go around to path to find out what David's friend Jonathan said to help him |
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David and Goliath - Find as many words as you can in the letters |
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God Helps David - Color the stones that show qualities David needed |
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Chosen by God - Fill in the rhyming words in the poem about David becoming King |
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Bathsheba - Look at the two pictures and circle the differences |
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David Defeats Goliath Crossword - A fun printable crossword puzzle about
David and Goliath |
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God Helps David - Color the items David stopped from hurting his sheep
and God's army |
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Jonathan and David - Write the first letter of each picture to uncover
Jonathan's gift of love to David |
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Samuel Anoints David - Fill in the missing pieces of the picture and color. |
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The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem - Solve the puzzle to find out how David is picked as the new King |
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Online Crossword Puzzle - David |
| Bible Stories and Discussion Questions (read online and lookup in your Bible) |
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David Anointed King by Samuel
Read 1 Samuel 16
• David, the shepherd (preschool children)
• A New King (younger children)
• A Good Heart (younger children)
• The Anointing of David (younger children)
• Samuel Anoints David (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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David Plays for Saul
Read 1 Samuel 16: 14-23
• David Plays the Harp (younger children)
• David Plays for King Saul (older children / teens) |
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David and
Goliath
Read 1 Samuel 17
• David and Goliath (younger children)
• David and Goliath (younger children)
• Shep and Lily: Lessons We Can Learn from David (younger children)
• David & Goliath (older children / teens)
• David Kills Goliath (older children / teens)
• How David Killed the Giant Goliath (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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Jonathan and David's Friendship
Read 1 Samuel 20
• Best Friends (younger children)
• David and Jonathan (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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David a Fugitive
Read 1 Samuel 21-24:22
• In Hiding (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Nabal,
David, and Abigail
Read 1 Samuel 25
• Discussion Questions |
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Saul's Pursuit of David
Read 1 Samuel 26
• In Hiding (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
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Johnathan and Saul are Killed
Read 2 Samuel 1-9
• The Shepherd Boy Becomes King (older children / teens)
• What Happened to a Lame Prince (older children / teens) |
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David and Bathsheba
Read 2 Samuel 11
• The Prophet's Story of the Little Lamb (older children / teens)
• David's Sin and His Punishment (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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The Prophet Nathan
Read 2 Samuel 12:1-14
• Discussion Questions |
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David's Children - Amnon, Absalom, and Tamar
Read 2 Samuel 13
• The Wicked Prince Who Tried to Steal his Father's Kingdom (older children / teens)
• Discussion Questions |
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David's Psalms
• King David (younger children)
• The Shepherd's Psalm (younger children)
• Discussion Questions |
| Listen to Bible Stories (online) |
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David and Goliath (told by Thor Johnson) |
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Podcast #14: A Story for Children–David and Goliath (told by Rabbi David) |
| Living with the Bible |
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The story of David sparing Saul's life helps attorney, Jerry Farmer, see practical solutions in a murder trial |
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Dale Michael, a Psychotherapist, shares how the story of King David's mistakes and successes have helped him encourage others |
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Dick Davenport's Frontiers of Faith curriculum for teenagers has students study the life of David to figure out why we look to him as a model of faith |
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Clifford Foerster shares how his arm was restored to health through prayer to God, and how the truths David shared in his writings were a great help |
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Devon Burr discusses how David's willingness to learn is a practical skill that's important in her career as a Planetary Geologist |
| Bible Overview |
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Bible Characters - David |
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Bible Characters - Goliath of Gath |
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Bible Overview - 1 Samuel |
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Bible Overview - 2 Samuel |
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Bible Overview - 1 Kings |
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Bible Overview - 1 & 2 Chronicles |
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Bible Overview - Psalms |
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Bible Overview - Psalm 151 |
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Do you know who wrote the book of Psalms? |
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A question about why David's decision to take a census was bad |
| Parenting with the Bible |
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The Power of Praise gives some tips on writing Psalms |
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In Fear versus Confidence David and other brave biblical characters to give children examples of confidence in difficult situations |
| Teen Time - Make a Difference |
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Like David, you can defeat "Goliaths" |
