The Good Shepherd (day 25)

Sally Lloyd-Jones tells a little about King David beginning on page 130. She talks about David having a loving heart like God, singing praises to God, and even murdering someone. She paraphrases Davids humble repentance and then tells Psalm 23 to give a feel for David's psalms. We made instruments to sing praises with. We wrapped rubber bands around a box lid to make a harp. We also clanged spoons together and attempted a wax-paper-comb-harmonica. We sang our memory verse (see day 21 to learn 1 Samuel 16:7) as well as some other psalm songs we knew like Psalm 100. I attempted to teach them David's repentant song "create in me a clean heart."

the point? the Lord looks at the heart

David and Goliath continued (day 24)

Another activity we did to emphasize the story was to make a ribbon as tall as Goliath. Since Goliath was about 9 feet tall we used a 1 foot ruler to mark off each foot (up to 9 of course.) This actually was also great exposure to some real life math/science skills. We then taped the ribbon to the wall and marked how tall each of us are in comparison. It is easy to see why the Israelites were afraid and why David needed God to win the battle.

the point? God is not afraid

The young hero and the horrible giant (day 23)

David and Goliath, from 1 Samuel 17, is retold on page 122 of the Jesus Storybook Bible. After reading the story we built "Goliath" out of empty cardboard boxes. Whoever was "David" would say "you come against me with sword and spear... but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty," (from 1 Samuel 17:45.) Then David would throw a ball and try to knock over the Goliath tower (rocks would be better to use but it was raining outside.) Alyse asked "how could just a little rock kill him?" This was a great way to talk about how big the miracle was.

the point? "...and God always wins his battles!" (page 125)

Proverbs 3:5 (day 22)

To help us all remember Proverbs 3:5 we sing it to the tune of "this old man"

trust the Lord (this old man)
with all your heart (he played one)
lean not on your own understanding (he played knick-knack on my thumb)
Proverbs chapter 3 verse 5 (with a knick-knack paddy-whack give the dog a bone)
trust the Lord with all your heart (this old man came rolling home)

and by the way, Proverbs 3:6 works well with the same tune:
In all your ways
acknowledge him
he will make your pa-ths straight
Proverbs chapter 3 verse 6
in all your ways acknowledge him

Here is a video we made a while ago to send to Daddy at work.

1 Samuel 16:7 (day 21)

The big kids are staying with their grandparents a few days so we aren't really having Bible time since Knox is only 14 months. Knox does enjoy singing though (he doesn't really sing so much :) so I thought I would share some ways we try to remember Bible verses. Our verse from Friday we put to the tune of "Mary had a little lamb."

Man looks at the outward appearance (Mary had a little lamb)
outward appearance (little lamb)
outward appearance (little lamb)
man looks at the outward appearance (Mary had a little lamb)
but the Lord looks at the heart (his fleece was white as snow)
1 Samuel 16:7 (repeat tune of "his fleece was white as snow)