12 - David The Shepherd Boy

Introduction:

Who likes to sing here in Sunday school? What we sing here are hymns or songs that are about God. We are praising God when we sing joyfully and thankfully to Him. We will learn about a boy who loved to praise God.

 

Lesson Outline:

There was once a nice boy named David who loved God. David’s father was Jesse and David had many brothers. David was a shepherd boy, which means he was the one who had the job of taking care of the sheep. He did a good job taking care of them. He led them to some green grass to eat and to some brooks of water when the sheep were thirsty. God always helped David, so David was able to fight any big animal that came so that it would not hurt his sheep. David always trusted in God and was not afraid of anything, because he knew that God will always keep him safe. With God’s help, David and the sheep were always safe and happy. While David watched the sheep, he always liked to pray and sing praises to God. David had a harp which he liked to play his music while he praised God. These prayers that David sang to God are called Psalms. David prayed saying, “I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart.”God saw how David loved Him and that David had a good heart and was very brave. So, God chose David to become a king. God sent Samuel the prophet of God to Jesse to tell him that one of his sons was going to be king. Jesse thought it was going to be one of David’s brothers, because they were older, but God told Samuel that He wants David to be the king, because God looked at his good heart. 

It is wonderful to always pray and praise God just like David. God loves us and wants to hear our voices when we talk to Him in prayer and when we sing to Him. We love God too and should always talk to Him. Who has seen the prayer book called the Book of the Hours (the Agpeya) that is used in Church? (Show an Agpeya) The Agpeya has a lot of the Psalms that David wrote and now we all use these prayers too. Soon, when you learn how to read, you can use the Agpeya, too. 

 

Memory Verse:

“I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart.” Psalm 9:1 (NKJV)