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Samuel – Video and Discussion Questions

Scripture Reference: I Samuel 3: 1-21

Video: “Samuel, the Boy Prophet – Nest Family Entertainment – 30 minutes

Discussion:
  • Why did Elkanah leave town with his family and go to worship at the Temple/Tabernacle? All male Israelites were commanded to worship at the tabernacle for three feasts every year – It was their custom (This next info is for the teacher) 
#1) Passover/feast of unleavened bread, celebrated how God ‘passed over’ the Hebrew houses in Egypt 
#2) Feast of Weeks/Feast of Harvest/Pentecost, celebrating the end of the harvest, this was the holiday being observed in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit came in power (Acts 2) 
#3) Feast of Tabernacles/Feast of Booths/Feast of Ingathering, celebrated during the harvest season to remember Israel’s wandering in the wilderness, people lived in tents or booths

  • Hannah went to the Tabernacle to pray. Why did she do that? Why not kneel down and pray wherever she was? Maybe she wanted to get away from Peninnah – be alone – not have distractions – make it feel more holy/special
  • Where do you pray?
  • Where can you pray? Anywhere – in a crowd – by yourself – all the time
  • Do you think it was hard for Hannah to give her son to God and leave him at the temple? 
Yes – her only son, only see him yearly, he was so young/probably only 3 years old, 
No – she knew God would take care of him, trusted God, 
Can you imagine someone coming up to Pastor _______ and giving him their son to raise?

Samuel was just a boy. He ate and slept at the church. He was dedicated to serve God all of his life. Samuel would have performed simple tasks, such as cleaning and running errands for the priest, Eli. 

  • When the Lord called to Samuel, who did Samuel think was calling him? What was his response? Eli, the priest – ‘Here I am, you called me’ (what a great servant to respond right away and offer himself – here I am!)
  • After the third time of God calling to Samuel, Eli realized it was the Lord calling. What did Eli suggest for Samuel to say? ‘Speak, for your servant is listening’ (What a great servant to be ready to listen and do what the Lord wants)

 

Written by Rachel Haugland – References: The NIV Quest Study Bible, The Living Bible, The Today’s English Version Bible, Illustrated Bible Dictionary/George Knight
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DVD - “Samuel and the Call of God” (New Superbook Series)Preview1_EliDevastated

Chris believes he is too young to be called by God to help Jason. Suddenly, Superbook takes them back to a time when the young Samuel is called by God.
Lesson: “You're never too young to be called into God's service.” (Animated - approx. 28 mins)

See Rotation.org reviews of the "New Superbook" DVD Series for more details on this series link.

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From Bible Stories for Kids series -- a nice series available for free on YouTube and for 99 cents an episode (as of 2020) on Amazon Prime. See list and links to all their episodes by googling "Bible Stories for Kids Episodes."  See list of all episodes on YouTube.

A 26 minute Story of Samuel episode.

My age estimate: Preschool through 3rd grade.

Part of the Bible Stories for Kids/Janson media group. Like many other kids video series these days, this one is produced overseas, dubbed in many languages, and distributed internationally. The English speakers have a very slight accent (Indian?) and the characters have an "international" appearance.

"Samuel" is a catchy animated song by DG Bible Songs in a kid-friendly style that retells the scriptural story and includes life-applying lyrics.

The full lyrics are found on its YouTube page in the descriptions, as are links to the DG website where you can buy the music/instrumental and graphics. You can also find a listing of all their videos and related resources at https://dgbiblesongs.com/blog/.  Varying styles of music. Some of their videos are for very young children, some are quite contemporary. Some feature richer animation than others.

Then Eli, the priest, wisely told him:
“When again He calls you near Answer God,
right from the start and say:
“Speak, your servant hears!”

Now pay attention every day
The Lord will speak to you
And when that happens, come what may
You should obey Him, too.

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