Subject: In Times Like These

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 30: 1 – 23

Memory Verse: 1 Samuel 30: 6

Objective: To allow believers, in times of doubt and uncertainty, to trust in God.

1. To whom should mankind look for assurance? Psalm 71: 1 – 3, 121: 1 – 2, Isaiah 25: 4

2. In times of distress or discouragement, what did others before do and to whom did leaders turn? Numbers 13: 30 & 14: 6 – 9

3. When Israel suffered shame and God’s honour ‘seemed’ to be in question, what did Joshua and others seek to do? Joshua 7: 6 – 13

4. On one such occasion in King David’s life, how did he reassure himself? 1 Samuel 30: 1 – 19

5. How was Huldah, the prophetess, able to bring comfort to a troubled king’s heart and restoration to a fallen people? 2 Chronicles 34: 22 – 33

6. In times of uncertainty or presumed confusion, God has always provided someone to settle the unrest among the people. How did Peter do this? Acts 2: 6 – 16

7. In times like these, in what can we take comfort? Romans 8: 36 – 39