week of 5/25

Unit 09  Session 4

GOD RESTORES HIS PEOPLE

1 SAMUEL 7:2-12

 

Key Concept:

God desires to restore His people because they have strayed from Him.

When the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, God judged the Philistines. The ark was moved from one Philistine city to another because everywhere it went God afflicted the people with tumors. The Philistines sent it back to Israel with a sacrifice (1 Samuel 6:1-18). Finally, the ark of the covenant was sent to the home of Abinidab in Kiriath-jearim, where it remained for twenty years. During that time, the Israelites longed for the Lord. Samuel, in his role as priest, led them to repent.

As you examine 1 Samuel 7:2-12:

✞   Reflect upon the promise that when we confess our sins and repent, God is ready to

    forgive and restore us.

     

✞   Notice that God is willing to save those who cry out to Him, and He chooses to work 

    in response to our actions of repentance.