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Soldiers for God

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Soldiers
for God

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Christ

David
Esther

Joshua
Gideon
Soldiers of
 Esther: Soldiers of Christ are Brave
Esther 4:1-17

Persia was a huge and mighty empire during the days of Esther, who we read about in the
book of Esther found in the Old Testament. The king of Persia was Ahasuerus and his
queen was Vashti. The king thought she was very beautiful and wanted to show her off, so
he ordered her to appear before him at a banquet. Vashti told him no, which made the king
furious!

It was not a good thing to disobey the orders of the king, even if you are his wife! So one of
the king’s advisors, a wicked man named Haman, told the king that if everyone found out
the king’s wife disobeyed him, then all wives would feel they, too, could disobey their
husbands. Haman suggested to the king that Vashti be put to death. The king agreed and
Vashti was killed.

Before long, King Ahasuerus was tired of being alone and longed for another woman to take
as his wife. There was a search throughout the entire kingdom for the perfect bride. Before
long, the searchers found Esther. She was just what the king was looking for-beautiful and
kind. Esther became the king’s wife and was now Queen of Persia!

Esther was also a Jew. The Jews were in Persia because they had been forced there 70
years earlier. The Jews managed the best they could in Persia but dreamed of being
allowed to return back to their homeland of Israel one day. The Jews leader was a man
named Mordechai. He was also Esther’s uncle, who had lovingly taken her in when her
parents had died. Mordechai felt that Esther should not tell the king or his advisors that she
was a Jew.

After some time, wicked Haman became a powerful man in the kingdom. He was so wicked
and prideful that he decided everyone in the kingdom must bow down before him. But
Mordechai refused to bow down to him. His refusal enraged Haman. So Haman asked the
king to make a royal decree that all Jews be killed! Lots were cast and a day was chosen to
carry out the decree.

When Mordechai heard this, he was scared for his people. Mordecai knew only the king
could stop the plan. Knowing Esther was a Jew, he asked her to go before the king on
behalf of the Jews. This request was a frightening thing because one could not just walk up
to the king. Not even a wife. One could see the king by invitation only. (Continued on next
page.)

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Esther prayed and fasted for three days. She must have been very scared knowing that the
king’s last wife had been put to death for making him angry. But bravely she went before the
king. At first he was angry that she would do such a thing but spared her life and even
offered her as much as half his kingdom. But all she requested was that the king and
Haman join her at a banquet that night. At the banquet that night, the king asked her again
what was her request. Esther only said for the king and Haman to join her for a banquet the
next night.

As Haman was leaving, he saw Mordecai at the city gate and still Mordecai refused to bow
to him. Haman was filled with rage. How dare Mordecai not bow to someone as special as
he! Haman decided right then and there that Mordecai was to be hanged. He built a gallows
and planned to speak to the king about it the next morning

On the same night, the king could not sleep. So he ordered that someone read to him from
his book of chronicles, which was a record of his reign. He was reminded about a man
named Mordecai who had exposed a plan to kill him. The king asked what reward Mordecai
had received. His attendants said he had received none.

The next morning, just as Haman was arriving to ask that Mordecai be hanged the king
asked him what should he do for a man he wished to reward. Haman mistakenly thought the
king was referring to him. Haman said the man should receive a royal robe and horse and
be paraded through the city streets as the king praised him. Then the king commanded
Haman to go get the robe and horse and do just as he suggested for the man at the gate
named Mordecai. Haman must have been really shocked when he learned it was not him
that the king wished to honor, but Mordecai, the man who hated.

At the banquet, Esther shared the secret the she was a Jew. She begged the king to save
her people. The king also learned of the gallows that Haman had built to have Mordecai
hanged. The king was furious with Haman and ordered that Haman be hanged instead.
The Jews were spared because Esther overcame her fear and was brave.

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 Read Esther 4:1-17
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Esther
In what land does this story of
Esther take place? Why were
the Jews there?

Why did Haman want all of the

Jews killed?

What did Mordecai do to stop

Haman’s plan?

What did Esther do to stop

Haman’s plan? Why did this
show bravery?

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 Read Esther 4:1-17
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line so that words are on top. Cut lines to make four boxes.
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Glue booklet into lapbook when complete.

Esther

Esther was brave when she went before the king to save her people.
How can you overcome any fears you have in service to God?

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 Gideon: Soldiers of Christ are Equipped
Judges 7: 1-25

It was a great time of trouble for the Israelites. They had turned their backs on God and had
been delivered into the hands of the Midianites. The Midianites were not friendly. They ruined all
their crops and took their animals. The Israelties had to hide from them in caves. When they had
nothing left, they cried out to God for help. God chose Gideon to save the Israelites, but Gideon
was unsure and wanted signs from God that He was indeed with him.

God sent signs and Gideon indeed knew that the Lord would save them. Gideon sent
messengers through all the land to tell the men to come and join his army and fight against the
Midianites. A great number came. In fact, thirty-two thousand came! Yet the Lord told Gideon
that was too many and if He let Gideon fight the Midianites with such a large number of warriors,
they would boast that they were saved by their own strength instead of by their trust in God.

So Gideon was told to let all who were fearful go back to their homes. As a result, twenty-two
thousand men returned, leaving only ten thousand. Yet these were too many. The army must be
so small that every one would know that it was God alone who gave the victory. So at the
command of the Lord they were led to a brook to drink.

Those who kneeled down and drank were sent home. But there were three hundred men whose
thoughts were only on the work before them. They dipped up the water in their hands, and drank
as they went on, with their faces toward the enemy. The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three
hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands.

Gideon divided his three hundred men into three companies and put a horn in every man's hand
and told each to hide a torch inside an empty pitcher. He told them to blow their horn when he
did. When the army got to the edge of the city, Gideon gave a great sound on his horn and the
others did too. Then they broke their pitchers causing a great glare of light and smoke, and gave
the battle cry,—"The sword of the Lord and Gideon." To the Midianites it appeared that they
were surrounded by a great army.

They were so scared, they fled for their life. There was so much chaos, that they mistook their
own people for enemies and killed one another. The news of the victory spread, and thousands
of Israelites joined in pursuit of the Midianites until they were destroyed. As a result, Israel had
peace during the lifetime of Gideon.

Gideon trusted God to equip him with all that he needed to win the battle for his people. We
should trust that God will equip us in our battles, too.

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 Read Judges 7:1-25
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lapbook when complete.

Gideon

How many men came to fight? How

Who did God use to encourage the
Why had the Israelites been taken
What people had taken over the

many were left over to fight?

Israelites to fight?
Israelites?

over?

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 Read Judges 7:1-25
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question. Glue trumpet into lapbook when complete.

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What was
Gideon’s
army
equipped
with?

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 Joshua: Soldiers of Christ are Obedient
Joshua 6:1-21

News of the miraculous way in which the Israelites had been brought across the Jordan spread
rapidly among the Canaanites, and when they heard what God had done, they were very much
afraid.

God told Joshua that the Israelites were to take over the land of Canaan. He told Joshua to be
strong and courageous and to not be afraid for He was with him. Joshua and the people came to
a stronghold city in Canaan named Jericho. It was surrounded by high walls and strong gates.
The Israelites had to capture this city, but the inhabitants closed the gates, and prepared to fight
fiercely to prevent Joshua and his warriors from getting in.

As Joshua was alone at this time, near Jericho, he looked up, and saw a man standing with a
drawn sword in his hand. Joshua asked whether the man was on his side or if he was the
enemy. The man answered that he was the Lord! Joshua fell on his face to the earth and
worshipped saying, “Lord, what do you have to say to me?” Then the Lord told Joshua, as before
he had told Moses, to take his shoes from his feet, for the place on which he stood was holy; and
instructed him how Jericho was to be captured.

When men in olden times attacked a city, they tried to batter down the walls with heavy beams of
wood, having heads of iron, called battering rams; but God did not instruct the Israelites thus to
capture Jericho. They were to remember that it was not by their own power they could conquer
the Canaanites, but only as God gave them the victory over their enemies.

So God commanded Joshua to capture Jericho in a very strange way. He said that seven
priests, each having a trumpet, were to go before the ark. In front of them the armed men of
Israel were to march; and behind the ark the people were to follow. In this way they were to go
round the city once each day for six days, the priests blowing their trumpets each time. The
seventh day they were to go in the same manner round the city seven times; and God said that
when the priests blew their trumpets the seventh time, the people were to give a great shout,
and the walls of the city would fall down.

Joshua and the people did as God commanded. They marched round the city carrying the ark,
the priests blowing their trumpets; and on the seventh day they marched round seven times. The
last time, when the priests blew their trumpets, the people shouted with a great shout, and the
walls of the city fell down flat. Because Joshua obeyed God, the Israelites were victorious and
took possession of Jericho!

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 Read Joshua 6:1-21
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Joshua

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The Israelites marched
and the walls fell.
around this city
 Read Joshua 6:1-21
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God told
Joshua that
the Israelites
were to take
over the land
of Canaan.

Cut
out

They
came to
a city
surrounded
by high walls
and strong
gates.

Joshua
To take
over
the city, the
Israelites had to
Start here
march around it a
one time for 6
days.

On the 7th
day, they
marched around
it 7 times,
shouted, and the
walls fell.

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 David: Soldiers of Christ are Winners
1 Samuel 17-1-54

There was war between the Israelites and the Philistines, and both sides prepared for battle. They
fought; the Israelites were defeated, and many of them killed. The Israelites got the ark of the
covenant out of the Tabernacle to carry to their camp. They thought that if the ark was with them,
they would be able to win the war. God was very displeased about this. It was very sinful of them
to use what God had made so holy. So the Israelites were defeated again. The ark was taken by
the Philistines, and again, many of the Israelites were killed.

We are not told much in the Bible concerning the early life of David. Like many other children in
Canaan, he was a shepherd to his father's flock. He was a kind boy with a handsome face. He
was a good musician, knew how to sling stones at a mark, and was so brave that when a lion and
a bear came to attack the lambs of his father’s flock, he went after them and killed them both.

Two armies were ready for battle. They were the armies of the Israelites and Philistines. The
camp of the Israelites was on one hill, and the camp of the Philistines on another. There was a
valley in between the camps. For forty days these armies had been facing each other, but no
fighting had broken out. On the Philistines side was a giant man who was very tall and very
strong. He came out every day to challenge the Israelites to send a man from their camp to fight
him. But no man dared to go against Goliath. He terrified them!

Meanwhile Jesse had sent David to the Israelites' camp to see after his brothers. He heard what
the giant said, and offered to go up against him. Saul was informed of David's offer, and sent for
him. King Saul put his heavy armor and helmet on David. He also tried to give David a big sword,
but David said he could not wear them. He knew his strength and protection came from God.
Saul told David he was not able to fight the giant, but David boldly replied, "The Lord which
delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the
hand of this Philistine." David trusted not in his own power, but in God! Then Saul said, "Go, and
the Lord be with thee."

So David grabbed his sling and gathered five stones from a brook. When he got to the camp,
Goliath rose and drew near to David. Goliath cursed the boy coming out to fight him. David said to
the Philistine, “You come against me with the sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you
in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” David
stood boldly before him, put a stone in his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead so that he fell
to the ground. David did not have a sword, so he took Goliath’s sword out of its sheath and used it
cut off Goliath’s head. The Philistines were so scared that they ran away. Davis was a hero to the
Israelites!

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 Read 1 Samuel 17:1-54
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Flap Flap

David
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 David grabbed David slung a
his sling and stone with his
gathered five sling at Goliath.
smooth stones It hit the giant in
from the brook. the forehead causing
Then he went to the giant to fall
fight Goliath. down.

There was a great

David did it. He conflict going on between
beat the giant the Israelites and the
Philistines. David heard
Philistine. When there was a Philistine
the rest of the giant named Goliath that
Philistines saw frightened the Israelites
soldiers so much that
what David did to they dared not fight him.
Goliath they ran Even though David was
away. just a boy, he said he
would go up against him.

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 David was a kind boy
with a handsome face.
He was a good Then David ran
musician, knew how to over and pulled
sling stones at a mark, Goliath’s sword
and was so brave that
when a lion and a bear
from its sheath.
came to attack the David used it to
lambs of his father’s cut off Goliath’s
flock, he went after head.
them and killed them
both.

Goliath cursed the boy

When King Saul heard
coming out to fight him.
that David wanted to go
David said to the
up against Goliath, he
Philistine, “You come
sent for him. He put his
against me with the
armor and helmet on
sword and spear and
David. David said it was
javelin, but I come
too heavy and that he
against you in the name
could not wear it. He
of the Lord Almighty, the
knew his strength and
God of the armies of
protection came from
Israel, whom you have
God.
defied.”

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 Read Ephesians 6:11
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Directions: Circle the words found in Ephesians 6:11. Then glue
booklet into lapbook. The solution is found on the next page.

Put on the full armor of God, so

that you will be able to stand firm
against the schemes of the devil.

W G T H E D E V I L T

S X A N T O F K O Z U

C T R M F H C G O S P

H S M A R U E F B C M

E N O B P I L D H V D

M I R L K H F L K T Y

E A J E D O G K Y A M

S G B T Z E U Y L H L

Q A O E H O D N A T S

Q K Z T Y T H V K R N

W I L L J N X D D O T

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 Word Search Solution

W G T H E D E V I L T

S X A N T O F K O Z U

C T R M F H C G O S P

H S M A R U E F B C M

E N O B P I L D H V D

M I R L K H F L K T Y

E A J E D O G K Y A M

S G B T Z E U Y L H L

Q A O E H O D N A T S

Q K Z T Y T H V K R N

W I L L J N X D D O T

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Cut out pieces and glue to the correct box on the next page. Then glue the page to the
back of your lapbook.

Helmet of Salvation

Sword of the Spirit

Shield of Faith

Belt of Truth

Sandals of the
Gospel of Peace

Breastplate of
Righteousness

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Put on the full armor of God Eph. 6:11

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