Christian Living 2

LESSON 1

I Got Wisdom from God

Book: Following GOD (Discovery Series) 2 Prepared by:

Pages: 2-9 Teacher Jen
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Father God,
We praise you and thank you for this day.
Please guide us in our studies and activities and
help us to learn in our classes. Thank you for
always loving me.
Help us to learn in every way so that we may
become the children you want us to be.
Amen.
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Key Verse: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Keep It: If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it
will be given to you. (James 1:5a)

Discover God: God makes me wise.

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If the Lord came to you in a dream and told you

that you could have anything that you want,
what would you ask for?
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The Story of Solomon

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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

David was very old. He had been king of

Israel for forty years. He had been a good
king who tried to serve God.

Even when he made mistakes, David was

always sorry and tried to do better.

The Lord knew that David had a good

heart.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

David was about to die. He told his son

Solomon to be the new king.

“Always follow the Lord, Solomon. Obey His

commands,” David told his son. And then
David died.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

When Solomon became a King, the

Lord came to him at night in a dream.
God said, “Solomon, ask me what you
want me to give you.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Solomon answered, “Oh, Lord, I want

to be a good king. I want to serve the
people and help them.
Please give me a wise heart so that I
can always tell the difference between
right and wrong.
Help me to be a wise king for the
people.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The Lord was happy that Solomon asked

for wisdom. So God said to him,
“You did not ask for long life and riches
for yourself. You did not ask for the death
of your enemies. You asked for the
wisdom to listen and make the right
decisions. So I will give you what you
asked for…
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

…I will make you wise and intelligent. I

will make you wiser than anyone who ever
lived or ever will live.
And I will also give you what you did not
ask for. You will have riches and honor all
your life…
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

There will be no other king in the world as

great as you.
And I will give you a long life if you follow
me and obey my laws and commands as
your father David did.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Solomon became known everywhere as a very

wise ruler.
He was also very rich and famous. People came
from everywhere to talk to Wise King Solomon.
They would tell Solomon their problems and he
would give them wise advice to help them.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Solomon became known everywhere as a very

wise ruler.
He was also very rich and famous.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

People came from everywhere to talk to Wise

King Solomon.
They would tell Solomon their problems and he
would give them wise advice to help them.
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Living 2
Answer the following questions.

1. If you were a king like Solomon, what would you ask

God for?

2. Why does a king need a wisdom?

3. Why was Solomon’s request for wisdom rather than

money, gold, or success pleasing to God?
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

One day, there were two women who lived in the

same house. Each woman had a baby of her own
and at night the babies would sleep in the same
bed with their mothers.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

One night while the women were sleeping the

first woman accidently rolled over on top of her
baby. Sadly, her baby died.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The woman wanted a baby so much that she

decided to take someone else’s baby. She quietly
snuck into the second woman’s room and
switched the babies.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

When the second mother woke up she found the

dead baby beside her in the bed. At first she
thought it was her baby that was dead but then
she realized that she had been tricked. She
wanted her baby back!
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The two women went to king Solomon. The

second woman told him what had happened.
She said, “It is my baby, I want my baby back!”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The other mother said, “No! It is MY baby. You

can’t have it!”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The other mother said, “No! It is MY baby. You

can’t have it!”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Everyone looked at Solomon. How could he ever

know which woman the baby belonged to? But
remember, God gave Solomon special wisdom.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Because Solomon was wise he had an idea for

finding out the truth. He ordered one of his
servants to bring him a sword. Then Solomon
said, “I order that the baby be cut in half with
this sword.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

The first woman said, “Okay, that’s fair. The

baby should be cut in half. That way neither of
us will have more than the other.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

But the other woman looked very sad. “No, do

not cut the baby in half! I love the baby too
much to see it hurt. I would rather the other
woman have my baby. I do not want my baby to
die.”
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Solomon had done a very wise thing. Now he

knew which one of these was the real mother
and which was not. A mother loves her baby very
much and would never want it hurt. Solomon
gave the baby to its true mother.
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Passage: 1 Kings 3:4-14

Everyone saw that Solomon really was wise.

Everyone knew that God had given him special
wisdom.
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If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God,

and it will be given to you. (James 1:5a)
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Values I learned: Living 2
Check the right values you learned from the story.

 It is good to accept that I don’t know everything.

 I can brag about being the leader in class even if I don’t know what
to do.
 If I don’t know the answer, I will copy from my classmate.
 If I want to be wise, I will ask God for wisdom.
 When God gives me wisdom, I will brag about it.
 If I don’t know what to do, I will ask my teacher or parents to teach
me.
 I will pretend that I know how to make the project, even if I can’t do
it well.
 I am thankful to God for giving me a wise heart.
 I will tell everybody that my wisdom comes only from God.
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Assignment: Pages: 8-9 (Steps to following God)

Like Solomon, if you want to be wise, you should ask wisdom

from God.
Draw a picture of something you can do to show that you are
wise.

1. At home 2. At school 3. In your community