Youths · About 15 minutes

A King Like the Nations

This study examines both a real leadership failure and the dangerous motives behind Israel's demand.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.
5 min
Read
Read 1 Samuel 8:4-9 and 19-22. Summarise verses 10-18 as Samuel's warning about taking power.
3 min
Understand
Identify the problem, proposed solution, stated motives, and warning.
3 min
Play
Make a four-box grid and place one phrase from the passage in each box.
2 min
Respond
Choose the weekly action, then pray together.

Talk about it

Which concern was legitimate?
Which motive showed distrust or conformity?

This week

Action: Choose one leadership situation and ask a respectful accountability question rather than following group pressure.

Prayer: God, give leaders justice and humility, and help us place our trust and allegiance in You.

Note for parents: Keep political examples general. Do not use the lesson to recruit a child into a party position or to silence concerns about harmful leadership.

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