I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS King Nebuchadnezzar made a statue made of gold. Everyone was told that they had to bow down to the image. But the three Hebrew boys; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, did not obey the King instead they obeyed God. They knew that God said, ‘Thou shalt not b__ _ _ _ _n to any graven images.’ The King was angry. He told his servants to make a fiery furnace. They trusted that God would rescue them from the blazing fire and, even if He did not, they still would not obey the king, only God. So the king told his servants to throw them in the furnace. When the king looked into the furnace, there were four men instead of three. Jesus was with them! Jesus had rescued them from the fire. Because they stood up for Jesus and worshipped Him alone, everyone else believed that God was the true King. I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS Saul was king and he ruled people called Israelites. David and his family were Israelites too. The Israelites weren't getting along with people named the Philistines. The problem with the Philistines was that they had many giants living in their land. One of the strongest and biggest giants was named _______. He was over nine feet tall. Goliath was covered with armour and carried a big spear. Every morning and every evening for forty days he shouted to the Israelites in his big deep voice, "Hey, you guys! I dare you to find one man to fight me. If he can beat me we will become your servants, but if I win you will all become our servants." When Saul and all his men heard this they were very afraid. One day, ______ set off to visit his brothers. As he approached them he heard Goliath shouting his challenge like he did every morning. "Isn't someone going to stand up to this man?" David asked the men in the army. "Then I will fight this giant Philistine." ______ approached David and said, "You can't fight Goliath, you're only a boy and he has been fighting for many years." But David said to Saul, "I have had to fight_____ and bears to protect my father's sheep. God helped keep me safe then and he will help keep me safe now." So Saul dressed David in heavy armor to protect him from Goliath but David took it off. It was so _____ he could hardly walk and he knew that God would keep him from harm. Instead, David went to a stream nearby and found _____ smooth stones, put them in a pouch around his waist, and with his sling he went to Goliath. As David approached Goliath, Goliath looked at David and thought it was a joke. Goliath thought that he could easily beat David and it was funny that Saul would send a small boy to fight him. But David said to him without fear, "You fight with a sword and I come with _____ on my side and today everyone will know that there is one true God in this land." Goliath didn't care what David said and he moved closer to attack him, David dashed to meet him. Reaching into his pouch he pulled out a stone, put it into his slingshot and I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS shot it at Goliath. The stone hit him right between his ____ and suddenly Goliath started to lose his balance. He fell with a loud thud right on his face. David had done it, he beat the giant Philistine! When the rest of the Philistines saw this they ____ away and David became a hero to all the people in Israel. I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS The people were oppressed and they turned to the Lord. They prayed to God for help. The Lord sent a Judge to save the people – the prophetess, Deborah. A prophetess is a woman whom God chooses to convey His special messages to others. Since God told Deborah what to say, the people wisely went to her to have their quarrels settled under palm trees. God told Deborah to have Barak gather and lead an army to Mount Tabor. God promised that King Jabin and Sisera would come to fight, but Barak would win. He agreed to go only if Deborah would accompany him. Deborah agreed to go along but she pointed out that a man would lead in the battle, but a woman would get the credit for killing Sisera. When Sisera heard about the Israelite army, he assembled his troops. God brought a big rain Their heavy iron chariots bogged down in the mud. Sisera himself left his chariot and ran away on foot. Sisera ran in a panic trying to find refuge in the family of Jael so he made his way to her tent. She invited Sisera into her tent and told him to go to sleep. She gave him a warm cover. When he asked for water she gave him milk instead. During the night, Jael used a hammer to drive a tent-peg through his skull. I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS After the rest of Sisera’s army was defeated, Jael’s heroism was celebrated in song. Just as Deborah said, a woman did receive the credit! I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS I’m in the Lord’s army Valencia SDA VBS
