Explore together
Here are questions and an activity to help you talk about the lesson with your kids.
1. When David was tempted, what should he have done? (Walked away, listened to God, asked God to help him…)
2. Can you think of a time when you didn’t listen to God? What happened?
3. When Nathan showed David his sin, what did David do? (He was so sorry and repented. That’s one of the things that made David different than Saul.)
4. Did God forgive David? (YES!)
5. When you are told that you’ve done something wrong, how do you usually react? Do you make excuses? Lie to cover it up? Say you’re sorry?
6. God forgives us when we repent but sometimes there are consequences to our sin like there were for David. Can you think of some examples? (If you lie, others might not trust you again. If you break the rules at school you will get detention to help you learn, etc…)
7. What did you learn today about God’s forgiveness?
Memory Verse Time! Have everyone draw a heart on a piece of paper and write the memory verse inside it. Post your verses around the house to help you memorize it. (For younger children, have them draw a picture inside the heart of something God forgave them for.)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10