Elisha and the Arameans - Sunday Stories for Families

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2 Kings 6:8-23 - Elisha and the Blinded Arameans PARENTS: please look over this week’s edition as the storyline may not be suitable for all children. God’s people can be confident and kind when faced with opponents. Use these questions to think more about the story: 1. Why was Elisha’s servant afraid? What could he see? What couldn’t he see? 2. Are there times when you feel alone or outnumbered as a Christian? How does this passage encourage you? Are you ever really alone or outnumbered? 3. How can you help other Christians to remember that God is always with his people and that he is stronger than any enemy? 4. How did the King of Israel expect Elisha to act towards his enemies? Why was Elisha’s response surprising? Why do you think he acted in this way? Who was he trusting? 5. How do you usually respond to those who oppose you because of your faith? Why do you respond in that way? How does this passage challenge you? 6. What was the result of Elisha’s kindness? How did the King of Aram respond? 7. How can our response to opposition also result in good? How might it challenge those who oppose us? How can it help us to witness to them as Christians? 8. How do people generally respond to hostility or acts of aggression? How are those who do not respond with equal aggression viewed? 9. Where did Elisha’s confidence come from? How did it enable him to respond to the Aramean threat? 10. Give thanks that God is for his people and that no power can ever overrule his plans for them. Ask him to help you trust his ability to watch over you so that you might respond with grace to those who oppose you for being a Christian. Your Love © 2004 Sovereign Grace Worship CCLI Song # 4520052 Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicised, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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