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in the promises of God, and there God met him and renewed the covenant in which he trusted (v. 24). Golden Text Illustration '• M atthew 5:9 A story has been told of a little girl who said to her mother one evening, “I was a peacemaker today.” ■ “How was that?’’ asked her mother. “ I knew something that I didn’t tell,” was the unexpected reply.— The American Messenger in Five Thousand Best Modern Illustrations, by Hallock. At Isaac's Wells G enesis 26:1-5, 17-33 "MEMORY VERSE: ’’Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Matt. 5:9). APPROACH: Did you ever see a fight on the school ground? What did you do? Did you urge one side or the other to keep on, LESSON STORY: The child that God promised to Abraham and Sarah was named Isaac.' Isaac grew to manhood, and God appeared to him and made him the same promises that He had made to his father, Abraham. Isaac dwelt in Gerar and digged again the wells which his father had used. But the herdmen of G e r a r c a m e and fought with Isaac’s herdmen about the water. There was so much fighting that Isaac named one of the wells a word which means “contention” and another a word which means “en mity.” I wouldn’t like to drink from such wells, would you? I am' afraid their names would leave a bad taste in the mouth! When the quarrels arose, Isaac just moved on and digged an other well. Finally his enemies ceased striving with him, so he named the last well a name which means “broad places” ; and he «aid, “For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” The Lord will always “make room” for the peacemakers. Will you try to be a peacemaker this week and all the weeks that lie ahead? Object Lesson H ints for H appy H earts , OBJECTS: A circle of cardboard 8 inches in diameter, and a piece of 5 -Division peacemakers? Let Verse. or did you try to stop them? Some times children, es pecially boys, think it is being very big and brave to take part in a fight. But it takes more cour age to refrain from f i g h t i n g and to make peace. What does God say about us say our memory
paper the same size. (Fold the paper three times, which will make-a “V” approximately 4 inches high and 3 inches across the top. When the paper is unfolded, it will have eight creases and be divided into eight equal parts. Place one crease at the top.''Five- eighths of an inch from the top on this crease, cut a round hole, 1 inch in diameter. Five-eighths of an inch from the bottom of this crease, cut out a heart, 1% inches wide and 1% inches high. On the creases to the right and left of the first round hole, cut two other like holes. Under the hole to the left write, “FIRST PLACE” ;, under the middle one, “SECOND PLACE,” and under, the third, “THIRD PLACE,” Run a rivet.through the cen ters of this paper and the cardboard. Inside the first hole, write “GOD” on the cardboard; in the second, “OTH ERS,” and in the third, “SELF.” .Write “PEACE” and “HAPPINESS” in the space uncovered by the heart. Turn the paper to the right until the word “OTHERS” is in first place. “SELF” will be in second place. The word “ GOD”'will need to be printed in third place. Write “UNSELFISH” and “UN HAPPY” in the heart. Turn the paper to the right until “SELF” is in first place, and “ GOD” in second place. Write “OTHERS” in third place. Write “SELFISH” and “FEAR” in the heart.) Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And be lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pil lows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said. 1 am the Lord God of Abra ham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth he blessed. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of hi* sleep, BLACKBOARD LESSON
LESSON: I want to give you some hints as to how you may have a happy heart. If I spin this wheel, it will tell us the secret.. Notice what happens when “SELF” is in first place. “GOD” and “OTHERS” take second and third place, and the heart has “SELFISH” and “FEAR” in it. We will see what happens when “OTHERS” are in first place. “SELF” and “ GOD” are in sec ond and third place, and though the heart ' is “UNSELFISH,” it is “UN HAPPY.” We will-give “GOD” first place, and now “OTHERS” have sec ond place and “SELF” has third place. Is it any wonder that “PEACE” and “HAPPINESS” are in the heart? I think Isaac had discovered the secret of putting God first, others sec ond, and self last, for he had peace when he built an altar to God and allowed others to have the wells of water, refusing to fight for them. and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. LESSON TEXT : Gen. 28:10-22. GOLDEN TEXT ; “I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest” (Gen. 28:15). DEVOTIONAL READING; Isa. 6:1-8. Outline and Exposition I. J acob ’ s C ondition (10-12) J ACOB’S scheming and lying had roundings, and in dread of the future. He was vainly attempting to flee from his sin, not recognizing the truth: “Be sure your sin will find you Out” (Num. 32:23). But, this being the sort of person to
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brought him to a place of weari ness and fear. He was a fugitive from his brother, fearful of his sur
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