This month with 1st-5th graders we’ll be focusing on (1) determination—deciding it’s worth it to finish what you started. (2) Have you ever thought about the example of determination that God has set for us? God doesn’t start what He doesn’t finish—ever. (3) And He wants us to have determination too. Just consider Paul. Paul worked harder (not only preaching and mentoring young leaders, but planting churches and discipling them) and gritted his teeth through more bad stuff (beatings, hunger, shipwrecks, mean people) than most people do in a lifetime. God gave him the “work” of sharing Jesus with others, and he was determined to see it through to the end. So this week, help kids think about some hard things they may face in which they’ll have to be determined to keep doing the right thing. What are some right things that kids will need to be determined to keep doing? Reassure them that God will help them every step of the way, just like He did for Paul. (4) And just like Paul, God can use their determination to show other people what He’s really like.
Memory Verse: "Let us keep on racing the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
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