INDIVIDUAL VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value myself as a child of God, I choose to be a person of virtue.

 

How To Be A Person of Virtue

Self-worth

God made me very valuable. He created and saved me with great love, personal interest, and self-sacrifice.

 

I choose to live and act as someone important to God.

Definition

Self-worth related virtues: Child of God, assertiveness, dignity, prince, princess.
Artwork Music

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A Child of the King, SDAH 468
My Lord and I, SDAH 456
Brighten the Corner, MV Songs 71

Student Life Applications

Because I know that God created and loved me so much that He sent Jesus to die for me I will:

Always consider myself as very important and special to God.
Remember the gifts and talents I have.
Never consider myself greater than others because all that I have is from God and He could have made me different.
Never let unkind things that others say make me forget God's love for me.
Seek to find the best ways to use my talents to serve God and bless other people.
Look for people who may be treated unkindly and help them feel better, the way I would like to be treated if someone hurt my feelings.
 

Bible, E.G. White


Daniel 1:8 Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for
permission not to defile himself this way.
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Genesis 1:26, 27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:...God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:26,27
Psalm 8:4-8 thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

“They should keep before the mind the worth of souls, and the matchless depths of a Saviour's love."” 2T 504
“It is through the cross alone that we can estimate the worth of the human soul. Such is the value of men for whom Christ died that the Father is satisfied with the infinite price which He pays for the salvation of man in yielding up His own Son to die for their redemption.” 2T 635
“One reason for this is the low estimate which they place upon themselves. Christ paid an infinite price for us, and according to the price paid He desires us to value ourselves.” MH 498

Reinforcing Stories

Teaching Your Children Values, pg 90, by Linda & Richard Eyre
"The Little Kid", Book One, Great Stories for Kids, pp. 37, 114, 121, 128
"No Problem", Book Three, Great Stories for Kids, p. 165
"Good for Nothing Special", "Trapped with the Baby", "Almost Alone in the Dark", "Trapped by the Flood", "Someone Special", Book Four, Great Stories for Kids, pp. 6, 13, 20, 26, 32
Great Stories for Kids, Book Five, pg. 48 by Jerry Thomas

Student Activities

1. Helping little brother learn to ride his bike.
2. Admitting your physical characteristics are a gift from God (freckles, hair, nose).
3. Smiling.

 

Links to the Curriculum
Biology: Each flower, each leaf, is different by God's plan so we are each unique by His plan.
Health: A girl's tiny ovaries contain thousands of eggs to mature, God sees in us thousands of potentials to develop.
Home Economics: Jacob had 12 sons. God noted their personalities and valued them enough to name the gates of the Jerusalem for those sons.
Math: As each digit in a given number has a place value, so each person has a place value with God.
Science: Creation
 

Resources


Great Stories for Kids, by Jerry Thomas, PPPA, 1999
Teaching Your Children Values, by Linda & Richard Eyre, Simon & Schuster, 1993

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show self-worth.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who have self-worth?
How do you feel when you have self-worth?
Tell two ways you that you can show self-worth.
What makes you want to have self-worth?
What is the opposite of self-worth? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can have self-worth when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I have self-worth?
What difference does it make whether I have self-worth or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not choose to have self-worth?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t choose to have self-worth?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to have self-worth. Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to have self-worth better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might have self-worth without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could have self-worth in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Can you think of someone who seems to have self-worth? What makes them better at it?
How often do you show that you have self-worth? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in with people who have self-worth? How have you joined in?

High school:
What is the alternative to having self-worth and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to have self-worth?
Are you proud to have self-worth and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against self-worth would you speak up to give the other side?
What effect do you think having self-worth will have on your future life?
What do you think should be done to promote self-worth in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they have self-worth or not?