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

Courage

God does important things even when they are very difficult. He bravely faces the challenges.

I choose to act with courage.

Definition

Courage related virtues: Bravery, assertiveness, peer pressure.
Artwork Music

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God is My Strong Salvation, SDAH 339
O Let Me Walk With Thee, SDAH 554
Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me, SDAH 551
Jesus Guide Our Way, SDAH 553
Anywhere with Jesus, SDAH 508
Nearer My God to Thee, SDAH 473

Dare to be a Daniel
Hold the Fort, MV Songs 62
I Shall Not be Moved

Student Life Applications

Because I know that God is with me, I will face the fearsome challenges of my life by:
Saying I am sorry when I make a mistake.
Speaking up when I know something is not right.
Sticking up for someone when everyone is against him/her.
Holding to my religious beliefs when people make fun of them.
Sharing my faith with people I don't know.
Standing for right even when it is difficult.
Telling the truth even when it is difficult.
 

Bible, E.G. White


Joshua 1:9 Be strong and of good courage
Proverbs 28:1 the righteous are as bold as a lion
John 16:35 Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world
Romans 8:31 If God be for us, who can be against us?

Reinforcing Stories

Teaching Your Children Values, pg 56, by Linda and Richard Eyre
"Saved from the Flood", Book One, The Children's Hour, pg 13; also V, pg 81 by Arthur S. Maxwell
Great Stories for Kids III, pg 137, by Arthur S. Maxwell
"The man who could not move", Volume One, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, p.61.
"Always tell Mother", "Two brave firemen", Volume Two, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, pp. 28, 44
"Faithful Unto Death", "Worm's Teeth", Volume Three, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, pp 168, 120 by Arthur S. Maxwell
"Jellyfish", Going Up by Charles L. Paddock
"Ben's Temperance Mission", "Bunny's Investment", "God's Protective Armor", "Rising Over Discouragement", "The wild animal show", "Afraid but not a coward", "What is a Coward?", Treasury of Devotional Aids for the home and school.
January 15, 22, February 17, 20, May 2, 4, June 18, 23, August 24, December 4, Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell

Student Activities

1. Our actions affect others, as Esther's did. Have kids line up single file and give out a roll of crepe paper streamers to teams of four. Have the first person in each line wrap the crepe paper twice around one of his wrists. Then have him pass the roll to the next person, who wraps it twice around one of his wrists in the same manner. Have kids continue wrapping the crepe paper around their wrists until everyone is connected. If the team's crepe paper breaks, the team must start again. Discuss what is hard about being connected and how do our actions affect each other.
2. Make a list of the things that make you afraid. Then try to find someone in the Bible who had a similar fear. What did God do for him?
3. Draw the three items that brave Gideon and his little army took to fight the Midianites. Did these win the battle?
4. Charade brave people from the Bible and let others guess who they are.

 

Links to the Curriculum
Physics: Force is the course of acceleration, so courage will cause accelerated motion.
Social Studies: During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, many people died. Likewise, Stephen was stoned by the Sanhedrin.
 

Resources
Teaching Your Children Values, by Linda and Richard Eyre, Simon & Schuster, 1993
The Children's Hour, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1945
Great Stories for Kids, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1999
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1964
Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School by Department of Education of General Conference of SDA, 1951
Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell, PPPA, 1993

 

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write two ways that show that God has courage.
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show courage.
Tell or write about when you showed courage like God would do.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who are courageous?
How do you feel when you are courageous?
Tell two ways that you can show courage.
What makes you want to be courageous?
What is the opposite of courage? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can show courage when we..........

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

High school:
Would you practice courage if no one was checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to courage and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone was not fully courageous? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to be courageous?
Are you proud to be courageous and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against courage would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some of your money toward supporting courage in your city, class, work?
Can you say that being courageous has become a habit? How often are you that way?
What effect do you think courage will have on your future life?
Do you see your family practicing courage? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote courage in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they are courageous or not?