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

Responsibility

I can count on God. He will always do what He says. He is faithful in His work and fulfills His promises.

I choose to be responsible.

Definition

Responsibility related virtues: Accountability, cause and effect, commitment, finish the task, following instructions, good intentions, endurance, persistence, perseverance.

Responsibility means: Faithfully doing the job that was assigned at home, faithfully doing jobs assigned at school, accepting the consequences of your choice, setting a good example for those who look up to you, pursuing, doing one's duty, pursuit of excellence.
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Brighten The Corner Where You Are, MV Songs 71
A Child of the King, SDAH 468
Can the World See Jesus in You?

Student Life Applications

Workers doing their jobs:
1. Clerks filling the shelves of the store.
2. People pulling weed in the garden.
3. People hoeing the garden.
4. Student feeding the chickens.
5. Student washing windows.
6. Student hanging up the shirt he took off.
7. Student writing his assignment.
8. Big sister playing with thesmall child.
9. Washing dishes.
10. Sweeping classroom floors.
11. Cleaning the blackboards.
12. Cutting the grass.
13. Student looking at watch and goes to work when his friends continue to play.
14. Student playing with little brother while his friends are playing with each other.
 

Bible, E.G. White


Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will be richly blessed.
Matthew 25:23 Well done, good and faithful servant, thou has been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things.
Revelation 2:10 Be faithful, even to the point of death.
Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
Romans 14:12 Every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

“Give some of your leisure hours to your children; associate with them in their work . . . Give them responsibilities to bear, small at first, and larger as they grow older. Let them see that you think they help you.” CT 124
“But we are not to place the responsibility of our duty upon others, and wait for them to tell us what to do.” DA 668
“All may be certain that faithfulness in little things is the evidence of fitness for greater responsibilities.” ED 61
"Faithfulness is as essential in life's common duties as in those involving greater responsibility." 4T 590
"The Master prizes goodness and faithfulness above all else." GW 267
"Through the faithfulness of His children, God was glorified in all the earth." PK 511
"It is the faithfulness, the loyalty to God, the loving service, that wins the divine approval. . .and in the day of God. . .will be commended." COL 361

 


Reinforcing Stories

Christian Values Every Kid Should Know, Chapter 12, by Donna Habenicht
"Red the Responsible", Book One, The Children's Hour, pg 55; also, III, pg 109; IV, pg 55 by Arthur S. Maxwell
"Courage or Cowardice?", Book Five, The Children's Hour by Arthur S. Maxwell
Great Stories for Kids I, pg 15
"Flowers To Go", Book Three, Great Stories for Kids, pp. 159, 165, 178 by Jerry Thomas
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, I, pg 105; II, pg 38 by Arthur S. Maxwell
"Prisoner at the Bar", Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School
June 27, 29, July 2, Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell

Student Activities

1. Reliable promise keeper: Color or paint rainbows on paper plates and hang by colored yarn. Remembering that God made a promise to Noah that He has kept.
2. Reliability: Place a rock inonehand and sand in th eother hand of each student. Walk around and pour water ont he hands of the students. Ask which handful is the more reliable. Which would you rather build your house on? Jesus is compared to the Rock of Ages.

 

Links to the Curriculum
Biology: Domestic animals do their work, we too should do our part.
English: Rewriting manuscripts takes perseverance and with God's help I will persevere in my duties.
Health: Each body organ can be counted on to function voluntarily so should each church member.
Home Economics: Family duties can be divided as the Levites duties were divided.
Math: Constant terms are reliable and dependable, so we should be.
Physics: An object has bouyant force equal to the weight of the object even so we should carry responsibilities according to our abilities.
Social Studies: Ambassadors are responsible for their countries' reputations, even so, Christians are responsible for God's reputation.
 

Resources


Christian Values Every Kid Should Know, by Donna Habenicht
The Children's Hour, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1945
Great Stories for Kids, by Jerry Thomas, PPPA, 1999
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1964
Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School by Education Department of General Conference of SDA, 1951
Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell, R&H, 1993

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write two ways that show that God is responsible.
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show responsibility.
Tell or write about when you showed responsibility like God would do.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone was not responsible.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who are responsible?
How do you feel when you are responsible?
Tell two ways that you can show responsibility.
What makes you want to be responsible?
What is the opposite of responsibility? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can be responsible when we..........

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

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