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Because I value my relationship with God, I choose to know His character and respond to Him in my worship and life.

 

How To Be Like Jesus

Faith

All that I know about God makes me know that I can trust Him. God gives me faith.
I choose to have faith in God.

Definition

Faith related virtues: Assurance, confidence, hope, reliability, trust.

Faith means: Having the assurance that our God, and His love and teachings are sure without needing proof or evidence.
Knowing we can trust God in areas in which we have no reason or evidence because of our experience and knowledge of Him in the past or in other areas.
Believing that God will fulfill His promises
Obeying God's word without questioning
Believing that God will supply our needs, He will always be there for us.
Knowing God is with you without any proof.
To be faithful means to always be there. God is faithful. We can trust Him.


Artwork Music

See flipchart

 

Faith of our Fathers, SDAH 304
Trust and Obey, SDAH 590
My Faith Looks up to Thee, SDAH 517
I Know Whom I Have Believed, SDAH 511
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place, SDAH 523
Great is Thy Faithfulness, SDAH 100
Faith of our Fathers, SDAH 304
The Lord is my Light, SDAH 515
He will Carry You
You Are My Hiding Place
He's Able
Unto Thee, O Lord
Cares Chorus
Hold Out for a New Day
I Just Keep Trusting My Lord
We Have This Hope, AYS, 195

Student Life Applications

1. Student on his way to church while others are pointing and laughing at him
2. Hungry student praying over an empty plate
3. Students at a public dining hall giving a blessing before they eat
4. Student in a non-Christian school standing up for his beliefs

Bible, E.G. White


1 John 3:22 and 5:14 Whatsoever we ask, we receive.
James 1:6 If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us.
Mark 11:22 "Have faith in God," Jesus answered.
Galatians 3:11 The just shall live by faith
Galations 3:26 We are all children of God by faith
Ephesians 2:8 We are saved through faith....
Hebrew 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is. . . All of the people in Hebrews

“Faith is the gift of God, but the power to exercise it is ours. Faith is the hand by which the soul takes hold upon the divine offers of grace and mercy.” PP.431
“True faith lays hold of and claims the promised blessing before it is realized and felt.” EW 72
"What wilt Thou have me to do?" and when the way is marked out by the Master, faith is ready to do His will, at whatever hardship or sacrifice.” CT 183
“Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying.” 5T 443

 

Reinforcing Stories

Starting of : a) Loma Linda,
b) Avondale College,
c) Paradise Valley Hospital,
d)Publishing work in each country
e) Mission College

Living Illistrations by J. B. Fowler, Jr. p. 53
Christian Values Every Kid Should Know, Chapter 10, by Donna J. Habenicht
"Sarah's Big Surprise", Book Two, The Children's Hour by Arthur S. Maxwell, p. 210.
The Children's Hour IV, pg. 73, by Arthur S. Maxwell
"Jesus Understood", Volume One, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories by Arthur S. Maxwell, p. 18.
There are many answer-to-prayer stories in Bedtime Stories
"It Might Happen", Book Four, Great Stories for Kids by Jerry D. Thomas
"A Real Doll and Skate", "Who Sent the Flour?", "The Crocodile That Missed His Supper", Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School.
July 21, November 1, December 30, Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell.

 

Student Activities


1. A blindfolded person lets another person lead him.out (trust).
2. Make a bulletin board collage of pictures in the shape of a cross. Pictures should reflect challenges you face as you live out your faith.
3. Change your mind: One student sits in the center and thinks of a favorite possession and names it. The other students take turns to ask: would you prefer...(eg. a skateboard)? The center student must answer truthfully yes or no. The aim is try to get the center student to change his mind. Then another student gets a turn. But we should never change our minds about believing in God.
4. Mark start and finish lines about 3 meters apart on a wall. Provide 30 cm (8 in.) balls. Demonstrate how to pass the ball against the wall with your abdomen, roll it along the wall without using your hands by turning from front to back. As soon as student completes 1/2 of course, have another begin. If the ball dropped, who moved? the wall or you? Could you say the wall was faithful? To be faithful means to always be there. God is faithful. We can trust Him..

Links to the Curriculum
Biology: Earthquakes shake the ground. Our faith won't be shaken if it is built on Jesus the solid rock.
Science: Many things we don’t fully understand now, but we have faith in them and know what they do, e.g., wind, gravity ect., so also we don't understand God but we can believe in what He does.
Science: Gravitational pull keeps planets in perfect orbit, so our faith keeps us in relationship to Jesus.

Resources

Little Lame Prince by Dinah Marie Craik
Louis Braille by Margaret Davidson
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Stepping Stones by Dorothy Eaton Watts, June 15, 18, December 11, 20, 19, 12, June 7, 9, 12, 14, 16,
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1964
Christian Values Every Kid Should Know, by Donna J. Habenicht, R&H, 2000
The Children's Hour, by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1945
Great Stories for Kids by Jerry D. Thomas, 1999
Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School by the Department of Education of the 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 faithful.
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show faith.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone didn't have faith in God
Tell two ways that you can show faith.
What is the opposite of faith? Who makes us act that way?
How do you think God feels when He sees people who have faith in Him?
How do you feel when you show faith?
What makes you want to show faith?
Finish the sentence: We can show faith when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I have faith in Him?
What difference does it make whether I show faith or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not choose to have faith?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t choose to show faith?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not choose to have faith?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to show faith. Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to have faith better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might have faith without anyone noticing?
Is it possible for a person to get better at having faith? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at showing faith? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at having faith?
How often do you show faith? Think of the last three times and tell me.

High school:
Would you practice faith if no one was checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to faith 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 faith?
If someone in a group spoke out against faith would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some of your money toward supporting your faith in your city, class, work?
Can you say that showing faith has become a habit? How often are you that way?
What effect do you think faith will have on your future?
Do you see your family practicing faith? How about your church, city, or nation? Does it make much difference if they do?
What do you think should be done to promote faith in your family, friends, church, city, and nation?
Does it make much difference if the above have faith or not? Why?