Choose Your Adventure - Week 1

I can be wise by not choosing sides!

Did you know that every day is full of adventures that we get to choose? Some adventures are small, like choosing which book to read. Others are bigger, like deciding how to react when a family member makes us upset. It’s not always easy to know what is best but there is hidden treasure you can take into every choice: wisdom. Wisdom is a valuable gift that helps people choose what’s best. Together we can choose wisdom, by not choosing sides, choosing our words carefully, choosing to do good, and choosing God!

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MEMORY VERSE:

"Be careful then, how you live- not as unwise, but as wise." Ephesians 5:15

Toddler Twist: "God helps me choose wisely!" Ephesians 5:15

READ: Wisdom and Favoritism: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; James 2:1-10

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DISCIPLE:

Choose one person in the family to be the captain. They are “it.” The rest of the family are sailors. Sailors can only crawl like they’re swabbing the deck. When they get tagged once by the captain, they become first mates. First mates hop around on one leg, and once they get tagged by the captain a second time, they become captains and can walk normally and help the captain tag people. The job of the captain is to get as many people to captain rank in the time allotted.

The more captains there were the easier it became to make others captains!

Did you know that not all pirates are bad pirates? Good pirates had a well-maintained ship with a pirate code that helped everyone get along.

When we are wise and see that we are all loved by God, it can be easy to work together toward showing God’s love to everyone around us! Read Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 together.

DISCUSSION:

What is better to have than riches?

What were the two types of people that the Bible story from Proverbs 22 talked about?

Whether we are rich or poor, what do all of us have in common?

Read James 2:9. What does this verse say about favoritism?

What are some ways you might be tempted to show favoritism?

What can you do to remind yourself to choose wisely and not choose sides?

What do you show when you don’t show favoritism?