Level: Helping Hand
Track: My Self
Category: Spiritual
Mandatory: Extra

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Purity

  1. Explain the word "purity."
  2. Read Philippians 4:8-9.
  3. Name one woman in the Bible who chose to follow God no matter what happened to her.
  4. Name one man in the Bible who chose to follow God no matter what happened to him.
  5. Write out three Bible verses that show how God's strength can help you be pure.
  6. Discuss how character is built by the choices we make.
  7. Read I Timothy 4:12, Job 17:9, and Daniel chapter 1-3. Discuss the fact that you are never too young to make a big difference. Explain that you will grow stronger and stronger as you choose purity.

Helps

  1. Have the children write the following sentences: Purity is avoiding things that take you away from God. Purity is spiritual and grows from inside out. It is not a costume but a way of living. Purity includes modesty. The music you listen to, the books you read, the videos you watch, and the clothes you wear should be pure/modest. When you live a life of purity, the rewards last forever.
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  3. Jesus' mother Mary remained pure, despite the ridicule she received from those around her. She trusted the words of God.
  4. Daniel helped give an entire kingdom the opportunity to pray to the living God. He was smart and that helped him successfully work for the king, but it was his character and loyalty to God that saved his life.
  5. Explain to the children that because the Bible and its promises are so powerful, it can be used to keep you pure. A nice way to explain it simply to the Adventurers is that when you carry the Bible, Satan gets nervous; when you open the Bible, Satan gets a headache; when he sees you reading the Bible, he faints; and when he sees you are living what you read, he flees. God's word is armor for daily living.
  6. Encourage the children to grow godly thoughts. Have the children stack crackers in the shape of a pyramid. Each cracker is a word. Use the words in the poem. The bottom of the pyramid would have the words/crackers: thought, feeling, action. The second level would have the words/crackers: habit, character. The top/third level would have the word/cracker: destiny.
  7. Make a fiery furnace poster. Write Job 17:9 at the bottom of the poster. Use cotton balls for framing the oven. Use strips of red tissue paper for fire. Put three smiling faces of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire.

Resources

  • Prayer
  • Bible
  • puritycircle.com/p/about-purity-circle.html
    Purity Circle by Dora Isaac Weithers (TEACH, 2006)

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