Follow Good Examples!
Items Needed: Various items you might need to teach your child a new skill. See list below.
Teach your child a skill you know that is new to them.
Some ideas—How to:
- Stand on your head
- Eat an Oreo the “correct” way
- Sew on a button
- Dribble a basketball
- Catch a fish
- Play a new game (one you learned as a child)
Why is it good for someone to teach you? (They know the best way to do it, can show you when you don’t know what to do, have done it before and are more experienced; etc.)
How can we know how to live a godly life? (Read the Bible; follow Jesus’ example; follow others’ examples; etc.)
We can all learn something about how to love God from other believers.
Don’t Keep It to Yourself!
Items Needed: Treats for the whole family
Unwrap a treat (candy bar, cookie, whatever would appeal to your children) and start eating in front of your children (preferably when they are hungry). When they start begging/whining/grabbing for your treat, gladly pull out more and share with everyone.
As you are enjoying the treat, talk about it:
Why did you want a treat? (We saw you eating it; we were hungry; etc.)
What was my attitude about sharing the treat? (You were willing; you were glad to share; etc.)
How could this relate to us having and sharing the good news about God? (We know about God and should tell others who don’t know; we should be happy to give the good news to others; etc.)
God wants every generation to know Him and what He has done. Grandparents can teach their children. When those children become parents, they can teach their children. Let’s keep the good news going. Don’t keep it to yourself! Who can you tell?
How to Pass on Faith
Item Needed: Small ball or stuffed animal
Line up or sit in a circle and see how fast you can pass the item through the entire family. If you line up, you can pass alternately over the head and under the legs. If you sit in a circle, you could close your eyes as you pass the item for an added challenge.
In Deuteronomy 6, God gave the vision to parents to be regularly giving their children testimony of what God is doing and has done in their lives—not talking them into believing God is real but showing them evidence of His existence through their lives and words.
This, more than anything else, is the purpose of the family, and it’s intended to work from generation to generation—children becoming parents becoming grandparents, and with each new generation, adding more people to observe the living, active work of God in the lives of the people who have the most amount of influence in their lives. So, the best way to pass faith on is to live it and spend enough time with your family for them to see God at work in you.