Wed July 22

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word endurance.

Reading

Romans 5:1-5, James 1:1-4-Endurance produces...

Optional Reading

Heb 10:32-39

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

We need endurance.
God helps us get endurance.
One of God's means to endurance is suffering.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

How does God give us endurance.
Why might we suffer?
What should we do since God gives us endurance?

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

We need endurance, which means not giving up when life is hard. The Bible says this in Hebrews 10:36.

Paul explains that endurance grows when we go through tough times. It's not just "hard things make you stronger." It's that God uses hard things to help us grow up, become mature, and learn to trust Him.

James says endurance helps us become complete. But both Paul and James say endurance starts with trials-the hard things we face. We might wish we could get endurance without suffering, but God uses those hard moments to help us grow. As Keddie says, James is saying that as an act of faith we must put these trials in the credit column.

So how do we get endurance?

We get endurance through suffering.
We also get endurance from God and His Word (Romans 15:4-5).
Every good gift comes from God (James 1:17), and He gives us everything we need to live for Him (2 Peter 1:3).
Endurance is one of those good gifts.

So be confident: God will give you endurance. Even when life is hard, remember that God has helped you before and He will keep helping you. With God's help, endure.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 22b, 51a

Prayer

Ask God to help you endure in your faith.
Pray for change in you from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.