Elementary // Contentment Week 2

Memory Verse:
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” – PHILLIPIANS 4:12 NIV

Definition

Contentment: Being satisfied with God.

Teaching Truth

I can be content knowing God made me!

Questions to Ask Your Child

  1. Read Genesis 1:26-31 and Psalm 139:13-18. How did God create us? What does He think about you? (By His Word. He thinks you are fearfully and wonderfully made.)

  2. What is something that you love about yourself? Why? Is there anything about yourself you have a hard time liking? What and why?

  3. How God could use you, exactly the way He made you, to bring Himself glory?

Activity

This week load up on ice cream sundae toppings and have the whole family create their own masterpieces! When complete, look at the different sundaes and note how they’re all different! While enjoying, read Ephesians 2:8-10 (NLT) and the Teaching Truth above. Discuss the following:

  • What differences did you see in each ice cream sundae? Why are they different? (Because each person creating them is unique.)

  • What do these verses tell us about how God made us? (We are God’s workmanship, and because of Jesus we are made new.)

  • Why can that help us to be content with who we are? (As your kids answer, remind them that God doesn’t make mistakes and does everything with purpose.)

KidsCityBridge KidsElementary Resource