A Discipleship Curriculum for Families with Young Children

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INTRODUCTION: Family Leader's Guide

Introduction: Family Leader's Guide

When we ask parents about their desires to create a family who follows Jesus together, the most common response is that they would like to be more intentional but they just don’t know how to start! What we are offering here is that starting place – a way to get young families into the Bible together, learning and praying and worshipping Jesus, a place for children to hear from their parents about faith, a place for children to explore and ask questions, a place where families can see how learning to follow Jesus can change their family for the better.
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1: PLAY

1: PLAY

Jesus loved people by spending time with them, and we can love our family and friends by playing well together and following Jesus' example to be kind and forgive.
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2: ASK

2: ASK

It's okay to have questions about the world - Jesus wants us to wonder and find answers in him. Your questions matter to God!
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3: TRUST

3: TRUST

We can trust God because he is trustworthy. We should be like Jesus who demonstrated trust in God his Father, and is trustworthy to those who follow him.
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4: FORGIVE

4: FORGIVE

Jesus taught us we must forgive one another and showed us how to forgive even when it is very hard.
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5: LOVE

5: LOVE

Jesus taught us to love God and love one another. He demonstrated what love was and we should follow his example.
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6: HELP

6: HELP

Jesus wants us to help one another. Families who follow Jesus help each other to follow and obey him.
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7: PRAY

7: PRAY

Jesus taught us to pray - to trust that God hears us and knows just what we need before we ask, and when we follow Jesus we pray as he instructed.
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8: LEARN

8: LEARN

Jesus grew in wisdom and had to learn as a child! We can be like Jesus and grow in what we know so that it will change how we live.
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9: CHURCH

9: CHURCH

Jesus gave an important mission to the Church and if we are followers of Jesus we belong to this Church, and this mission is for us too!
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10: WORSHIP

10: WORSHIP

Jesus deserves our worship, and setting our eyes on him helps us live like him. Jesus taught us to worship with our whole lives through the way we serve and love.
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11: GRACE

11: GRACE

Jesus showed grace to those who believed him – we should show grace to others as Jesus did because we have been shown much grace!
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12: OBEDIENCE

12: OBEDIENCE

Jesus commanded us to make disciples and teach them to obey everything he commanded; therefore, following Jesus will look like obedience. We are not only to obey God’s commands but love them.
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13: MISSIONS

13: MISSIONS

Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations and to pursue steadfast love, justice and righteousness on the earth. Missions is about righting what is unjust, especially those who do not know that salvation can be found in Jesus Christ.
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14: MONEY

14: MONEY

Jesus taught many lessons on money, how we should use it, and the difference between trying to build God’s Kingdom and Our Kingdom with it. We can follow Jesus when we learn to spend, save and share the way Jesus taught us to.
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15: FEELINGS

15: FEELINGS

Jesus felt anger, sadness, joy and frustration, but he didn’t allow himself to sin. Jesus shows us that our heart and body work together with our mind to obey all that God has commanded us – we don’t have to be ruled by our emotions.
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16: WORDS

16: WORDS

Jesus taught us that what comes out of our mouths matters, and when we follow how he taught us to live, we must pay careful attention to our words, because our words have the power to help or harm others.
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