Self-Control
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Time to play Statue Dance!
โ Play some dance music and let everybody dance
โ Pause the music, the kids should also pause mid-dance and freeze like statues
โ Count to 10, kids who moved during this phase are eliminated from the game. If no one moved, continue playing the music.
โ Repeat the sequence until the last player is left standing and declared the winner!
That was a fun way of testing how we can control our movements. Now, letโs check what the Bible says about self-control.
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James 1:19-21
19 ๐๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด: ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ, 20 ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. 21 ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
The Bible teaches us to practice self-control through 3 things: to listen attentively, to take time to review what we say before actually saying them and to not let our anger get ahead of us. Anger is one of the emotions that many of us find hard to control. The moment we let our anger rule over us, we end up saying things we do not mean and may regret later on, and it may also lead us to sin. But most of all, anger produces roots in our hearts that do not honor God because they lead to people hurting each other.
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Parent to Kid/s:
2-6 years old
โ What do you do when you get angry? Do you think this pleases God?
7-12 years old
โ How quick are you to react negatively (be angry) towards a situation? Do you think this is pleasing to God?
โ Why do you need to practice self-control? What would happen if you are short tempered all the time?
Kid/s to Parent:
โ How can we be โslow to angerโ in difficult situations?
โ What are some ways we can do in order to control our anger?
Having self-control not only keeps us from sinning, it preserves our lives as well. It keeps us from hurting others with our words or actions. As we learn to control ourselves, especially our anger, we learn to trust God more.
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Dear Jesus,
Please help us practice self control. Help us to listen carefully before reacting, help us value relationships over proving who is right or wrong. Help us to trust you, in Jesusโ name,
Amen!
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Do you know that a study has shown that people with self-control are happier than those who cannot control themselves?
A study has shown that self-control and satisfaction in life are linked. When you have self-control, you may not always get what you want or have your way but it just means that your personal satisfaction is not dependent on just those things. You get satisfaction from a lot of other things!
Makes sense? Think about this the next time you feel your temper rising.
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