Faithfulness

Lesson Notes from Don's teaching teaching Sunday.

Parent & Kids notes can be found at tbcgrkidz.org

Definition: To pursue faithfulness means acting with INTEGRITY, keeping your word, and doing what is right before GOD, with FORTITUDE, and without COMPLAINT because you trust God to give you the ability to complete all things he has given you to do

Some verses to look at:

• 1 Corinthians 4:1—2
• Psalm 31:23—24
• Proverbs 28:20
• Revelation 2:10
• 1 Samuel 12:24
• Hebrews 11

Memory Verse:  1 Samuel 12:24

But be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart;
Cnsider waht great things he has done for you.

Additional Notes (unless otherwise noted, quotes are from The Fruitful Life by Jerry Bridges)

We are called to be faithful by the always faithful God of the universe, who sent his faithful Son to save us from our sins and sent the faithful Holy Spirit to empower us to live this faithful life.

"Consider for a moment the absolute necessity of the faithfulness of God.  We are dependent upon his faithfulness for our final salvation (1 Corinthians 1:8-9), for deliverance from temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13), for ultimate sanctification (1 Thessalonians 5:23), for the forgiveness of our sins (1 John 1:9); for deliverance through times of suffering (1 Peter 4:19), and for the fulfillment of our ultimate hope of eternal life (Hebrews 10:23)."

"If we are careful to be honest in the little things, we will certainly be careful to be honest in the more important things of life."

There are some other resources on the kids page that can help with thinking about faithful.  

Here are two helps:

1. Read biographies of faithful Christian men and women.
2. Pray faith-filled prayers.  Thank God for His faithfulness. Thank God for saving faith.  Ask God to help you in being faithful.