W EEK
DECIDING IT’S WORTH IT TO
FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED
K-1st
BOTTOM LINE: Keep going even when it gets hard.
Create a Story
determination—
This month we’re talking about
finish what you
which is deciding it’s worth it to
e showing
started. Find a picture of someon
in a magazine.
determination or working hard
t picture. Write or
Imagine what is going on in tha
g hard and explain
draw a story of someone workin
uses determination to
how the person in your picture
p you have the same
get the job done. ASK God to hel
ething hard to do.
determination when you have som
Ask an Adult
time when they
Ask an adult to tell you about a
ing that was
used determination to do someth
uld be. Ask: how did
harder that they thought it wo
and how did it feel
it feel when you were doing it
that you are not
when you completed it. KNOW
ething hard.
the only person to have to do som
Read Galatians 6:9
Do Good for Others
at Home
Have an adult help you look up
Galatians 6:9 in your
Bible. This week do three go
od things around your
home. You could do three thi
ngs for a parent, like help
with dinner, clean the bathroo
m, or set the table. Or
you could do one good thing
for three people. You can
help one person with dinner,
help another clean their
room, and then clean up the
living room for everyone.
No matter how hard the job
is, make sure you stick
to it and do all three this we
ek. LOOK for ways you
can do your good deeds all we
ek.
Exercise Prayer
From the list belo
w, start with your
favorite and do
each of the follow
ing exercises five
times. For exampl
do 5 Jumping jack
e,
s, followed by 5 pu
sh
-ups, etc. for
5 rounds. During
the exercise, pray
to God about your
day. Thank Him fo
r things that wen
t well and ask for
help with things th
at didn’t. Keep up
both the prayer
and the exercise.
It will get harder
to exercise and to
pray the longer yo
u go.
• Jumping jacks
• Push-ups
• Sit-ups
• Squats
THANK God whe
n you finish for th
e air in your lungs
and the heart in yo
ur chest.
1
2ND-3RD GRADE
WEEK
ONE
READ ROMANS 12:12
DAY 1
This month is all about determination. Determination is deciding it’s worth it to finish what you
started. It’s hard to stick with something when it’s hard. Do you remember how it felt when you
were learning to read? Maybe you struggled at first with your sight words or maybe you got your
“d’s” and “b’s” mixed up. But you stuck with it and decided it was worth it to keep learning and
working until you could read a whole sentence.
Is there another new skill you’d like to learn? Maybe you want to learn to play an instrument, or
to knit, or to draw your favorite TV character. The best way to get started is to make a plan! Grab a
piece of paper and ask an adult to help you draw a calendar for this month. Once your calendar is
drawn, mark a time each day to work on this skill. As you complete each day, mark a big “X” across
that square and watch how your determination calendar can keep you on track.
THANK God for the ability to learn something new and to finish what you start!
READ HEBREWS 12:7-8
DAY 2
Determination is important if you want to accomplish something big! If you want to finish what you
start, you have to keep going when it gets hard. You won’t do everything perfectly. You will mess up,
and you will have to fight to keep going. But, what if you decided to believe the words you read in
this verse? What if you flipped your thinking around? The hard stuff you face is the stuff that God
uses to teach you something.
Has anyone in your family ever accomplished something really hard—like trained for a marathon,
or lost a lot of weight, or built something? Interview that person by asking the following questions:
1. Tell me about a time when you faced something hard (in your training or learning) and you wanted
to quit. What happened? Why did you stick with it?
2. What would have happened if you’d just given up instead of continuing to work hard?
ASK God to help you keep going even when you face something hard.
2ND-3RD GRADE
WEEK
ONE
READ 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9
DAY 3
When you’re working toward a big goal or learning a new skill, you might be tempted to skip ahead.
Maybe you don’t want to put in the work to practice that instrument every day—you just want to be
able to play your favorite song. Maybe you want to wing it on the day of the test instead of studying.
But part of determination is choosing to push through every step. You might need to stop when you
get frustrated. But the really important thing is to get back up and try again as you walk through
every step.
Grab several sheets of paper. Line up the pieces of paper on the floor like a trail. Hop from one sheet
of paper to the next, never stepping on the bare floor. Now, remove a few of the pieces of paper
randomly. Try hopping from sheet to sheet now. It’s way harder—maybe even impossible!
The next time you’re tempted to skip a step or to quit when you face something hard, think about
those sheets of paper and how important it is to push through each step until you reach your goal.
LOOK
for opportunities to complete each step until you reach your goal.
READ GALATIANS 6:9
DAY 4
Did you know . . .
Walt Disney went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland?
Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team?
Abraham Lincoln failed twice at business and lost more elections than he won?
What if Michael Jordan had left the court for good after getting cut from his high school team?
What if Abraham Lincoln had decided not to run for president? What if Walt Disney had given up
before he created Mickey Mouse? These men went on to accomplish BIG things because of their
determination.
Think about a farmer. When a farmer prepares the soil and then plants the seed, he’s still not
finished. He has to water it. He has to look out for bugs and disease. That farmer spends months
making sure that his crops will be fruitful by carefully tending
his fields. But there is a BIG pay off! When it’s time for harvest,
that farmer will reap a huge crop because of his determination.
Just like Abraham Lincoln or Walt Disney or a farmer who
tends his field, you can do something BIG and reap a harvest if
you have determination and DON’T give up.
KNOW
gets hard.
God will help you keep going even when it