8/15/2023 0 Comments Proverbs bible study for kidsIf we had more time in class, I would have let them get into pairs and act it out themselves. I first acted with a harsh word and then I acted with a gentle answer. I “acted” out a scenario of a conversation between the 2 animals to demonstrate the verse. What does it mean to “stir up anger”? Do I need a spoon for that?Īfter we had completely discussed the meaning of the verse, I pulled out 2 small stuffed animals that my son let me borrow.What does it mean to have a harsh word?.What are some things that make you really angry? How do you respond to those things?.What does wrath mean? Are there other words that are synonyms (mean the same) with “wrath”?.What does it mean to have a gentle answer?.Then I asked a lot of questions, in order to make them think, and for us to discuss: We read the verse in each version of the Bible that we had there. I just simply talked with the children, at home as well as my students in my class. I have been slow to listen to my children (at home and at church), I have been quick to answer them (without really listening), and have become angry way too quickly. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.” I have been just the opposite lately. I haven’t been remembering what it says in James 1:19-20, “This you should know, my beloved brethren. I have also noticed how I have been responding to my children lately. I have been noticing that they haven’t been very gentle with each other in their words or actions and so this verse fit right in to my other lesson. They are 1st grade-5th grade children and it was around the end of the school year for most of them. I used this in my Wednesday night class when we were talking about gentleness. My older one understood it on a deeper level than my younger son, but he still understood the meaning. I sat them both down, ages 9 and 5, and read this verse to them. It’s understandable because they are always around each other, since we homeschool, but not excusable. I used this at home with my own boys when they were kept talking harshly with each other. Maybe it’s the warmer weather that makes everyone, including myself, be quick tempered with others, but this was a necessary lesson that we all needed to hear again. This verse has been coming in handy lately, at home as well as in my classes at church. Proverbs 15:1 says, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
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