Parents shouldn't give up doing what is best for their children even when their children are ungrateful. ~Martin Luther
Family
Closeness
Game:
Stopwatch
Games
With
a stopwatch and a bit of imagination, your family can clock hours of crazy
contests.
- How long does it take to blow a perfect bubble after you put a new piece of gum in your mouth?
- How long can you chew your food for before it disappears?
- How many times can you click in a minute?
- How long does it take to run around the house?
- How many baskets can you shoot in 2 minutes?
Sharing:
- If you were told tomorrow that you were going to jail forever how would it change the way you act or live?
- If you were told tomorrow that you were adopted how would it change the way you act or the way you live?
- If you were told today that you are a special child of God how would it change the way you act or live?
Story
With your family
read: Matthew 18.21-35
Questions for Discussion:
- Is forgiving someone seventy times a lot?
- Do you think Jesus really meant we should keep count?
- Who do you think the king might be in this story?
- Who do you think the first slave might be?
- Knowing God forgives us, why do we often find it hard to forgive?
Prayer
and Celebration
Gratitude Board
On the fridge or at your table keep a small white
board called a gratitude board, and on it things are recorded and dated
whenever someone is passing by that they want to say thank you for or that they
are glad about. These can be used once a week or one a more regular basis as
the focus for family prayers.
Bonus
Family Activity
Follow
the Leader
Depending
on the age of your children play a game of follow the leader. The leader goes
around the house doing a variety of things. Eg. Crawl across the carpet, jump
through the dining room, climb over a bed, clap hands in the bathroom etc.
Everybody has to do what the leader does.
(This material is based on and draws from earlier Faithful Families emails by Stephen Harrison and Richard Browning: An Unless Ideas Production.)
Unless otherwise noted all material on this blog is copyright Stephen Harrison and Richard Browning
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