Lesson 6

How

reliable are God’s

promises? G

od always

keeps his promises, but do

you know

what they are?

Check out these prom

ises; then

write dow

n what the prom

ise

means to you:

Gen

esis 9:8

-11

Rom

ans 8

:28

I John 1

:9-1

0

John 1

4:6

-7

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

0:1

3

Heb

rews 1

3:5

Rom

ans 8

:35-3

9

John 1

4:1

-2

Keeping P

rom

i ses

Keeping P

rom

i ses

Promise

What does this prom

ise mean t o you?

Rea

d th

e follo

win

g situ

atio

ns. Th

en rea

d th

e Scriptu

re verse. U

sing th

at verse, p

repare a

n a

nsw

er show

ing h

ow

the tru

th o

f the

verse would

help

overco

me th

e lie presen

ted in

each

situatio

n.

Truth

Truth

Consequences

Consequences

Key Verse: “The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving tow

ard all he has made” (Psalm

145:13).

Beauty Is Only Skin D

eepSarah is a happy, intelligent 12-year-old girl w

ho has been disfigured since birth by a terrible birth defect. She recently m

oved to your school, and your friends are saying m

ean things about her appearance. But you’re m

aking friends w

ith Sarah and want to show

your friends how

hurtful their words are.

What w

ill you say to your friends?

Two Places at O

nceW

hat a great job! All you have to do

is water the plants in the Flagstone

Com

pany’s lobby, and then walk through

the offices making sure the com

puters and copy m

achines are turned off. It takes three hours once a w

eek, and you get paid $50 a w

eek! The catch is that you have to do the job on Sunday m

ornings, so you’ll miss

church. You love to worship G

od, but this is really great m

oney. What do you do?

Hum

ble, Schumble

Getting elected student council president

wasn’t that big a deal at first, but now

that your cam

paign is up and running, you want

it bad. Your friends tell you that just talking about w

hat you’ll do as president isn’t enough. You m

ust compare yourself w

ith your opponent and prove you’re a better person. It’s a w

eek before the election, and your last chance to talk at a school assem

-bly. W

hat will you say?

or

Read 1 Peter 3:3-4.Read 1 Tim

othy 6:9-11.Read 1 Peter 5:5-7.

F a mi ly F u n

F a mi ly F u n

Keeping promises is a great habit to form

. It allows people to

trust you and helps you become a person of integrity. This w

eek, place a jar on your kitchen table. A

nnounce that it’s “Prom

ise-Keeping Week,”

and every time som

eone in your fam

ily breaks a promise,

that person has to put a quarter into the jar. H

ow

many quarters do you

think will accum

ulate in a w

eek? When the w

eek has ended, give the m

oney to a w

orthy cause, and ask G

od to help you keep prom

ises alw

ays.

God

had promised a flood to end all floods. A

nd for

many years N

oah faithfully built an ark, trusting

God w

ould keep his promise. W

hen the flood

finally came, it did everything G

od had promised.

And the ark did everything G

od had promised.

When the w

aters receded, Noah and his fam

ily left

the ark only to discover God giving them

another promise: N

ever again would

God destroy the entire earth w

ith a flood.

• G

od kep

t his pro

mises, b

ut have yo

u ever bro

ken a

pro

mise? W

hat d

o yo

u remem

ber a

bout tha

t experience?

• H

ave yo

u ever had a

pro

mise to

you b

roken? W

hat a

bout

that b

roken p

rom

ise disa

ppointed

you?

• W

hat’s a

pro

mise G

od ha

s made to

you? In w

hat w

ays

has G

od kep

t that p

rom

ise in your life?

MondayPsalm 119:148• How well do you know God’s prom-

ises? What are you willing to do to know them better?

TuesdayJoshua 21:43-45• What a record! All promises ful-

filled! What promises of God are you counting on?

WednesdayPsalm 119:140• God’s promises are reliable. Praise God

for that today!

ThursdayPsalm 145:13• Not only are God’s promises reliable,

they’re loving. In what ways do you see God’s love in his promises?

Friday2 Corinthians 1:18-20• Sending Jesus was God’s way of ful-

filling promises. What do you do to keep your word?

Saturday2 Peter 3:8-9• What can you do to remain patient

as God fulfills his promises?

Lesson 6

We can count on God’s prom

ises.

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In th

e B

ible

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God w

orks out his plans for us in w

onderful ways. Choose a w

ay you’ll think about G

od’s promises kept this w

eek.

• Start recording in a journal anytime you see G

od answ

ering the promises you w

rote about on your Bible

Buzz page.

• Tell a family m

ember about w

hat God’s prom

ises mean to you.

• When you see a rainbow

or something colorful like a rainbow

, thank G

od for always keeping his prom

ises.

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