Conversation Starters: Walk Away
Posted by Karah
Use these discussion starters to help foster a spiritual conversation with your family.
THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: What happens when you disagree with someone? It can break a relationship or maybe even lead to years of anger and bitterness. Disagreements can result in division even if neither person is wrong. Sometimes the best option is to put aside our own interests and let the other person “win.” As a result, both people receive the greater benefit of preserving, and even strengthening, the relationship.
Concept: Walk Away
PRESCHOOL
Genesis 13
LIFE POINT: Let others go first.
Why were Abram’s and Lot’s workers arguing? How did Abram and Lot solve the problem the workers were having?
LIVE IT OUT: Encourage your preschooler to let his friend have first choice when he is sharing snacks or taking turns with toys. Remind your preschooler that it is important to take turns. He will not always get his own way. Remind your preschooler that Abram let Lot choose first.
KIDS
Genesis 13
LIFE POINT: Walk away from things that displease God, and trust His promises.
Why were Abram’s and Lot’s shepherds in conflict? How did Abram and Lot resolve the conflict?
What did God tell Abram?
LIVE IT OUT: Provide your child with a strip of card-stock. Encourage him to write on one side of the strip times when he finds himself in conflict with others. On the other side of the strip, write Ephesians 4:32. Help him attach the strip around his wrist to remind him of Ephesians 4:32 when he finds himself in conflict with another person.
STUDENTS
Genesis 13:1-18
THE POINT: I don’t have to get my way to solve a conflict.
What is a conflict our family seems to have often? How can we help each other work through conflict better as a family?
Have a conversation around this quote about conflict:
“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.”1 —Max Lucado
LIVE IT OUT:
Talk about a conflict you’ve had recently and how you handled it.
Discuss any conflict you’ve had with your student recently.
Choose a passage of Scripture to memorize with your student this week.
1. Max Lucado, When God Whispers Your Name, (Nashville, TN, 1999), 44.
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