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Splinks for June 7th - June 13th
Telling the Truth
When you have to discipline a child, make sure he or she knows how serious lying is. At our house, there was always a harsher punishment if a child lied. Your child needs to know that there may still be a punishment for wrongdoing, but there will be an extra punishment for lying. Any relationship is built on trust, so emphasize the importance of telling the truth.
(By the way, don’t give your child an opportunity to lie. If they are standing in front of a broken lamp, don’t ask, “Did you break this?” Instead say something like, “Tell me what happened.”)
Tell Aesop’s fable about the little shepherd boy. The shepherd boy thought he would play a trick on the people in the village so he yelled, “Wolf, Wolf, come and help me!” The villagers ran to help, but there was not really a wolf. A few days later, he cried out, “Wolf, wolf,” and the villagers ran to help him, but he had fooled them again. Later when a wolf really came to attack his sheep, he yelled, “Wolf, wolf, come and help me!” The villagers did not believe him so they did not come to help him. The little shepherd boy lost many of his sheep. The moral: Nobody believes a liar . . . even when he is telling the truth!
Our GPS
When you’re driving to a familiar location, announce that you are going to the library (or any location you choose) then turn the opposite direction. When the kids ask you what you are doing, say, “It doesn’t matter which way we go, we’ll get to the library.” After driving the wrong way, admit that you are only going further from the library. Turn around and tell them it is important to know and go the right or true way. The true way to live is found in the Bible.
OR If you have a GPS, plug in the correct address of the library. When you make a wrong turn, it will tell you to turn around.
Ask:
- How is the Bible like a map or a GPS? (Just as a map or GPS tells you the correct road to take, the Bible tells you the RIGHT way to heaven. It tells you how to live so you can please God.)
- (If your kids are using D6 curriculum, they are memorizing 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Memorize the verse together. ALL Scripture is given by God for many good purposes—to know what is right (doctrine), to reprove, to instruct, to correct.)
Shield of Truth
The Bible is like a shield of truth. Get a garbage can lid or the lid of a large storage bin. Grab some old newspapers or sheets of paper and make paper wads. Designate one kid to hold the “shield” and put the rest of the family on the other side of a line. (Make a line down the middle of the room that can’t be crossed.) Set the timer for one minute and throw as many as you can at the “shield holder.” THEN take away the shield and throw the paper wads at the same person.
Ask:
How did the shield help you? (It helped keep the paper wads from hitting me.)
Read Ephesians 6:10, 11, and 16. If you know God’s Word, it can protect you. You will be able to know the truth so you can fight against the lies you hear.
