Choose Your Consequences WEEK 5 - PART 2

Bible verse review.
So far in our study we've learned four Bible verses. How many can you say from memory? Give it a go . . .

Can you say Psalms 139:13-14? Here's a hint: "For you created . . ."

How about John 3:16-17? Extra good job if you were able to say verse 17 too!!

Do you remember Romans 12:18? It starts, "If it is possible . . ."

Then James 4:1-2 doesn't mince any words. Can you say it?  "What causes . . ."

And this week's verse is Galatians 6:7. Practice saying it, and later you will also write it in your spiral:
Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. A man will reap exactly what he plants. 

Now we continue our lesson from last time. Look at three pages in your workbook 3-2, 3-3, and 3-4. Follow along with the characters as you listen to this audio clip. Choose LISTEN IN BROWSER option.

Consequences come after choices. They can be immediate or delayed. They can be natural (like a broken arm from falling from a tree) or imposed on you (like discipline for deliberate disobedience.) 
But it doesn't really matter if the consequences are immediate or delayed, or natural or imposed, your consequences depend on your choices.

Look back in your spiral to worksheet 2 "Choices Have Consequences" that you completed last time. Your page should look something like this:

One of the words that we defined last time was restitution.
Restitution is making right what you did wrong. For example you might have to pay for or replace something that you damaged, or clean up a mess you made.

Listen to the story of Zacchaeus from Luke chapter 19.

Zacchaeus made restitution when he said, 
"“Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

Answer the following questions in your spiral. Don't forget your NAME and DATE.
1.  Can you remember a time when you earned a good consequence for a choice you made? Write it down briefly, or draw a picture of it. How did you feel?
2. Can you remember a bad consequence you received for a choice you made? Write or draw about it. How did you feel?
3. Which consequences did you like best: the good consequences or the bad consequences? Why?
4. Copy Galatians 6:7 into your spiral. Try to start memorizing it as you write.

LET'S PREDICT:
We wrote down the definition for predict in the first lesson this week. Predict means to guess what will probably happen after a person makes a particular choice. Check now to see if you wrote something similar.

CHOICE                            
Finish your schoolwork.    

PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCE
Better grades, 
go out for recess on time or go home on time, 
earn a good reputation, 
sense of personal accomplishment, 
parents and teachers are pleased, 
develop diligence and perseverance.

CHOICE  
Don't finish your schoolwork.

PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCE
Lower grades and no rewards, 
stay in for recess or stay after school to do the work, 
earn a bad reputation, 
parents and teachers don't trust you to make good choices, 
fear of getting caught. 

How can you prevent bad consequences?
By making the good choice to complete 
your work and do a good job.

Role Play Activity: Without asking permission, Kari borrowed her sister's new sweater to wear to her friend's birthday party. While at the party Kari spilled a glass of raspberry punch down the front the of sweater. Act out what Kari should do about this situation. Make sure you include in your role play the types of consequences that would be appropriate.

How could Kari have prevented her bad consequences?

Sande, Corlette. The Young Peace Maker Teaching Students to Respond to Conflict God’s Way, Illustrated by Russ Flint, Wapwallopen, PA 18660, Shepherd Press, 1997.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2023 at 9:22 AM

    I love the Kyle cameo in this audio!! And the canned applause!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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