Make Waves Ephesians 4:2

VBS this week is learning to Make Waves (with orange/parent cue)

Read Ephesians 4:2

When you hear the word payback, what do you think about? Maybe you think about money or stuff. If you borrow someone’s pencil and accidentally lose it, you should pay them back by giving them a new pencil. If you borrow money to buy popcorn at the ball field, you should pay them back by buying their popcorn at the next game.

Sometimes, we are tempted to pay back a wrong for a wrong. When someone breaks something of ours, we feel like breaking something of theirs. Or when someone says something that hurts our feelings, we want to say something mean right back. But God tells us there’s a better way.

What does it mean to “put up with one another?”

Write your answer here:

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Guess what? You are not perfect. You’ll say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing sometimes. And the same is true for every person you meet. They’re going to mess up too. Instead of looking for ways to pay someone back, God wants us to choose gentleness. After all, wouldn’t you want someone to be gentle with you, to “put up with” you when you mess up?

Dear God, I am not perfect.  Help me come to you when I mess up. Forgive me, renew me in your spirit. Amen