Don't Be Scared

Yesterday in Kids Church (1st-6th grade), we continued our Be A Champion series.  We continued our discussion of kids in the Bible who were champions for God.

In this second week of our series, we learned that God's champions have to stand up for what's right, and to do that, the kids have to be brave.  We learned that bravery comes from faith in God and remembering that He is always by our side.

We talked about the story of David vs Goliath, and that David had to take action when he heard the giant smack-talking God.  He took a stand for what was right.

In our small groups, we discussed the following questions:

• Have you ever had to stand up for what was right?  We talked about times that the kids had to make a choice to convince their friends not to do something they shouldn't.

• When is it difficult to be brave?  We learned that standing up for what's right requires us to be brave.  We talked about the things that keep us from having the courage to make a stand when others want to do the wrong thing.

• Where does true bravery come from?  We discussed what David did and that his bravery came from his faith and from remembering what God had done in the past.  We discussed situations in our lives that require bravery and how having faith in God can help us to be courageous enough to make a stand.

Our verse for this week is Philippians 4:13 - "Christ gives us the strength to face anything."