Key Ideas
Faith Fact
I will use my gifts for God.
Faith Verse
Psalm 86:12 (NLT)
With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever.
Question of the Day: What happens when we do a good job of using what God has given to us?
Read about It
Read: Matthew 25:19–30
Maybe you’ve learned how to ride a bike with training wheels. When you’ve learned to ride that well, someone takes off the training wheels. Then, you learn how to balance the bike on two wheels. After riding a bicycle for a long time, you may get to drive something bigger, like a scooter or a golf cart. Then, when you turn the right age and you take some classes and have lots of practice, you’re trusted to drive a car. Most people usually don’t jump straight to driving a car. By the time you do, you’ve usually proven yourself to be trustworthy to handle a vehicle.
This is similar to how it works with the gifts God gives us. In Jesus’ parable, the master represents God and we’re the servants. God gives us gifts—time, skills, and money—that we can use for Him. And as Jesus’ parable explains, if you do a good job with what God gives you, He will give you more. We can show God that we can be trusted to handle bigger things. When He knows that He can trust us to use what He gives us for His honor, He will trust us with even more.
Talk about It
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Question 1. Who does the master and the servants represent in today’s Bible verses? Answer 1. The master represents God, and the servants represent those who follow God.
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| Question 2. What did the master do for the two servants who honored him with what they had been given?
Answer 2. He gave them even more. (Matthew 25:19–23)
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| Question 3. What did the master do for the servant who didn’t honor him with what he had been given?
Answer 3. The master took what the servant had and gave it to one of the other servants. Then the servant was punished. (Matthew 25:28, 30)
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| Question 4. Why do you think the master was so upset with the servant who hid what he had been given?
Answer 4. Answers will vary.
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| Question 5. What happens when we do a good job of using what God has given to us?
Answer 5. We will be given even more. (Matthew 25:29) |
Pray about It
Dear God, thank You for showing me what it means to live generously. I want to use everything I have to worship You. Amen.