In my fourth grade classroom we tend to dig deep into our text that we are reading and look at the vocabulary, context clues and pull in several other reading skills to analyze what we read. Therefore, for this scripture Craig and I broke it down into vocabulary first.
Our list was: tribulations, peace, faith, perseverance, character, hope
Next we took these words and selected characters from movies that represent all of these words.
Katniss from Hunger Games: She volunteered herself, fought hard and won!
Godzilla: We all know how he persevered until defeat was his!
Rocky: Fighting as a sport led him out of the slums to a better life!
Cinderella: She persevered through her dirty, rough life and in the end was rewarded with love!
Obviously all of these characters had tribulations and persevered through them. Think about your own tribulations/trials. We all have them! While in the midst of these storms of life do we turn our face to the Lord and remember the faith we can hold tight so as not to be blown away? This faith is a guarantee of peace. So as we use these weapons in our warfare to persevere our character is developed. We really do become stronger people when we push through and lean on faith. Now think about it… don’t we have a certain hope to reach at the end of the storm? Of course we do! And in the end there is salvation and freedom! Glory be to the Father! So stand strong, have faith, persevere, have hope and SALVATION is yours in the end!
Written by Craig & Holli Goforth
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