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2. They should be more familiar with the story of Joseph and the lessons we can learn
from it.

A FAMILY IS LOYAL TO ONE ANOTHER

Truth to Teach (Source)

1 Chronicles 29:18 ‘keep their hearts loyal to you.’

Ruth 1:16-17 ‘where you go I will go ….’

Genesis 18:16 -19:29 Lot rescued from Sodom.

Esther 2:7 ‘Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah (Esther) whom he had
brought up because she had neither father nor mother.’

1 Samuel 18:1-4 ‘Jonathan became one in spirit with David….’

¾ We should be loyal to members of our immediate family, our extended family and the
world-wide family of Christians.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review previous lessons.

2. Talk about the meaning of the word loyalty as faithfulness, reliable, etc. Discuss the
need for it in our families; when we should be loyal and perhaps when we should

expose wrong things (abuse, etc). Talk about the need of loyalty in our extended
family eg cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles.

3. Share briefly the stories of Ruth (daughter-in-law) and Naomi, Abraham (uncle) and
Lot, Mordecai (cousin) and Esther. Explain their relationship to each other and how
they demonstrated loyalty.

4. Talk about the need for loyalty in God’s world-wide family, amongst Christians. Talk

about David and Jonathan as friends. Ask the children if they are loyal to their
friends in the class/school family or do they tell tales to get them into trouble?

5. Let the children complete the worksheet and pray for each other to be loyal to one

another.

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