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February Theme: Honor

As we once again spend the month with all age groups studying the same scriptures, the memory verse, "love each other deeply, honor others more than yourselves," at first sounds like the first way of defining honor. However, what others think of us isn't what this scripture is about. How we treat others and lifting others above ourselves has much more to do with the integrity of who we are than it does with what people think.

 

1 Samuel 16:1-13
What is God looking for? The story of Samuel and David shows that. The bible is full of stories about what God is looking for in our lives. Honor runs deep within who we are. God is looking for honor in the depth of our soul. “For the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 18:1-9
The prophet says of David and Jonathan’s friendship that “the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” This week we will talk about honoring others. The strength of our relationship and commitment to others speaks deeply to the honor that resides in our own soul. The ability to be bound to others and to sustain long term and faithful relationships speaks to the honor of who we are.

2 Samuel 15:1-16; 18:5-7, 15, 31-33
What happens when the bond between us is broken especially the bond between those who are over us and the bond with those whom we direct or supervise? What kind of a boss are you? What kind of a faithful follower are you? It is said “those who cannot be led cannot lead.”

2 Samuel 16: 12b - 22a
Sometimes in our best efforts we really take a risk. We step out and honor God with what we feel led in our hearts to do. It is at these times we are most vulnerable to people who have a bone to pick with us. When we take risks people looking for vulnerability within us see an opportunity to strike. This is the story of David in one of those moments in his life. Let’s see how he handled it and let that help us with how we might handle times like this in our own lives.