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Wise: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Children's Ministry TOPIC: Wisdom SCRIPTURE: Old Testament DECORATING THEME: Books and back-to-school AGE GROUP: Elementary (Get the Preschool version here !) A lot of parents and kids alike focus more heavily on gleaning academic knowledge and gaining meaningful experiences, but teaching our kids to pursue wisdom will help them merge those fields and develop better, God-centered decision-making skills. Kids are placed in plenty of situations where they would need to exercise such discernment. While the wisdom they would need on a daily basis may not be on the scale of Solomon deliberating an argument between two women each claiming to be the rightful mother of a baby, kids will still collect valuable insight about wisdom from such stories. They will first determine wisdom comes from God , and that being wise also has a lot to do with saying the right words and asking the right questions . . . all of which we can ask of God, who will give them to us because God can be trusted. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Wisdom comes from God. (Solomon Gets Wisdom: 1 Kings 3:1-13; Proverbs 1:7) God can be trusted. (The Ark of the Covenant: 1 Kings 8:1-21; Proverbs 3:1-7; Exodus 20:1-20) We can ask God for the right words. (Solomon's Wise Ruling: 1 Kings 3:16-28; Proverbs 18:4-8, 21; 21:23) We can ask God our questions. (Nehemiah Asks to Rebuild the Wall: Nehemiah 2:1-20; Matthew 14:22-32) MEMORY VERSE: "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5 (NIV)

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