Memory Verses

The Seventh Commandment
You shall not steal.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.

The Eighth Commandment
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.

Terms to help us understand:

Covet

Steal

Integrity

Betray

False Witness

Gossip

Slander

Student Thought Time

1. Describe a time in your life when something you valued was stolen from you. What happened? How did you feel? What did you do about it?

2. How do people justify each of the following ways of breaking the seventh commandment? Shoplifting, cheating on income tax, cheating on a term paper, underpaying a worker, copying a video or audio tape, loafing on the job, finding a poor gambler and walking away with all his money in a card game?

3. The words of Jesus “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” are often called the Golden Rule. How does keeping the Golden Rule lead to keeping the seventh commandment?

4. Think of a time when someone told a lie about you. How did you feel?

5. A good reputation takes a long time to earn but only a short time to lose. What could you do to make things right if you’ve said something that harmed someone’s reputation?

6. Jesus gave us an ideal response when someone speaks badly about us as Christians in Matthew 5:11-12. What does he suggest we do when people lie about us and are cruel?

7. How is breaking the eighth commandment also breaking the seventh and fifth?

Walk in Faith

This past week I exercised my freedom of faith, led by God in:

To the best of my knowledge, __________________ has completed his/her homework assignment for confirmation class this week.

____________________ (Parent’s Signature)

Assignment for the week of December 15, 2004

• You will need a spiral notebook or three-ring binder specifically to save each Lesson’s assignment and the work accomplished. Your guide may ask to see the work at any time.

• Faith Story focus for this week:

Get a newspaper or news magazine and find examples of people keeping and breaking the 7th & 8th Commandments. Share your observations about what happens when people keep, and when they break, these commandments. Make notes on your findings.

• Attend weekly worship. Fill out the Worship Notes (available in the narthex) and return them to Nancy Schuett when completed.

Your Faith Story

  At the conclusion of this year, you have the opportunity to compose and share your faith story. Your faith life has been influenced by parents, family, friends, mentors, Sunday School classes, youth group experiences, etc. Take some time over this coming year to write about how these faith life experiences have affected you and your faith. Each week you will be given a thought to think and write about. Write a paragraph and keep it in your spiral notebook or three-ring binder. Each thought will guide you in eventually writing your faith story in February. Show Nancy at least monthly that you are accomplishing these assignments.