Table of Contents

 

Part 1 Servanthood

Preface and How Best to Use This Resource ......................................... iii

Steps to Servanthood ............................................................................ 1

   Who is a Servant? ............................................................................. 1

   What is a Servant? ............................................................................. 1

   How does one learn obedience? ............................................................. 2

   What is the relationship between hearing and obeying? ................................. 3

Project for Steps to Servanthood ........................................................... 5-7

Study Questions and Application for Characteristics of a Servant ......................... 7

 

Part 2 Teaching Observation Skills

Teaching Observation Skills-Sight ............................................................ 14

   How does vision work? ...................................................................... 14

   Are there moral consequences to “seeing”? .............................................. 15

Projects-Sight ................................................................................... 16

Teaching Observation Skills-Hearing ......................................................... 21

   What is the relationship between hearing and truth? ................................... 23

Projects-Hearing ................................................................................ 22

Teaching Observation Skills-Taste ............................................................ 27

   Where does our word “palatable” come from? .......................................... 27

   How did Jewish mothers make food palatable for their babies? ...................... 27

Projects-Taste ................................................................................... 29

Teaching Observation Skills-Smell ............................................................ 33

   How does one’s nose become a source of conflict? ..................................... 35

Projects-Smell ................................................................................... 34

Teaching Observation Skills-Touch ........................................................... 36

   How does a baby benefit from being touched? .......................................... 36

   How was touching Jesus’ cloak related to salvation? .................................... 38

Projects-Touch .................................................................................. 40

Putting it All Together-Projects ............................................................... 41

   How do the works of God help us understand the ways of God? ...................... 41

Concluding Thoughts ........................................................................... 43

   How is servanthood related to God’s purpose for us? ................................... 43

Appendix ......................................................................................... 44

   Reproducible charts & Servant Smocks .................................................... 44

   Reproducible Journal Record ............................................................... 45

   Lessons from the Life of Samson ........................................................... 46

   Parable of the Sower ........................................................................ 47

   Proverbs Study on “hear”, “listen”, or “ear” ............................................ 48

   Reproducible Sheet for Suggested Bible Reading Plan .................................. 49

   The What? When? Where? Why? and How? of “OBSERVE” ............................. 50

   Hymn Resources .............................................................................. 51

   Resources for Blessing Your Children ...................................................... 56