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
The What?
When? Where? Why? and How? of “OBSERVE” ............................. 50
Hymn
Resources .............................................................................. 51
Resources
for Blessing Your Children ...................................................... 56