September - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart." Proverbs 3:5
October - Be kind and loving. A true friend loves at all times. Ephesians 4:32 and Proverbs 17:17
November - God wants us to be a cheerful giver and to share with each other. 2 Corinthians 9:7 and 1 Timothy 6:16
December - God loved us and sent his son. 1 John 4:10
January - God made me and I am wonderful. Psalm 139:14
February - Children obey your parents. This is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1
March - Love the Lord with all your heart. Matthew 22:37
April - Nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37
May - Faith means knowing that something is real even though we cannot see it. Hebrews 11:1
June - Everything God created is good. 1 Timothy 4:4
July - Thank the Lord because He is good. His love continues forever. Psalm 107:1
August - God says be prayerful, be hopeful and be patient. This will bring joy. Romans 12:12
Prayers for Kindergarteners:
Bedtime Prayer- Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me through the starry night, and wake me with the morning light. AMEN
Mealtime Prayer- God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for our food. By His hands we all are fed. Give us Lord our daily bread. AMEN
Bedtime Prayer- Thank you for the sunny sky, thank you for the birds that fly, thank you for watching over me tonight. Until darkness changes back to light. AMEN
Mealtime Prayer- This food was sent from God above, we accept it with His love. May God bless us and our families, too, in everything we say and do. AMEN
First Grade
September - Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes. Pray at all times. Romans 12:12
October - "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12 THE GOLDEN RULE
November - "We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19
December - "She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21 CHRISTMAS
January - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
February - "for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians 9:7b
March - "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth." Psalm 100:1
April - "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." 1 John 3:16 EASTER
May - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16
June - "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16
July - "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Psalm 23:1
August - "Let the little children come to me." Matthew 19:14a
Prayer Model for First Graders:
How to pray on your fingers
Your thumb is the digit nearest to your heart, so pray first for those who are closest to you. Your own needs, of course, should be included, as well as those of your beloved family and friends.
The second finger is the one used for pointing. Pray for those who point you toward the truth, whether at church or school. Pray for your teachers, mentors, pastors, and those who inspire your faith.
The third finger is the tallest. Let it stand for the leaders in every sphere of life. Pray for those in authority- both within the body of Christ and those who hold office in various areas of government.
The fourth finger is the weakest, as every pianist knows. Let it stand for those who are in trouble and pain - the sick, injured, abused, wounded, or hurt.
The little finger is the smallest. Let it stand for those who often go unnoticed, including those who suffer abuse and deprivation.
Second Grade
September - "I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord!'" Psalm 122:1
October - "Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10
November - "And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true." 2 Samuel 7:28b
December - "He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David." Luke 1:69
January - "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
February - "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Galatians 5:-22-23
March - "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope." Jeremiah 29:11
April - "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid." John 14:27
May - "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters, he restoreth my soul." Psalm 23:2 (traditional)
June - "Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing." Psalm 100:2
July - "He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless." Isaiah 40:29
August - "for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Matthew 25:35
Third Grade
September - "O Lord, you have searched me and know me." Psalm 139:1
October - "O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever." Psalm 107:1
November - "and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you."
December - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
January - "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive." Matthew 21:22
February - "Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." Psalm 100:3 (review verses 1 and 2)
March - "Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!" Psalm 150:6
April - "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. AMEN The Lord's Prayer (traditional)
May - "Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord our God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' " Matthew 22:37-38
June - "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." Matthew 18:20
July - "Ask and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you." Matthew 18:20 August - "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." Psalm 23:3 (review verses 1 and 2 traditional)
Fourth Grade
September
1. "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48
2. Then he said to them, "Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's." Matthew 22:21
October - 23rd Psalm
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (traditional version)
November
1. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalm 119:105
2. "Be still, and know that I am God!" Psalm 46:10
December
1. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14
2. "Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth." Psalm 86:11
January
1. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10
2. "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37
February
1. "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
2. "Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." 1 John 4:8
March
1. "because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
2. "But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves." James 1:22
April
1. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
2. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8
May
"Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name. For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations." Psalm 100
June
1. "If we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7
2. "since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
July
1. "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child." 1 John 5:1
2. "And the king will answer them, Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.' " Matthew 25:40
August
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God - not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life." Ephesians 2:8-10
Fifth Grade
September
1. "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1
2. "It is written, one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " Matthew 4:4
October
1. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
2. "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
November
1. "Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father." James 1:17
2. "So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27
December
1. "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
2. "She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
January The Beatitudes
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those that mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:3-12
February
The Ten Commandments
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol.
3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
March
1. "but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
2. "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 15:1
3. "So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God."
April
1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." John 1:1-5
2. "They were greatly astounded and said to one another, Then who can be saved?' Jesus looked at them and said, For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.' " Mark 10:26-27
May
1. "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive." Matthew 21:22
2. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him."
June
1. "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven." Matthew 10:32
2. He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20
July
1. "I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you." Psalm 119:11
Learn the names of the 12 Disciples:
1. James (son of Zebedee)
2. John (son of Zebedee)
3. Thomas
4. Thaddeus
5. Andrew
6. Simon Peter
7. Bartholomew
8. Judas
9. Philip
10. Simon (the Zealot)
11. Matthew
12. James (son of Alphaeus)
August (5th Graders promote to the Sixth Grade Class)
Sixth Grade
September
The Beatitudes
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those that mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:3-12
October
1. "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses." Mark 11:25-26
2. "He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8
November
1. "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, or anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
2. And Jesus came and said to them, "'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20
December
1. "But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for see - I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.' " Luke 2:10-11
2. "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this." Isaiah 9:6-7
January
1. "Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." Matthew 24:44
2. "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" 2 Corinthians 5:17
February
1. "I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us." Romans 8:18
2. "So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." Luke 11:9-10
March
1. "Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." Ephesians 6:11
2. "And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8
April
1. "But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay." Matthew 28:5-6
2. "Then Jesus said, Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34
May
1. "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
2. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." Mark 10:25
June
1. "I love you, O Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, so I shall be saved from my enemies." Psalm 18:1-3
2. "The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork." Psalm 19:1
July
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?" Mark 8:34-36
August
"Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:14-17
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