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For Parents

Here’s a five-minute parent encouragement for this week from Jennifer.

And what we are teaching your children in “God is Mercy” as we are learning to care for each other … even, especially, specifically, when we don’t deserve it. 

This Week from God’s Word

We see God is mercy through the story of Samson found in the Old Testament.

Our memory verse is Psalm 40:11 (ESV)

“As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!”

If your child is watching the adult service, here is our Harvest Kids Sermon Notes.

How Can We Show Mercy To Others? [It’s so hard!]

God is mercy and He cares about us even when we don’t deserve it.

Don’t judge: In a court of law, judges can judge fairly because they hear both sides of the story. When we choose not to judge someone we say “I don’t know the other side of story and therefore I shouldn’t say which is guilty.”

Walk in their shoes: When you choose not to judge, you can choose to put yourself in their shoes. That means you can say “if I could live their life for just one day, I may understand why they act the way they do.”

Don’t focus on it: Many times, when someone does something wrong, we spend all our time thinking about it. When we are merciful with someone, we don’t focus on someone else’s sin.

Care for them: Just like God cares for us even in our sin, we can care for other people even when they sin. We should not be the ones deciding what they deserve. That’s God’s job and He does it very well. However, caring for someone doesn’t mean putting yourself in danger. Some people can hurt you and you should stay away from them. The best way to care for someone is to pray for them. When we choose not to judge, we choose to walk in so

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The Parent/Caregiver Guide here.