A Hero is Selfless

This week in the Kids Church (1st-6th grades), we continued our Be The Hero series by learning that heroes are selfless.

The kids learned the value of putting others first, and not making everything about themselves.

We talked about John the Baptist, who chose to deflect any praise that came his way so that Jesus was given the honor he deserved.  We also discussed what the Bible says about being humble, and that every person is equally important to God.

Our verse for this week is Philippians 2:3 (CEV): "Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves."

Here's what we talked about in our small groups:

• Who do you know that is selfless?
• We talked about people in our lives who are selfless, and how those people make a difference in our lives.
• Why is important to be selfless?
• God wants us to see others as important, because they are important to Him.  When we are focused on ourselves, we can't do that.
• As a group, we listed some examples of times that we put ourselves first.  We talked about how the lives of the people around us would be changed if we were selfless in those situations.
• How will you be selfless this week?
• We asked the kids to come up with some ways that they will be selfless this week.  We encouraged them to show their friends how important they are to God this week.

Next week, the kids will learn that The Hero is Cool-Headed.