Continue the lesson throughout the week: Family members tend to hurt each other more than anyone else! Try this strategy this week to avoid hurting one another.
- When you feel angry at someone, pause and take 10 deep breaths before you react. With each exhale, whisper the name of Jesus.
- After taking that time to calm down and ask Jesus for help, respond to the person.
- At the end of the week, talk about what difference it made in your family this week for everyone to calm down and turn to Jesus before reacting out of anger.
The Ten Commandments
The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
The Second Commandment
You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God.
The Third Commandment
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
The Forth Commandment
Honor your father and your mother.
The Fifth Commandment
You shall not murder
What does this mean: We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.
The Sixth Commandment
You shall not commit adultery
The Seventh Commandment
You shall not steal
The Eighth Commandment
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
The Ninth Commandment
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house
The Tenth Commandment
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.