My Parental Peeps

This weekend in Velocity we continued our series on relationships called My Peeps.

Our lesson entitled, My Parental Peeps, looked at 1 Samuel 20:24-34 and the story of Jonathan testing his father Saul about his plan to kill David. Just as Saul threw a spear at his son and burst their “trust balloon”, sometimes we pick up our own spears (lies, deceit, disobedience, etc) and destroy the trust that has been built up with parents. Instead, if we want a great relationship with our parents we need to learn to give and receive trust.

As a family this week, read over Ephesians 6:1-4 together. Then, to help build up trust, come up with some things you can commit to for each other (empty the dishwasher, talk over dinner together, do your homework first, etc). Then make sure that you follow through and earn the trust you’ve been given.

We also had students write anonymous notes to their parents so be on the look out for some of their thoughts soon.