| Abilities |
Skills or talents given by God that can be developed |
| Acceptance |
Accepting others for who they are; not being judgemental |
| Accountability |
Being accountable for one's own actions or thoughts, being responsible |
| Adam
and Eve |
First man and woman created by God |
| Affliction |
Illness or other hardship that causes prolonged discomfort (See
also trials) |
| Angels |
Heavenly beings created to serve God |
| Anger |
Strong disapproval that can lead to sin when misdirected |
| Anxiety |
Fear or uneasiness that comes from worry |
| Apostles |
Twelve men Jesus chose to work with him during his earthly ministry |
| Armor
of God |
God's protection described as pieces of armor
(See also protection) |
| Attitude |
The way one behaves when faced with different situations (See
also respect) |
| Availability |
Being ready to be used by God |
|
Baptism |
As a sign that our sins are washed away and we belong to Jesus |
| Beatitudes |
Attitudes to live by as taught by Jesus |
| Behavior |
The way one can be seen reacting to different situations |
| Believing |
To accept as truth; to trust or have faith; belief in God; a
step to salvation |
| Bible |
The Book; the inspired Word of God |
| Birth of Christ |
The birth and early childhood of Jesus (See also Christmas) |
| Blessings |
Everything received from God that brings joy and happiness |
| Body of Christ |
The bride of Christ; the church (See also unity) |
| Boldness |
Overcoming fear to do something with faith and courage |
| Born Again |
New life as a Christian; rebirth (See also Christianity and
salvation) |
| Burdens |
A heavy load to carry, either physical or emotional; yoke (See
also trials) |
|
| Character |
How one reacts when under pressure or when no one is looking |
| Character of
God |
The characteristics and qualities of God |
| Choices |
Making right decisions, especially those which will honor God |
| Christianity |
Being a Christian, living a Christian life; born again (See
also salvation) |
| Christian Living |
Living like a Christian, Christianity (see also works, fruitfulness) |
| Christmas |
The Christian celebration of the birth of Christ |
| Church |
The bride and body of Christ (See also unity) |
| Comfort |
Helping to ease pain or give encouragement during difficult
times |
| Commandments |
An order given by God; for example the Ten Commandments |
| Commitment |
Carrying out a promise |
| Communion |
The Lord's Supper (See also fellowship) |
| Compassion |
Sympathy for one another (See also mercy) |
| Confession |
To say what you believe; to tell your sins to someone; a step
to salvation |
| Contentment |
Accepting and being satisfied with what you have |
| Cooperation |
Working together, as for common good (See also unity) |
| Counselor |
Name given to the Holy Spirit (See also guidance) |
| Courage |
Being able to face danger even when afraid |
| Covenant |
An agreement between two people or groups, a promise |
| Coveting |
To want for yourself something that belongs to another person
(See also jealousy) |
| Creation |
The Bible teaches that God is the creator of all things (See
also Animals, Adam) |
| Cross |
The method used for Christ's death (crucifixion) An affliction
or suffering to bear |
| Crucifixion |
Death on a cross |
|
| Darkness |
Evil, or the sinful dealings of the world, worldliness |
| Daniel |
A gifted and courageous prophet of God, taken captive to Babylon |
| David |
The son of Jesse, second king of Israel |
| Deception |
False teaching, to lead astray from the truth (See also Truthfulness) |
| Dependability |
Being responsible so others can count on you to do something |
| Devil |
Fallen angel, evil, Satan, angel of light who opposes God |
| Difficulties |
Situations & conditions that are hard to deal with or require
much effort to overcome |
| Discernment |
Wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong (See also
choices) |
| Disciple |
A Follower or student of Jesus (See also Following Jesus, Apostles) |
| Discipline |
Training to help one be obedient, develop good behavior, and
have self control |
| Disobedience |
Not being obedient to God's commands or doing what it right |
| Doubt |
Lack of faith or difficulty in believing that may result in
uncertainty and fear |
|
| Easter
|
The Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ |
| Emotions |
Feelings that are either pleasant or unpleasant (See also hardship,
trials, attitude) |
| Encouragement |
Helping others face difficult challenges or hardships |
| Endurance |
Being able to continue with a difficult challenge (See also
strength, courage) |
| Envy |
Wanting what belongs to someone else, coveting (See also jealousy) |
| Eternal Life |
Everlasting life in the presence of God |
| Evangelism |
Reaching the world for Jesus; witnessing (See also missions) |
Everlasting |
That which is eternal, everlasting truth, everlasting life. |
| Evil |
Wickedness; doing things against God's will; darkness of the
world (See devil) |
|
| Fairness |
Not showing undeserved favor or criticism |
| Faith |
Belief and trust in God; knowing God is real even though we
can not see him. |
| False Teaching |
Deception, using God's Word to lead astray from the truth (See
also Truthfulness) |
| Family |
Family of Believers; family of God; earthly family. (See also
Body of Christ) |
| Fear |
Anticipation or awareness of danger, to be afraid |
| Fearing God |
To respect God highly; to feel reverence and awe for Him (See
also Honor God) |
| Feelings |
Emotions that are either pleasant or unpleasant (See also hardship,
trials, attitude) |
| Fellowship |
Sharing time, feelings or resources with other believers (See
also communion) |
| Following
Jesus |
Being a disciple of Christ (See also Disciple, Apostles) |
| Foolishness |
Acting without thought, giving in readily to worldly temptations |
| Forgiveness |
Excusing someone of an offense, God's forgiveness of our sins |
| Friendship |
A relationship free from sexual desire (companionship, fellowship) |
| Fruitfulness |
Being used by God to the benefit of others, bearing good fruits |
|
| Gifts
|
Spiritual Gifts or abilities given by God (See also talents)
|
| Giving |
As an offering or sacrifice; spiritual gift of giving (See also
sharing, stewardship) |
| Godliness |
Living according to God's will (See also holiness) |
| God's Word |
The Word of God, the Bible |
| Gospel |
The good news and story about Jesus Christ |
| Grace |
Receiving from God something good we do not deserve (See also
mercy) |
| Gratitude |
Showing appreciation for something you have received |
| Greed |
Selfish desire for material things or power (See also sharing) |
| Grief |
Suffering loss (See also hardship) |
| Growth |
Life changes to become mature in Christ |
| Grumbling |
Complaining or showing a poor attitude |
| Guidance |
Directions given from someone who knows what is right |
| Guilt |
Disturbing feeling inside when someone knows they did something
wrong |
|
| Habits |
Developing good habits that honor God |
| Happiness |
Feelings of pleasure or contentment when things are going well |
| Hardend Heart |
Stubbornness leading to disobedience or acting contrary to God's
will |
| Hardship |
Burdens or difficulties that need faith in Jesus to overcome
(See also trials) |
| Healing |
Making well someone who is ill, through prayer and the power
of God |
| Heaven |
Eternal place where God lives and where his people will go when
they die |
| Helping |
God's help, Helping others |
| Holidays |
Lessons and other material that can be used for various holidays |
| Holiness |
Perfect purity in thoughts, deeds and behavior |
| Holy Spirit |
Third person of the trinity who lives and works in our hearts
and minds |
| Honesty |
Being truthful to the point others can trust and respect you |
| Honor |
Showing respect and proper attitude for someone who is in an
important position |
| Honor God |
Giving God the honor he deserves because he is Holy. (See also
Fearing God) |
| Hope |
Having confidence that you will receive the goods things God
has promised |
| Humility |
Being humble in spirit, not proud, not pretending to be important |
|
| Idols |
Anything that takes the place of God in one's life. Worshiping
these is idolatry |
| Individuality |
God made each of us unique and with a special purpose. |
| Iniquity |
Anything that breaks God's laws or commands |
| Integrity |
Having a reputation for doing what is right (See also honesty,
responsibility) |
|
| Jealousy |
Unhappy or upset because of what someone else has (See also
envy, coveting) |
| Jesus |
Jesus Christ (See also Birth of Christ) |
| Jonah |
Prophet of Israel who at first resisted God's command to preach
to Nineveh. |
| Joseph |
One of the twelve sons of Jacob, also the husband of Mary |
| Joy |
Contentment that comes from God even when faced with hardships
or difficulties |
| Judging |
Being judgmental by putting down the faults of someone else |
| Judgment |
God's punishment or wrath for doing wrong (See also discernment) |
| Justice |
Fairness, receiving what is deserved (See also mercy) |
|
| Kindness |
Treating others with love and compassion (See also mercy) |
| Kingdom of
God |
God's present reign and when Jesus will rule as King over all
humanity |
| Knowing God |
The desire to gain a full awareness and understanding of God |
| Knowing Jesus |
Following Jesus (See also Disciple, Apostles) |
| Knowledge |
Things learned from study or experience |
|
| Laziness |
Not wanting to work or to be slow at complete a task |
| Leadership |
Someone who is able to give guidance and direction to others |
| Light |
Christians are to be the light of the world |
| Listening |
Paying attention to what is being said, hearing and obeying
God's voice |
| Loneliness |
Being forsaken, abandoned or without companionship |
| Lord's Supper |
Communion (See also fellowship) |
| Lost |
Being apart from Christ (See also salvation) |
| Love |
Not a mere mushy feeling, Godly love is unconditional, patient,
kind, and forgiving |
| Lying |
The opposite of telling the truth |
|
| Meekness |
Controlled strength, humility |
| Mercy |
Not receiving from God something unpleasant that we deserve
(See also grace) |
| Miracles |
Something only God can do |
| Missions |
The work of sharing the Word of God to all parts of the world,
missionary |
| Morals |
Thinking or acting in a way that would please God |
| Moses |
Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt (See Commandments) |
|
| Neighborliness |
Being a good neighbor and friend, being kind to one another,
a "Good Samaritan" |
| Noah |
Man of God who built an ark to save his family and animals from
a great flood |
|
| Obedience |
Obeying; doing what is asked or commanded |
| Offering |
A gift or sacrifice; spiritual gift of giving (See also sharing,
sacrifice) |
|
| Palm Sunday |
Sunday before Easter when palm branches were laid before Jesus
on the road to Jerusalem |
| Parables |
Stories told by Jesus relating everyday life to Spiritual truths |
| Patience |
Being able to wait for something or preserver to complete a
task |
| Peace |
Freedom from discomfort, feeling of calmness |
| Peer Pressure |
Temptation to do what others your age or status are doing |
| Persecution |
Treating someone cruelly or unjustly because they are different;
Prejudice |
| Perseverance |
Refusing to give up, even during time of difficulty |
| Plagues |
Large-scale disease, calamity, or destruction especially sent
by God |
| Pleasing God |
Doing things that are according to God's will, honoring God |
| Power |
The awesome power of God (See also Miracles and Strength) |
| Praise |
To glorify, to say good things about someone or something |
| Prayer |
Talking with God |
| Prejudice |
Treating someone cruelly or unjustly because they are different;
Persecution |
| Preparedness |
Being ready, as for Christ's return (See also Hope) |
| Pride |
Thinking more highly of yourself than of others, arrogance |
| Priorities |
Doing things in the proper order, putting God first (See also
choices and idols) |
| Promises |
Doing what you say you will do, and agreement or covenant |
| Prophecy |
Giving the message of God to the people |
| Protection |
God will protect us from evil (See also provision and Armor
of God) |
| Provision |
God will provide for our needs (See also protection) |
| Psalm 23 |
The Lord is my Shepherd, a psalm of King David |
| Purity |
Acting in a holy manner in thoughts, speech, deeds and behavior |
|
| Quiet Time |
Time alone with God, prayer |
|
| Readiness |
Being ready, prepared as for Christ's return |
| Rebirth |
New life as a Christian; born again (See also Christianity and
salvation) |
| Redemption |
To be set free by paying a price as Christ died for us, also
kinsman-redeemer |
| Relationships |
Our relationship with friends, family, and God (See also Family
and Friendship) |
| Repentance |
Turning from sin |
| Reputation |
How others think of me based on what they have seen or heard |
| Respect |
Good behavior; honoring parents (See also attitude) |
| Responsibility |
Being a responsible child of God |
| Resurrection |
Coming back to life after being dead, as Jesus did after dying
on the cross |
| Return of
Jesus |
When Christ will come again to take the church to heaven |
| Revelation |
Making something known that was hidden |
| Rewards |
Blessings received from God |
| Righteousness |
Always thinking and acting in a way pleasing to God |
|
| Sacrifice
|
An offering that given in worship to God |
| Salvation |
God's free gift of eternal life |
| Saved |
Receiving the gift of eternal life through Jesus (See also Christianity,
Salvation) |
| Self Control |
Being able to control your actions at all times. (See also choices,
temptation) |
| Self Worth |
Self esteem, self assurance, have a sense of value or worth
(See also acceptance) |
| Selfishness |
Being greedy, unwillingness to share material things or power
(See also sharing) |
| Serving |
Serving others; Servant hood |
| Sharing |
Letting others have some of what you have (See also witnessing,
giving) |
| Shepherd |
The Good Shepherd knows his sheep, and they know him. |
| Sin |
Any transgression of God's will or violation of His laws in
thought, action, or neglect |
| Spiritual
Gifts |
Special abilities given by the Holy Spirit for the common good
of the Church |
| Spiritual
Growth |
Growing and maturing as a Christian through the direction of
the Holy Spirit |
| Stand Firm |
Not giving in to adversity (See also courage, peer pressure) |
| Stewardship |
Proper management of gifts, talents or resources given to you
(See also giving) |
| Strength |
Strength to do God's will, to overcome weakness |
| Stress |
Worry or pressure that leads to physical or mental discomfort |
| Submissive |
Submitting to God and doing what He asks in obedience. |
| Suffering |
Grief, trials and struggles (See also hardship) |
|
| Talents |
Skills or abilities given by God that can be developed (See
also Spiritual Gifts) |
| Temptation |
Feeling a strong urge to do something wrong or sin |
| Thankfulness |
Showing appreciation to God for what He has given |
| Tithing |
Giving one tenth back to God from what He has provided |
| Treasures |
Treasures in heaven compared to treasures on earth |
| Trials |
Tests to determine a person's abilities (See also hardships
and difficulties) |
| Trinity |
The Three Persons of God, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| Trust |
Trust in God, Trust in Jesus, trustworthiness |
| Truthfulness |
The quality of being truthful |
|
| Uniqueness |
We can be happy with our individualities, because we are all
made in God's image |
| Unity |
Living together in harmony (See also Family and Body of Christ)
|
|
| Values |
Christian moral and values, family values (See also Godliness,
Holiness) |
| Virtues
|
Characteristics in a person that please God |
|
| Walking with
God |
Conducting one's life according to the will of god, being righteous
|
| Weakness |
Lacking the strength to overcome the devil to do what is right
in God's eyes |
| Will of God |
What God desires |
| Wisdom |
The ability to apply spiritual knowledge and experience in different
situations |
| Witnessing |
Reaching others for Christ; outreach (See also Missions and
Sharing) |
| Word of God |
The Bible |
| Works |
Acts of service, not as a means to earn salvation (See also
mercy and grace) |
| Worldliness |
Passion for obtaining temporary ungodly pleasures |
| Worry |
Strong feelings of anxiety causing one to be unhappy or preoccupied
with fear |
| Worship |
To give praise honor and respect to God |
| Worthiness |
Having worth and value as a result of God's mercy and grace |
| Wrath |
The affects of God's anger or punishment over man's sinful nature |
|
| Zealousness |
Having active interest or an overflowing enthusiasm |
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