𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭

Preparation: have each person perform his talent, like dancing, playing a musical instrument, reading poetry, display sports skill, etc.

Afterwards, everyone will teach this skill to another member of the family (this may take place over a few days). Then, they can choose to perform with the new talent or share with everyone how the “lessons” went. Praise everyone for their efforts and not on how well they performed.

At the end of the activity, explain that talents or skills can be natural, but can also be learned and enhanced by regular practice. Encourage those who want to pursue their new learned skill.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃

Another thing we must carefully steward is our talents. What does the Bible say about talents?

𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 12:3-8

3 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑. 4 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠,5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 5 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 6 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚: 𝑖𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑦, 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ; 7 𝑖𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔; 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔; 8 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛; 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦; 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑧𝑒𝑎𝑙; 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑘! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐺𝑜𝑑. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠.

Talents are an overflow of the gift of God's grace that enables us to freely use them for His glory. Each one of us has been blessed differently. We may be good with one skill and not be so good on another and it is ok! Whatever skill you have been blessed with, it is a gift from God. What you do with it is up to you. You can waste it away by not using it or by using it to harm others. But you can also continue to learn and improve it and even use it to bless and help others. With the different skills we all have been given, we can use it and work together in the best way to serve God and to bless others.

𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘

Parent to Kid

2-6 years old

What is your talent that you like the most? Why and how can you use it to make others happy?

7-12 years old

How have you used your skills to be a blessing to others?

Kid to Parent

What talents can we continue to do, and how can we glorify God with it?

Is there something you used to be good at but have stopped doing? Why?

Our talents are not just hobbies to make us feel good for ourselves or something to brag about or even to win prizes in contests. God gave us talents so that we can develop them, let it be engaging activities to others and to serve Him and our family and community. May you continue honing your skills and even learn new ones so you may live an impactful life, serving your community.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬

Dear God, thanks so much for the talents that You have entrusted me. Help me continue to train and improve them and allow me to use them for the goodwill of men and for Your glory. In Jesus’ name, amen.

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

Did you know that the word “talent” actually was a unit of measurement in the ancient world? It was introduced in Mesopotamia and since then has evolved to various interpretations depending on the region and group of peoples.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_(measurement)