SEPTEMBER 2021

Initiative is seeing what needs
to be done and doing it.

Week One

Nehemiah Plans to Rebuild the Wall

Nehemiah 1:1–2:18

What around you needs to be done?

Week Two

Nehemiah Helps the Poor

Nehemiah 5:1-12

Who do you see being treated unfairly?
 

Week Three

Nehemiah and Sanballat

Nehemiah 2:19-20, 4, 6

What distracts you from doing what needs to be done?

Week Four

The Wall is Rebuilt

Nehemiah 3–4, 6:15-16, 8:1-17

What is God doing in your life that you can celebrate?

MEMORY VERSE

"Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord."

Colossians 3:23a, NIrV

ENGAGE IN EVERYDAY MOMENTS TOGETHER

Morning Time

Start off your kid’s day by telling them how amazing they are and mentioning a time when you recently saw them take initiative.
 

Drive Time

While on the go, ask your kid: “What’s something new you’ve learned this week? Show me.” (It can be a joke, a new skill, a fact, etc.) Then share something new you’ve learned this week.
 

Meal Time

At a meal this week, ask your kid: “What are some things that you see that need to be done that you feel like you could do—at home, school, etc.?”
 

Bed Time

Pray for each other, that this week God will give you both the eyes to see what needs to be done and the grit to do it.