1   You shall have no other Gods before me.
Simple Meaning: Trust God  
 I learn to trust

Learning to trust is a very hard thing when you have been hurt and things aren't the way you wish they were...

...why did my mom and dad give me up?
...why did I go into foster care?
....why do I have Fetal Alcohol?
...why did my mom drink?
...why was I adopted?
These questions are trust breakers.

"Lord, I have been hurt in my life. They have been big hurts and I need your help to learn to love and trust again."
"Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only"
Mathew 4:10

The Word says you can not serve two masters. You will love one and hate the other. 

God asks for all your love and when you give your love to God he fills you with more love so you can give love to more and more people. The gift of love just is able to go on and on and on....

We need to know

  • Who and what can be trusted

  • Know ways we can be deceived 

  • How to get information about a person's character and position.

Concrete Ideas for teaching:

  • Sandy Patty's Song: The Gift Goes On

  • Make a prayer journal and list your prayers and answers received

  • Visit a sheep farm and find out why shepherd have to watch out for sheep

  • Learn why airplanes fly and yet you can't see what holds them up

  • Learn about floaters and sinkers...why do boats float? what doesn't float?

Please help with this project by providing ideas that have helped your special child learn this concept send ideas to jodee@connetworks.com

Other FASD Christian focused ideas:
 Basics | Authority | Forgiveness | Structure | Freedom 

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Webweaver notes: I am a Christian so I sought the Lord in prayer over these issues...and the thought came to me to deeply teach the 10 commandments. These were BIG rules...God's rules...and my FASD child loves rules she can hold onto to keep her safe... The other thing I realized is she only obeys the rules WHEN she understands them and knows they are for real. So we took one commandment a week, and the whole family in all our actions really focused on all the details of it...BEAR FALSE WITNESS...lying, gossip, exaggeration...Check out the lessons plans above.  Results...my child decided to live her life based on the 10 Commandments....The good news...she is much happier and safer. The bad news...If anyone exaggerates or tells a story a bit differently than she sees it...we are publically announced that we are lying and she tells her side of the story which can be VERY different than what we remember....