In addition to building faith, the Bible may be the source of your kids' next role model. Here are 13 characters in the Bible that could offer inspiration for children across the United States today:. Later, Moses took the Israelites out of Egypt after calling down the 10 plagues, among other events. In fact, he would be the perfect role model.
Although he worked as a carpenter, Jesus was the Son of God. Aspiring to be the Son of God may be a tall order, but Jesus preached love and devotion at nearly every turn, which makes him certainly worthy of being a role model for kids.
Abraham is certainly worthy of being a role model for kids. Told he had to kill and sacrifice one of his sons, Abraham was fully willing to go through with the sacrifice — until an angel stopped him, according to Bible Gateway. With a mere sling, David toppled one of the biggest men ever known. His story has taken on many modern forms, too, and is used in modern language as a reference to overcoming a tough challenge or adversary.
The mother of Jesus is someone for young people to definitely look up to. Even though she gave birth to the Savior and Son of God, Mary remained humble. Staying modest and keeping herself from touting high achievements was something Mary did that young people can take to heart. But in the end, God admitted to Job this was a part of his plan and that Job would be wealthy for the rest of his existence. The story of Job shows that perseverance will help you get through anything. Samson had to go through some serious dark times.
Following through on the plan despite the harship — hopefully not by death — is something kids can take away from Samson. After men in their family died, Ruth and Naomi traveled to Bethlehem to recover from the loss of love. So he passed the job along to Solomon 1 Chronicles He oversaw the construction of the temple and used an uncanny attention to detail to follow the instructions given 1 Chronicles He even used the extravagance of his kingdom to add stylish touches to the new place of worship.
But the resulting fame and fortune affected Solomon for the worse. And he began to disobey parts of the laws given to his people by God. This angered God mightily 1 Kings Solomon had a life that began with such wisdom, money, and fame. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now we arrive at perhaps the biggest surprise of this list. Jonah was a prophet whose story is contained in only four Old Testament chapters.
In short, Jonah was told to preach to a foreign city, but he disobeyed Jonah And this disobedience led Jonah into a series of unfortunate events.
He was thrown overboard by a frightened crew Jonah , swallowed alive by a fish in the ocean Jonah , then miraculously spit out three days later Jonah Jonah then preached to the people of the foreign city.
And instead of experiencing the judgment God originally planned for them, they listened to Jonah, and God showed them mercy because of it Jonah Because of all this, Jonah gets a bad rap in most of the Church community. This is the most difficult command the Bible teaches, and it takes center stage in the book of Jonah. Nineveh was the city Jonah was called to preach to.
And Nineveh was a major city of the Assyrian people. They were some of the most ruthless and wicked people around. This point relates to the command to love your enemies.
Only God can read the hearts and minds of people around the world Jeremiah And the people we think are out of reach might be the ones most receptive to our message. He also knew they acted the way they did because they were never taught otherwise. Every believer has a responsibility to be a light to this world and show others who they are through word and deed Matthew But a few of us are called to do a little bit more.
And while some may say this call is reason to be excited—and it definitely is by the way—it can also be a tremendous burden Luke Jonah found out what happens when you try to run from this call.
And that sounds awful foolish if you ask me. Last but not least, unless you ask the man himself, we have the Apostle Paul. He was a great man of God who made superhuman efforts to spread the good news about Christ to the world.
His actions served as an example for all mission trips in the modern world. But here are three that always catch my eye:. The reason Paul described himself as the least of the apostles was because he began as one of their enemies Acts No man becomes wholly abandoned or altogether depraved at once; formation of character is, both in its construction and destruction, a gradual process.
Spurgeon wrote that the Christian should act like the Queen of Sheba did. Her response to rumors about King Solomon embodied wisdom. She pursued the truth. You have sinned beyond the reach of My love. Candice Lucey is a freelance writer from British Columbia, Canada, where she lives with her family. Find out more about her here.
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