WHICH TOPIC? |
WHAT IS MY SPIRITUAL FOCUS? |
RELEVANT SECTION FROM the THEMES
program |
| Advertising/media |
God is Truth: honesty/dishonesty in
advertising & packaging |
Themes 6 (Truth) |
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God is Pure: discerning the truth and purity
in the world around us. |
Themes 6 (Pure) |
| Agriculture |
God is Love: God shows His love by providing
through the land. |
Themes 4 (Love) |
| Air |
God is Life: God has provided Earth with the
elements for life support. |
Themes 3 (Life) |
| Animals |
God is Life: animal life cycles |
Themes 1& 2 (Life) |
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God is Creator: Our responsibility towards
animals. |
Themes 5 (Creator) |
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God is Provider: God provides for us through
animals. |
Themes 5 (Provider) |
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God is Protector: camouflage and defense
mechanisms. |
Themes 5 (Protector) |
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God is Powerful: animal kingdoms;
balance of nature |
Themes 2 (Powerful) |
| Ants |
God is Wise: ants are wise creatures. They
prepare for the future. Prov. 6:6 |
Themes 5 (Wise) |
| Archaeology |
God is Creator/Truth: Discovering the truth
through archaology. |
Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Architecture |
God is Patient: certain occupations require
patience and precision. Look at historical buildings. |
Themes 5 & 4 (Patient) |
| Astronomy |
See Solar System |
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| Banking |
God is Wise: wise use of money |
Themes 4 (Wise) |
| Balance |
God is Truth: a false balance is an
abomination to God (Prov. 11:1) |
Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Camouflage |
See Animals |
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| Careers |
God is Wise: making wise choices and decisions
in the choice of a career. |
Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Castles |
See Shelter |
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| Chemistry |
God is Powerful: powerful chemical reactions
bring change. Heat; states of matter. God can change us! |
Themes 5 (Powerful) |
| Choices & decisions |
God is Wise: choices in shopping, eating and
choosing a pet. |
Themes 2 (Wise) |
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God is Wise: choices in choosing friends;
right and wrong; drugs and alcohol. |
Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Civil laws |
God is Wise: wise and responsible behaviour;
traffic laws; environmental responsibility |
Themes 2 (Wise) |
| Clocks |
See pendulums |
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| Clothes |
God is Provider: God provides materials for
clothes. |
Themes 4.& 5 (Provider) |
| Communications |
God is a Servant: technology serves us in
spreading the word. T.V. radio, telephone, computer. Missionaries and Bible translators. |
Themes 6. (Servant) |
| Community services |
God is a Servant: People who serve in our
community: medical services, fire fighters, police. |
Themes 2 (Servant) |
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God is Protector: People who
protect us: police, fire fighters, life savers. |
Themes 2 (Protector) |
| Consumer education |
God is Wise: Wise choices in shopping. |
Themes 2 (Wise) |
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God is Truth: honesty in
advertising/packaging. Customer surveys; testing performance of products. |
Themes 6. (Truth) |
| Crafts/hobbies |
God is Patient: hobbies that require patience. |
Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Creation/evolution |
God is Creator: the flood; dinosaurs; arguing
the case against evolution |
Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Crystals |
God is Patient: patience in waiting for
crystals to grow; limestone caves. |
Themes 1 (Patient) |
| Cultural groups |
God is Love: God loves all people
unconditionally. God's love for different cultural groups. Our love and acceptance of
different people. |
Themes 3 & 5 (Love) |
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God is Patient: God's patience with us.
Patience required when two different cultures meet. |
Themes 7 (Patient) |
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God is Peace: racial and international peace |
Themes 7 (Peace) |
| Dinosaurs |
See Creation/evolution |
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| Disabled |
God is Love: God wants us to show particular
kindness to those with special needs. |
Themes 2 (Love) |
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God is Patient: showing patience towards the
elderly and the disabled. |
Themes 2 & 3 (Patient) |
| Disasters |
God is Wise: safety precautions to avoid
disasters; preparation for natural disasters such as bush fires and snow storms. |
Themes 3 (Wise) |
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God is Pure: natural disasters are a result of
the fall and were not part of God's original perfect creation. |
Themes 7 (Pure) |
| Drugs |
See Choices and decisions |
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| Ecosystems |
God is Creator: nature's perfect balance and
the effects of the Fall. |
Themes 6 (Creator) |
| Electricity |
God is Powerful: God has placed with n the
creation powerful sources of energy for our use. |
Themes 7 (Powerful) |
| Environment |
God is Peace: appreciation of God's creation;
harmony, beauty and design. |
Themes 5 (Peace) |
| Environmental responsibility |
God is Wise: wisdom in caring for the
environment; pollution |
Themes 1 (Wise) |
| Explorers |
God is Wise: wisdom in allowing God to guide
us. God guided many of the early explorers. |
Themes 6 (Wise) |
| Fact and fantasy |
God is Truth: discerning between truth and
fiction |
Themes 3 (Truth) |
| Family |
God is Protector: Protection through the
family. |
Themes 1 (Protector) |
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God is a Servant: serving in the home. |
Themes 1 (Servant) |
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God is Peace: feeling secure with family;
playing peacefully with siblings. |
Themes 1 & 2 (Peace) |
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God is Truth: honesty in the home. |
Themes 1 (Truth) |
| Fibres and fabrics |
See Clothes |
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| Food |
God is Provider: buying food; preparing food. |
Themes 1 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: plant foods |
Themes 2 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: fruits and seeds |
Themes 3 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: food from animals |
Themes 5 p. 117-121 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: food from the sea |
Themes 6 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: world food supply; supply and
demand; imports and exports; the third world. |
Themes 7 (Provider) |
| Force and motion |
God is powerful: powerful forces in the
creation: tools, toys, machines, transport. |
Themes 1 & 6 (Powerful) |
| Fossils |
God is Creator: the flood; dinosaurs; age of
fossils |
Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Friends |
God is Pure: purity in relationships;
forgiveness and honesty |
Themes 3 (Pure) |
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God is Peace: peace and harmony in
relationships |
Themes 5 (Peace) |
| Geography |
God is Wise: maps to guide us. The Bible is
God's map for our lives. |
Themes 6 (Wise) |
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God is Powerful: powerful forces creating
landforms: mountains, rivers, glaciers, volcanoes. |
Themes 4 (Powerful) |
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God is Life: desert survival |
Themes 7 (Life) |
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God is Love: people of the world. (See
Cultural groups) The third world. |
Themes 7 (Love) |
| Geology |
God is Truth: Rocks and soil. God's word is a
rock. |
Themes 4 (Truth) |
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God is Pure: purity of metals and minerals |
Themes 4 (Pure) |
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God is Pure: salt. Salt is a cleansing agent. |
Themes 5 (Pure) |
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God is Creator: the great flood |
Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Growth |
God is Life: the cycle of life from birth to
old age. |
Themes 3 (Life) |
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God is Life: plant life. |
Themes 5 (Life) |
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God is Provider: Plants |
Themes 2 & 3 (Provider) |
| Government |
God is Peace: current affairs relating to
peace |
Themes 7 (Peace) |
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God is Wise: governments are elected to make
wise choices and decisions. |
Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Health |
See Safety; Human body; Food |
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| History of Civilization |
God is Love: The nation of Israel; Jews and
gentiles; (John 3:16) |
Themes 6 (Love) |
| Hobbies |
God is Patient: hobbies which require
patience. |
Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Home |
See Family |
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| Houses |
See Shelter |
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| Human biology |
God is Creator: We are created in God's image. |
Themes 4 (Creator) |
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God is Protector: protective mechanisms; the
blood |
Themes 4 (Protector) |
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God is a Servant: Jesus the healing servant.
The body's ability to heal. |
Themes 3 (Servant) |
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God is Love: myself; my body |
Themes 1 (Love) |
| Israel |
God is Love: God's purpose for Israel and His
love for the gentiles. |
Themes 6 (Love) |
| International peace |
God is Peace: peace makers |
Themes 7 (Peace) |
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| Kings and kingdoms |
God is Powerful: royalty; fact and fantasy;
good and evil; Jesus is our King. |
Themes 2 (Powerful) |
| Law and order |
God is Wise: It is wise to obey God. |
Themes 1 (Wise) |
| Light |
God is Creator: God created light. Sun, moon,
stars, reflections, shadows, spectrum. |
Themes 1 (Creator) |
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God is Pure: Light, shadow, reflections: Light
is a symbol of purity. Walk in the light. |
Themes 5 (Pure) |
| Lighthouses |
God is Protector: Lighthouses protected ships.
Jesus is the light. |
Themes 6 (Protector) |
| Machines |
see Force and motion |
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| Magnestism |
God is Powerful: magnetism is a powerful force
within the creation. |
Themes 6 (Powerful) |
| Mapping |
See Geography |
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| Medical Profession |
See Human Body and community services |
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| Metals and minerals |
God is Pure: metals are refined to remove
impurities. Gems and crystals reflect light. The purity of Heaven. |
Themes 4 (Pure) |
| Middle ages |
God is Protector: Castles of the middle ages
provided protection. God is our fortress. The armour of God. |
Themes 3 (Protector) |
| Missionaries |
God is a Servant: missionaries serving God |
Themes 5 (Servant) |
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God is a Servant: serving with humility |
Themes 4 (Servant) |
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God is a servant: spreading the Good News |
Themes 6 (Servant) |
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God is Love: missionaries to the third world |
Themes 7 (Love) |
| Money |
See banking |
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| Multi-cultural |
See Cultural groups |
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| Nutrition |
See Food |
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| Occupations |
God is Patient: jobs that require patience,
precision and accuracy. |
Themes 5 (Patient) |
| Pendulums |
God is Truth: Galileo's discovery of the truth
about the solar system and pendulums |
Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Pets |
God is Wise: Wise choice of a pet; caring for
pets. |
Themes 2 (Wise) |
| Pioneers |
God is Patient: patience and perseverance;
tools, equipment, olden day technology. |
Themes 6 (Patient) |
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God is a Servant: people who made sacrifices
to 'pave the way' for others. |
Themes 7 (Servant) |
| Plants |
God is Provider: plant foods |
Themes 2 (Provider) |
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God is Provider: fruits and seeds |
Themes 3 (Provider) |
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God is Life: Plant growth |
Themes 4 (Life) |
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God is Creator: God provides for His creation |
Themes 3 (Creator) |
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God is Patient: waiting for seeds to sprout |
Themes 1 (Patient) |
| Pollution |
God is Pure: What happened to the perfect
creation? |
Themes 7 (Pure) |
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God is Wise: environmental responsibly |
Themes 1 (Wise) |
| Protection services |
Police, fire brigade, life savers (See
community services) |
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| Racial peace |
See Cultural groups |
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| Relationships |
See Friends, Family |
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| Road safety |
See safety |
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| Rocks |
See Geology |
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| Safety |
God is Wise: Be wise and take precautions. |
Themes 3 (Wise) |
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God is Peace: Stranger danger. Recognize
feelings opposed to peace. |
Themes 3 (Peace) |
| Scientific method |
God is Truth: discovering truth through the
scientific method |
Themes 7 (Truth) |
| Scientists |
God is Truth: scientists who seek the truth |
Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Seeds |
See plants |
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| Senses |
See the human body |
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| Shelter |
God is protector: History of shelter. Houses
and castles protect. |
Themes 3 & 7 (Protector) |
| Ships |
God is Protector: protection on sea voyages |
Themes 6 (Protector) |
| Solar system/space |
God is Powerful: powerful forces. sun and
planets, the earth in space, weather, time and seasons. |
Themes 3 (Powerful) |
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God is Truth: Galileo discovers the truth
about the solar system |
Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Spiders |
God is Patient: patience and perseverance
shown by spiders in web building. |
Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Time |
God is Wise: using time wisely |
Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Tools, toys |
See Force and motion |
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| Transport |
See Force and motion; ships; air |
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| Travel |
God is Wise: planning for journeys |
Themes 5 (Wise) |
| Water |
God is Creator |
Themes 2 (Creator) |
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God is Pure: Water purifying methods |
Themes 2 (Pure) |
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God is Life: Jesus the Living Water |
Themes 6 (Life) |
| Water cycle |
God is Powerful: steam power; hydro power |
Themes 5 (Powerful)
Themes 2 (Creator) |
| Weather/seasons |
God is Powerful: power in the creation |
Themes 3 & 6 (Powerful) |