Discipline
What it means: Doing what you need to do now so you can grow stronger.
Memory Verse: "Training the body has some value. But being godly has value in every way. It promises help for the life you are now living and the life to come." 1Timothy 4:8 NIrV
Honor
What it means: Letting someone know you see how valuable they really are.
Memory Verse: "Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves." Romans 12:10 NIrV
Honesty
What it means: Choosing to be truthful in whatever you say and do.
Memory Verse: "The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful." Proverbs 12:22 NIV
Friendship
What it means: Spending time with someone you trust and enjoy.
Memory Verse: "A friend loves at all times. He is there to help when trouble comes." Proverbs 17:17 NIrV
Patience
What it means: Waiting until later for what you want now.
Memory Verse: "The end of a matter is better than its beginning. So it's better to be patient than proud." Ecclesiastes 7:8NIrV
Responsibility
What it means: Showing you can be trusted with what is expected of you.
Memory Verse: "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much." Luke 16:10a NIV
Service
What it means: Lending a hand to help someone else.
Memory Verse: "Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men." Ephesians 6:7 NIV
Peace
What it means: Proving that you care more about others than winning an argument.
Memory Verse: "So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build each other up." Romans 14:19 NirV
Respect
What it means: Showing others they are important by what you say and do.
Memory Verse: "Show proper respect to everyone." 1 Peter 2:17 NIV
Initiative
What it means: Seeing what needs to be done and doing it.
Memory Verse: "Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but to the interests of others." Philippians 2:4 NIV
Uniqueness
What it means: Learning more about others so you can know more about yourself.
Memory Verse: "There are different kinds of gifts, but they are all given by the same spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:4 NIrV
Joy
What it means: Finding a way to be happy, even when things don't go your way.
Memory Verse: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" Philippians 4:4 NIV
Determination
What it means: Deciding it's worth it to finish what you've started.
Memory Verse: "Let us keep on running the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 NIrV
Kindness
What it means: Showing others they are valuable by how you treat them.
Memory Verse: "Do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:31 NIV
Courage
What it means: Being brave enough to do what you should do even when you're afraid.
Memory Verse: "When I am afraid, I will trust in you." Psalm 56:3
Humility
What it means: Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.
Memory Verse: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Philippians 2:3 NIV
Forgiveness
What it means: Deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn't have to pay.
Memory Verse: "Forgive the things who are holding against one another. Forgive, just as the Lord has forgiven you." Colossians 3:13 NirV
Faith
What it means: Trusting in what you can't see because of what you can see.
Memory Verse: "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Perseverance
What it means: Refusing to give up when life gets hard.
Memory Verse: "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and now be faint." Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Grace
What it means: Getting something great that you don't deserve.
Memory Verse: "God's grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn't come from anything you do. It is God's gift." Ephesians 2:8 NIrV