What are Graces and Faith Traits?
Believers who accept God’s gifts of Word, faith, and service also experience the gifts of God’s Graces: love, trust, courage, and hope. And with the inspiration of Bible characters, the guidance of the Spirit, and the help of others who support us, we develop the following Faith Traits that strengthen us to be disciples: • Love manifests itself as the Faith Traits of generosity, kindness, humility, compassion, empathy, respect, and thankfulness. • Trust appears as the Faith Traits of cooperation, loyalty, obedience, boldness, and reverence. • Courage shows itself as the Faith Traits of responsibility, self-discipline, perseverance, forgiveness, justice, honesty, and wisdom. • Hope shines forth as the Faith Traits of harmony, stewardship, patience, peace, and joy. A unique feature of Witness is the introduction of Faith Traits. Each session relates one Faith Trait to a Bible character and provides one or more activities that develop the trait in learners, during the Sunday school sessio
