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Character Journal

November 16, 2010 by 6 Comments


The Character Journal is designed to help parents teach Biblical character qualities to their children. Each journal features a different character quality with suggestions for Bible lessons and projects.

Teaching Biblical character is not the same as teaching “manners.” The goal in teaching Biblical character is: 

·         To get to know God as He is revealed through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the personification of each of these character qualities. We don’t know what Jesus looked like on the outside; but by studying these character qualities, we have a beautiful picture of what He looked like on the inside. (John 17:3)

·         To become more like Jesus Christ by recognizing this as God’s purpose for each one of us and that He is using the people and circumstances in our lives to accomplish this purpose (Romans 8:28-29).

·         To show our dependence upon God and our constant need of His mercy and grace in our lives (Romans 8:18-19).


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We decided some time ago to create a Character Journal and teach a character trait a month in our home as part of our daily Bible study. We keep resources and printables from each months character trait in our journal.  It has made a huge difference in the attitudes and attentiveness of our boys, the results have been nothing short of amazing. 

We learned about the Character Chart  through the Duggar website, I then stumbled upon http://www.characterjournal.com/ while looking for resources to go with each trait. Below you can find a list of Character Traits from the Character Journal. 

You can visit the site http://www.characterjournal.com/ for more wonderful resources!


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  1. Kara says:
    November 16, 2010 at 6:07 am

    I've done something similar, but never heard of the site. Thanks!

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  2. Heather says:
    November 16, 2010 at 6:35 am

    What a great idea! We use a curriculum that is character-based (as well as hands-on -which my boys need) and I couldn't agree with you more on the necessity of intentionally teaching godly character.

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  3. Joy says:
    November 16, 2010 at 7:19 am

    Love the idea of a character journal! Stopping by from the Hip Homeschool Hop!

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  4. Kimberly says:
    November 16, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Hi! I had to come visit when I saw your blog name at The Hop. I am the mist UN-SAVVY person socially….. (and I have 3 boys)

    the character journal sounds neat. I'll have to look into it and see if it will be applicable to us.

    (visiting from the hip homeschool hop, but not listed this week)

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  5. Jenn says:
    November 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    This looks wonderful!!! I'm heading over to dig around on the other sites. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Living Creatively says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:37 am

    Wow– looks great, and I can't wait to look at the other resources.
    We were just talking about character development in small group this evening. Perfect timing, as usual.

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