I have been a Sunday school teacher for elementary school-aged kids and in the past I taught many years for Girls in Action (GAs). One thing that I have learned is that you have to teach these kids on their own level.
Words such as mercy, compassion, grace, and humility are very common words in found in memory verses. When teaching the memory verse, I try to explain the definition of the words so the kids will understand what they are memorizing.
Mercy- compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.
Compassion – Sympathetic pity or concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others and shows kindness, caring, and willingness to help others.
Grace- A gift from God, given through Jesus Christ, enabling power and spiritual healing offered though mercy and the love of Jesus. It is a free gift. It can’t be earned.
God’s Mercy – God not punishing us as our sins deserve, deliverance from judgement.
God’s Grace – God’s blessing us despite the fact that we don’t deserve it. Extending kindness to the unworthy.
Humility – Modest, without and excess of pride. Appreciate others. If someone does something better than you do, compliment them for their work. Being humble is the opposite of pride.
Justly – Acting morally good.
God oppresses the proud, but shows favor with the humble..
Micah 6:8 says, “The Lord asks us to do three things, act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with the Lord.”