21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
As we enter 2025, many are eager for a new beginning. Amid the chaos, there is a longing for answers and tranquility. This serves as a powerful reminder that true peace is found in God. Let’s make 2025 a year of deepening our relationship with Him like never before. This year, as we embark on a collective fasting journey, let’s come together with others to form a community that rejuvenates our hearts and minds. We invite you to participate in this year's Fast. Together, as we seek God, we can conquer any challenge.
Today's Kids Devotion
A Unified Church
Monday January 20, 2025
God’s Spirit brings unity. It’s only by His power that we can be unified as a family, church and community.
God’s Spirit brings unity. It’s only by His power that we can be unified as a family, church and community.
Today's Scripture
- Ephesians 2:14-18 (NIV)
- “For He himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in His flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in Himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”
Activity
Gather around the table or sit on the floor and put the puzzle together as a team. What does it mean to be unified? Share responses and examples.
To be unified means to be brought together as one. Examine your puzzle. Each puzzle piece is different from all the others. It is one of a kind. Together with all the other pieces, it creates a unified picture. We’re all different, uniquely created by God. And yet, even with our differences, the Holy Spirit still brings us together, like these puzzle pieces.
Without the Holy Spirit, it’s impossible for us to be unified as believers. We all know loving others can be hard sometimes. The good news is that Jesus doesn’t expect us to be able to love others on our own. The Holy Spirit helps us do that—He unifies believers!
Gather around the table or sit on the floor and put the puzzle together as a team. What does it mean to be unified? Share responses and examples.
To be unified means to be brought together as one. Examine your puzzle. Each puzzle piece is different from all the others. It is one of a kind. Together with all the other pieces, it creates a unified picture. We’re all different, uniquely created by God. And yet, even with our differences, the Holy Spirit still brings us together, like these puzzle pieces.
Without the Holy Spirit, it’s impossible for us to be unified as believers. We all know loving others can be hard sometimes. The good news is that Jesus doesn’t expect us to be able to love others on our own. The Holy Spirit helps us do that—He unifies believers!
Supplies
- A family-friendly jigsaw puzzle
Reflection/ Prayer
- Reflect: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1, NIV).
- Pray: The Holy Spirit’s power to unify is true for our world, our churches and our homes. Let’s start in our homes. Pray over every family member with words of encouragement and truths about who God created them to be.