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
Made Alive in Christ
Tuesday January 7, 2025
God’s Spirit gives us power to live for Jesus.
God’s Spirit gives us power to live for Jesus.
Today's Scripture
- Romans 8:11
- “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
Activity
Parents should darken the room and invite someone to try to turn on the flashlight without batteries. When it doesn’t come on, help them discover why the flashlight isn’t working. Try problem solving by putting marbles in the flashlight. Act confident that these will fix it. Does the flashlight work? Continue with other small objects for a while. Finally, insert the batteries.
Just like the flashlight had to be filled with the right energy, the batteries, we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be all God designed for us to be. God created us to be a home for His Holy Spirit. What happened when we tried to make the flashlight work using other things?
Sometimes people try using the wrong things to make their lives work. What are some of those things? When we choose to trust and follow Jesus, we have God’s Spirit living in us (1 Cor. 6:19), giving us the power to live for Jesus like we were created.
Parents should darken the room and invite someone to try to turn on the flashlight without batteries. When it doesn’t come on, help them discover why the flashlight isn’t working. Try problem solving by putting marbles in the flashlight. Act confident that these will fix it. Does the flashlight work? Continue with other small objects for a while. Finally, insert the batteries.
Just like the flashlight had to be filled with the right energy, the batteries, we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be all God designed for us to be. God created us to be a home for His Holy Spirit. What happened when we tried to make the flashlight work using other things?
Sometimes people try using the wrong things to make their lives work. What are some of those things? When we choose to trust and follow Jesus, we have God’s Spirit living in us (1 Cor. 6:19), giving us the power to live for Jesus like we were created.
Supplies
- A flashlight without batteries
- Batteries for the flashlight
- Marbles, Lego bricks or other non-metal small objects
Reflection/ Prayer
- God created us to be a home for His Holy Spirit. When we choose to trust and follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit lives in us, helping us become all God created us to be.