9 a.m.
Please arrive by 8:30 a.m. Downloadable PDF Lesson Plans for 9:00 a.m. Service:
10:45 a.m.
Please arrive by 10:15 a.m. Downloadable PDF Lesson Plans for 10:45 a.m. Service:
Leader Devo
Have you ever considered the power in the word nothing? No, just me? OK, let me explain why I think the word nothing is powerful.
First, read Romans 8:33–39.
Paul’s words in Romans 8 were meant to encourage the early Christians to stay strong in their faith. He wanted them to realize that God was with them even in the hardest of times. Paul understood the power of the word nothing.
Let this lesson’s Wonder Truth really sink in: Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love.
Nothing. Maybe you’re having a week where you wish you could separate yourself from certain situations (or even people!). Yet, even those things can’t separate you from God’s love.
Not troubles, not hardship, not persecution or famine, nakedness, danger, or sword. Nothing can separate us from God’s love. Replace the words in this list with things from your own life and context. Perhaps your list sounds something like this: “Not volunteer or budget shortages, not falling short on goals, not lack of recognition. Nothing can separate me from God’s love.” Read your list out loud as a declaration of faith.
Paul experienced the power of nothing firsthand, and my prayer for you today is that you too understand just how connected you are to the Father’s love—so connected, in fact, that nothing can separate you from Him!
Rest in the power of the word nothing this week. Receive God’s overwhelming, inseparable love for you, and share it with the kids you lead.
—Tom Bump
Children’s Ministry Leader, Author, and Coach
Contributor to Wonder Ink
*Wonder Ink Video for this series**Word of Wonder*
Word of Wonder:
“The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.”
—1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIrV)
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