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FAITH KIDS
BY ESTHER SAUNDERS
Jazz and I heard an old story told in a very new way the other day. We
were at Sunday school and the teacher asked us who Noah was. “Noah?”
We all laughed, “from the ark?” Of course we know him. He is the man
who everybody thought was mad when God gave him the instruction
to build the ark. Even his family didn’t believe him but he trusted God
and obeyed Him even though it seemed silly. Because of his obedience
Noah, his family and all the animals were saved when the great flood
came. I’m sure they were all very happy that he did what God said even
though nobody believed in him. I’m sure they were thankful that some-
one was listening to God and not just doing their own thing.
Our teacher told us that when people tell the story about Noah they
always focus on the rainbow at the end, the important promise that God
would never send a flood to wipe out all of mankind ever again. It’s an
important part, right. But what is equally important is the fact that Noah
was different. He wasn’t going with the crowd. He followed God no
matter what, and just look at the results. My grandmother always sings
the song ‘just trust and obey for there is no other way’. It’s difficult to go perfect and created in God’s image. Just wait and see what amazing story
against what everybody else is doing even when you know what they
are doing is wrong. You don’t want to be left out or unpopular. You want
to be part of the cool kids.
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Dear Lord Jesus,
thank You for keeping me safe
and secure. Help me to continually
keep my focus and abide in You so that
I may always be protected.
Amen
Guess what? You are fantastic, unique, beautiful and wonderful in every
way! That’s what God says about you in His word. You are a cool kid.
What’s even cooler is obeying God and seeing the awesome results
of that obedience. So what if the other kids are not listening to their
teacher? They won’t get an A grade pass. So what if your friends are us-
ing bad words? It will bring embarrassment and shame to their parents,
and makes your parents proud when you are respectful and polite.
God had an amazing plan for Noah. Even after thousands of years you
and I are still talking about him today. Imagine being that famous just
because you followed God’s instructions. God has an amazing plan for
each and every one of us. The Bible says He has plans to prosper us, to
give us hope and a bright future. All God requires is our obedience.
Easy peezy!
So don’t ever let anyone look down on you for being different. You are
God will write in your life if you follow His commandments.
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