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Jesus Died…But It’s Not the End of the Story!

4/11/2022

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​B I B L E  B I T S  &  B I T E S
Devotional Activities for Families – Week of April 11-17, 2022


2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 15: Jesus Died…But It’s Not the End of the Story!
Weekly Bible Bite: Luke 23-24

Video lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8R158Ujp4 (Saddleback Kids – The Story of Easter: Jesus’ Sacrifice)

This week we will celebrate Easter, beginning with Good Friday—the day we remember that Jesus died for us. What is good about that?! Of course, Jesus dying is very sad and would have even been scary for Jesus’ friends, but for us it means that we can someday go to heaven…so for us it is very good!

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Claiming Kingship

4/4/2022

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B I B L E B I T S & B I T E S
Devotional Activities for Families
​Week of April 4-10, 2022

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 14: Claiming Kingship
Weekly Bible Bite: Philippians 2:7b-11

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENylpkr1-_k (Douglas Talks – Jesus is King!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56AWDpHzCE (Cool Worship Kids - Jesus is the King)

It will soon be Easter, that time of year when Christians remember the story of how Jesus died on a cross and then rose from the dead…all for you and me! However, just one week before being condemned to die, the people had been celebrating that the Messiah, their King, had come. They thought he was going to kick out the Romans, but that wasn’t what he came to do at all. Jesus came to take the punishment for all the bad things we do, so that we could become part of his family and members of his kingdom.

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What does it cost to follow Jesus?

3/28/2022

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B I B L E  B I T S  &  B I T E S
Devotional for Families

 –2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 13: What does it cost to follow Jesus?
Weekly Bible Bite: Luke 14:25-33

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSwc_uFAknY (Baptist Church - Cost of Following Jesus)

There is nothing we can do to be good enough to go to heaven; but the good news is, we don’t have to. Jesus made it possible for anyone who believes in him to go to heaven. But that doesn’t mean it is easy to follow Jesus. Followers of Jesus are required to sign over their plans, possessions, their time and abilities to him.


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Jesus’ Corrects the Religious Leaders

3/23/2022

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2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 12: Jesus’ Corrects the Religious Leaders
Weekly Bible Bite: Matthew 9:9-12

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgy6TWuUkK0 (Saddleback Kids – Jesus Calls Matthew)

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day thought they were too good to hang out with certain people. They couldn’t understand why Jesus would choose to associate with people they thought were bad, people they thought were ‘scum.’

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Jesus was Compassionate

3/16/2022

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Devotional for Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 11: Jesus was Compassionate
Weekly Bible Bite: Matthew 14:13-21

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGjybUn5bE (Crossroads Kids Klub – Jesus Feeds 5000)…for older children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6rj9cAJrWE (Saddleback Kids – Jesus Feeds the 5000)…for younger children

The story of Jesus feeding 5000+ people with just five small loaves and two fish is the only miracle recorded by all four gospel writers—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It was an incredible miracle and the people were prepared to make Jesus their king on the spot. However, there is something even more amazing about this story…

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Jesus’ Power over Death

3/9/2022

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B I B L E  B I T S  &  B I T E S
Devotional for Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 9: Jesus’ Power over Death
Weekly Bible Bite: John 11:1-44

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FT04jjh3Q8 (God’s Story – Jesus Raised Lazarus from Death)

Jesus got word that his good friend Lazarus was really sick, but instead of rushing to the town of Bethany were Lazarus and his two sisters, Mary and Martha, lived, he waited. Why did he wait? He was waiting for Lazarus to die…. Wait…what! 

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Jesus’ Power to Create

3/2/2022

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B I B L E  B I T S  &  B I T E S
Devotional for Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 9: Jesus’ Power to Create
Weekly Bible Bite: John 9:1-15

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHSf2RhD2As (Douglas Talks – Why did Jesus perform miracles?)

Jesus came to earth as a man, but he was also God. Jesus did incredible miracles that proved he was God. He could make sick people well, he could use a small lunch to feed thousands of people, he could walk on water and even calmed stormy seas. Jesus also showed through his miracles that he had God’s power to create.

One day, when Jesus and his disciples came across a man born blind, Jesus gave him new eyes to see. This miracle reminds us of how God created the first man. God took dirt, shaped it into a man, then breathed into him making him come to life. Jesus spit on the ground and made a mixture of mud. He smeared it on the blind man’s face, then told him to go wash. When he had washed, he could see! Jesus wasn’t just a man…he was also God and had the power of God to create.

Family goal:
Jesus performed miracles to prove he was God. What can you do to prove that you believe he was God? ____________________
[Be sure to pick a measurable goal involving a task so that children will know when they have completed it.]

Weekly verses:
John 5:36, NLT – “But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.”

Family activities:
• Colour the picture of Jesus and the man who was born blind.
• Create a fun toy by adding google eyes—a rock, pompom, whatever you like—to remind you that Jesus gave new eyes to the man born blind.
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Prayer:
Thank you, God that Jesus’ miracles prove to us that he was more than just another guy. He was telling the truth when he told people he was sent by you—he was the promised Messiah. We can believe what he said was true…that he loves us, died for us and all who believe in him can live with him in heaven.
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Jesus & The Sabbath

2/23/2022

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Devotions For Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 8: Jesus & The Sabbath
Weekly Bible Bite: Mark 2:23-3:6

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNtynWHCHM (The Chosen – scene concerning Jesus and the Sabbath)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3m2MMhikl8 (Superkids Bible Story – Jesus Heals a Man with a Withered Hand)

One of God’s ten commandments instructed people that they were to treat the Sabbath day as holy and not do regular kinds of work. The Sabbath was the seventh day of creation when God rested, which for the Jewish people was from sundown on Friday night to sundown on Saturday. On the Sabbath they would not work and would instead go to the synagogue or temple in Jerusalem to worship God. Many Christian churches treat Sunday as the Sabbath—a time to go to church, to worship God and to spend time learning from the Bible with others.

The Pharisees in Jesus’ day insisted that ‘doing no regular work’ meant no work at all, not even if it meant doing good; but Jesus had a different view of what kinds of work were not permitted. In fact, Jesus got into trouble with the Pharisees because he did do work which they thought he shouldn’t…like healing people. Being both man and God, Jesus knew what the commandment to honour the Sabbath meant; he showed people that it was meant to help people, not be something that made people’s lives difficult.

A number of times Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He showed us that it was good to do good on the Sabbath. When his hungry disciples were walking through a grain field, he showed us that the Sabbath’s rule about doing no work was not intended to prevent people from enjoying a meal, but was rather to be treated as an opportunity to take a rest from work and to focus on spending time with God. After all, the Sabbath was a gift from God to help people; it was not just another rule to follow.

Family goal:
What is a good thing your family can do to honour the Sabbath? ____________________
[Be sure to pick a measurable goal involving a task so that children will know when they have completed it.]

Weekly verses:
Mark 2:27, NLT – “Jesus said, ‘The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.’”

Family activities:
• Colour the picture of Jesus and the man whose hand was healed.
• Create a hand-wreathe of some of the good things you could do.
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Prayer:
Thank you, God that you gave us the gift of the Sabbath, so we could take a break from regular work and focus on doing life with you. Help me to find times throughout my week, to spend time with you and to do good to others.
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Counter Culture

2/16/2022

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​B I B L E  B I T S  &  B I T E S
Devotional for Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 7: Counter Culture

Weekly Bible Bite: Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 17:11-19

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL8DThllZAY (The Chosen – scene with Jesus and the leper)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZUDRrKgI8 (Saddleback Kids – The Thankful Leper)

In Jesus’ day, much like our own, some people were not treated very well, including women, children, tax collectors and people with contagious diseases like leprosy. Today we know that leprosy is not as highly contagious as was once thought and we now have effective treatments for anyone who is diagnosed with leprosy.

That wasn’t the case in Jesus’ day. Being diagnosed as a leper was like a death sentence. You often had to leave your family and live with other lepers. You had to stay a certain distance away from people at all times, often not even being permitted to visit a town. You also had to warn people not to get too close by making them aware you had the disease, either by ringing a bell or yelling, “Unclean. Unclean.”

Can you imagine having to go through life never being able to have dinner with your family ever again, to get or give hugs, and perpetually feeling dirty? You might feel like God hated you…why else would someone be cursed with such an awful disease? However, God didn’t hate people who had leprosy…in fact, Jesus healed people who were lepers and was not afraid to be near them. Everyone thought that if you got leprosy, it was because you had done something terrible and God was punishing you. But Jesus showed us that type of thinking was wrong. He loved all people, even those who were sick with leprosy!

Family goal:
Can you think of someone who others don’t treat well? Choose one way to show them that you care and that God loves them. ____________________
[Be sure to pick a measurable goal involving a task so that children will know when they have completed it.]

Weekly verses:
Galatians 6:3, NLT – “3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.”

Family activities:
• Colour the picture of the leper who Jesus healed.
• Make some ‘get well’ cards to deliver. Deliver them to friends, family members, the hospital or a senior’s care home, for those who aren’t well.
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Prayer:
Thank you, God that no one is unloved by you. Help us to care for people the way that you do and not worry about what others will think. Help us to help others feel your love for them.
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Rejection

2/9/2022

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Devotional for Families

2022 Theme: “Doing Life with Jesus”
Week 6: Rejection
Weekly Bible Bite: Luke 4:16-30

Video lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B3C7ITMMqA (The Gospel Project – Jesus Teaches in Nazareth)

It is never easy to have others not believe us and even reject us. Jesus understands. When he told the people from his hometown that he was the Messiah—God’s promised Rescuer, they didn’t just not believe him…they tried to kill him by pushing him off of a cliff! Yikes!

Jesus could have gotten angry and demanded that they believe him, but that isn’t what he did. When it became clear that they weren’t interested in what he had to say, he simply left town and travelled to the next town to share the same truth that those in his hometown refused. And many people did believe.

For Jesus, having people accept him was not nearly as important as obeying God. Whether people accepted or rejected his message, he continued to share it. His message? God had made good on his promise to send the Messiah…and Jesus was that promised One.

Family goal:
As families, sometimes we don’t have a problem with rejection, but we still fall short of being supportive. What is one way you can support each other this week? ____________________
[Be sure to pick a measurable goal involving a task so that children will know when they have completed it.]

Weekly verses:
Isaiah 53:3, NLT – “He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.”

Family activities:
• Colour the picture of Jesus with others from his hometown.
• As a family, make a list of ways to respond to others when they are mean to you…instead of just getting mad and being mean back.
• Make a scroll by writing this week’s verse (or any other verse that you like) on it and take turns reading it to one another.
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Prayer:
Thank you, God that we can be certain that Jesus understands what we’re going through, even when others are mean to us. Help us never to retaliate, but always ask you to help us respond as Jesus would—focused on doing what is right, no matter what.
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