Family Dinner: January 22nd – 28th

Open up your Bibles to the book of Isaiah, chapter 55 and read verses 8 and 9 together.

God cares about His children. He’s the great healer, the provider, the comforter, the Good Shepherd (Psalm 23). The Father knows your name, He listens to your prayers, and He knows your location. Even if you don’t know Him personally like Cornelius, He has compassion for you (Romans 5:8). We must fight to keep our eyes and mind on Him (Colossians 3:2). We’re to trust Him, our firm foundation, with our whole hearts and not to be moved by our temporary situation (Proverbs 3:5-6). Our God cares deeply about us and He is on the move whether we see Him working or not. He is faithful to us, even when we are unfaithful to Him (2 Timothy 2:13).

Discuss your thoughts about the Bible verse together. Use the following questions to help guide your conversation.

1. Tell of a time that it was difficult to trust that God was moving in your difficult situation.
2. Read Hebrews 11:6. Why does God want us to trust Him, even if we don’t necessarily see Him working in our lives?
3. What are ways that we can fight to keep our eyes, minds and hearts on the Father and off of our temporary situation?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Sign up for a 4 week LIFE Class to learn, be challenged and grow in your faith. (https://calvarylife.com/life-classes)
• There is kidLIFE for 5th grade and younger. There are classes for 6th-12th graders (no sign up required)!

Family Dinner: January 15th – 21st

Open your Bibles to Matthew 6 and read verses 31-34 together.

If we genuinely trust in the Living God and believe that He’s the Sovereign King on the throne, then we’d achieve true godly contentment. We should all agree that no relationship, career, wealth, fame, power or some other temporary thing could compare to having Jesus. We could say that Jesus is our everything, but if all we had was Him, is He enough? We naturally want the “greener grass on the other side of the fence” thinking it’d bring us more joy, peace and contentment, but this is just a lie. Our sinful hearts are our problem as we compare ourselves to others and greedily desire more and it robs us of the joy and peace that God intends for us. Until we’re truly content with where God has us in life and with the things He’s blessed us with, we will never be content, and always wanting more.

Discuss your thoughts together as a family. Use the following questions to help guide your conversation.

1. What are the things/people in your life that God has blessed you with, but you often take for granted?
2. What have you spent a long time chasing after, and after you achieved it, it didn’t turn out to be as great as you thought it would?
3. What steps could you take to achieve true godly contentment? How could your family help you in this?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Trust God and His great plans for your life
• Experience godly contentment!

Family Dinner: January 8th – 14th

Open your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 5 and read verse 17 together. This is also our Selah verse for this week!

Our God is always working whether we notice, feel, think it or not. He’s faithful to continue to transform us to look more like Jesus every day (2 Corinthians 3:18). The good news is that we’ve been saved by grace, through faith in Jesus. He knows we’re not perfect, that’s why He died on the cross for us. He knew what He was purchasing and He’s faithful to complete what He started in us (Philippians 1:6). He’s faithful, even if we’re not (2 Timothy 2:13)!

Discuss your thoughts together, use the following questions to help guide your discussion!

1. In our world today, why is it so common and easy to forget that God is always working? What excuse or lies do you believe when this happens? How can you fight these excuses and lies?                                                              
2. When was a time that you lost sight of God always working in your life? How did you get refocused on Him again?                                       
3. What’s a promise that God gave you? Why is this helpful for you? Where is it found in the Bible?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Share your testimony with each other.
• Help refine it to be able to GO and share it to lead nonbelievers to Jesus!

Family Dinner: December 31st – January 7th

Happy New Year family!

How are you known, as a Debby Downer or an Encouraging Eddy? As believers in Christ Jesus, we ought to be holy (set apart), different from the world, as we have the Fruit of the Holy Spirit flowing through us (Galatians 5:22-23). We must learn from our brother, Joses, who was so encouraging that he was renamed to Barnabas (encourager)! Barnabas was a Submissive Servant, a Good Person (according to the Lord), full of the Holy Spirit, and full of Faith! If we’re desiring to encourage others as we ought to, then we must follow his example.

Discuss your thoughts together as a family. Use the below questions to help guide your conversation!

1. How do you feel when someone goes out of their way to encourage you?
2. Why do we tend to discourage others and not encourage them? Why is it important to encourage others?
3. Tell of a time that someone encouraged you. How did it change your whole perspective and attitude for that day?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Go around the table and encourage each other!
• Think of one specific area that they have grown in the past year in their walk with Jesus!

Family Dinner: Dec. 24th – 30th

Open your Bibles to the book of Luke, chapter 2 and read verse 7 together.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We saw how Mary births the Son of the Living God here on earth as a new teenage mom. What a huge responsibility this must have felt! Mary was prepared to deliver Baby Jesus as she had her swaddling cloths, even if there wasn’t a guest room available for them. Mary showed Loving Faith as she compassionately wrapped Baby Jesus (the Gospel). Mary was a woman of Prayer as she wrapped her newborn Baby Jesus in praise. And Mary was humble as she had found favor with God to bear, deliver and raise the Son of the Living God that would come to take the sin of the world (John 1:29). Family, let’s learn from Mary and use all our actions in our life, point others not away, but towards Jesus, who is now at the right hand of the throne of God!

Discuss your thoughts together as a family. Use the below questions to help guide your discussion.

1. What does Christmas mean to you? What is something that you’re looking forward to this Christmas?
2. What stands out about Mary’s life? How can you better represent Jesus this Christmas, pointing others towards Him?
3. God’s love in unconditonal towards us. What about God’s character are you thankful this Christmas, why?
4. Read Romans 6:23 together. Why is the gift of eternal life the best gift that anyone could ever receive? When did you receive this free gift?

Put God’s Word into ACTSion!

• Share the Christmas story of WHY Jesus came to the earth with someone who doesn’t know Jesus.
• He was born to die on the cross for us!