SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN: “A Changed Heart”

*DAILY BREAD – A DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN*

EASTERN NIGERIA UNION CONFERENCE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

*THEME* : I WILL GO

Sunday, August 1, 2021

Topic: A Changed Heart

_There was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped the true God. The Lord opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying. (Acts 16:14 ICB)_

Has the message of God’s love ever amazed you so much that you could feel your heart changing within you? Then you should meet Lydia.
Lydia loved God and had good friends and a successful business. Still, she did not feel like everything fit. It was like she had a few pieces to a bigger puzzle, and even these pieces she couldn’t fit together. Then God opened her heart. When she heard about Jesus, she recognized the full picture of God’s love for humanity.
What’s more, she wanted other people to see God’s big picture too! She invited family and friends to come to her house and listen to Paul and Luke tell the Good News about Jesus.
God is showing you the big picture too. He wants you to become His follower and disciple! Once Jesus opens a person’s heart, the person’s life changes and is ready to tell others about Jesus’ power to save.

*Song*
I would be, dear Savior, wholly Thine;
Teach me how, teach me how;
I would do Thy will, O Lord, not mine;
Help me, help me now.
*Refrain*
Wholly Thine, wholly Thine,
Wholly Thine, this is my vow;
Wholly Thine, wholly Thine,
Wholly Thine, O Lord, just now.

*Prayer*
Dear Jesus, please come open my heart to respond to your love and bring a beautiful change to my life that I may tell others how you can change their lives too. Amen.