SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN: “Growing In Christ”

*DAILY BREAD – A DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN*

EASTERN NIGERIA UNION CONFERENCE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

*THEME* : I WILL GO

Monday, July 19, 2021

Topic: Growing in Christ

_Jesus continued to learn more and more and to grow physically. People liked him, and he pleased God. (Luke 2:52 ICB)_

Jesus grew in God. Even at the age of 12, He was beyond His years. They were all amazed and marveled at Jesus’ understanding of the things of God. By His reply in Vs 49, He already knew who His Father was, though Mary and Joseph did not understand what He meant about being in His Father’s House and tending to His Father’s business. We too need to be attending to our Father God’s business in order to really grow into Jesus’ likeness. As we keep in God’s word and prayer, going to church and Sabbath school, we grow in God. We have a daily relationship with God, just like we do with our Parents, sisters/brothers, or friends. We cannot get to know family or friends if we don’t spend time with them – listening to them. It is the same with God. We need to spend time with Him to get to know Him – and by getting to know God, we grow closer to Him and grow as a Christian. So, why not today, spend time with your best friend – Jesus.

But good people will grow like palm trees. They will be tall like the cedar trees of Lebanon. They will be like trees planted in the courtyards of the Lord. They will grow strong in the courtyards of our God. When they are old, they will still produce fruit. They will be healthy and fresh.- Psalm 92:12-14

*Song*
Lord, I want to be a Christian
in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.

*Prayer*
I pray you’ll help me grow each day in your likeness more and more, For when I spend more time with you, I’ll become like you, my Lord. Amen