SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN: “Little Sins Grow”

[11/6, 5:35 AM] SDA School Mrs Harry Ugonwyi: DAILY BREAD: A DEVOTIONAL FOR THE CHILDREN

Eastern Nigeria Union Conference Children’s Ministries Department

THEME: I WILL GO

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Topic: Little Sins Grow

“ Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat. 1 Peter 5:8

Can you think of a time when you REALLY wanted to do something you knew was wrong? How did you stop yourself? Maybe you didn’t stop, and so you said hurtful words, or stole someone else’s stuff!

The Apostle Peter compared temptation to a hungry lion. “The devil your enemy goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.” (1 Peter 5:8). With a predator like that around, you’d want to have a good alarm system.

The good news is that God gave each of us an inside alarm called a conscience. This internal voice helps us weigh right from wrong. When tempted by sin, we can listen to our conscience and ask God’s Spirit to help us choose what’s right. The more often we do this, the more Satan’s power fades. But when we don’t listen to our conscience and instead choose to do what is wrong—it’s like walking straight toward a lion with a warning siren blaring in our ears. Things are going to get worse, fast! Think about the temptations you face in your life. When do you feel most tempted to choose what is wrong? How can you better pay attention to your conscience in those moments?

Song
Yield not to temptation,
For yielding is sin;
Each vict’ry will help you,
Some other to win;
Fight valiantly onward,
Evil passions subdue;
Look ever to Jesus,
He will carry you through.

Refrain :
Ask the Savior to help you,
Comfort, strengthen and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.

Prayer
God, my protector, help me listen and follow the inside alarm you’ve created in me. Help me choose what is right, even when Satan is prowling around tempting me to sin. Amen
[11/13, 5:49 AM] SDA School Mrs Harry Ugonwyi: DAILY BREAD: A DEVOTIONAL FOR THE CHILDREN