This week's newsletter from Karen

On Sunday in our Bible studies we talked about the purpose each one of our lives has in God’s plan. Try these activities this week to follow-up on the discussion with your child to help him/her to continue to think about what their purpose might be.

What’s This For?
While you’re in the kitchen cooking dinner, pull some utensils (potato masher, pizza cutter, grater, etc.) out of the drawer. Hold up each one and ask, “What is this used for?”

Each of these utensils has a special purpose—it was made to do something special  (mash potatoes, cut pizza, grate cheese, etc.).

Follow-up with something like this, “God made each of us for a special purpose—to do something special. Before we were even born, He knew all about us and what we could do to serve Him.”

Finding Purpose
The Bible is the best place to find God’s purpose or plan for us. We must KNOW God’s purpose before we can DO it.

Write the following Bible references on slips of paper and let each child read one to find out some of God’s purposes.

Psalm 100:2 (serve the Lord with gladness)
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (give thanks)
Galatians 6:10 (do good)
1 John 4:11 (love others)
Proverbs 3:5 (trust in the Lord)

Activities taken from Splink, April 2010.