Day 3
KNOW
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- Begin your family devo time with a prayer asking God to focus everyone’s attention on Him together. Feel free to have one of your kids pray!
- Say this week’s Gospel statement out loud together (in the picture above!)…feel free to have your family say it along with you, or repeat short phrases. Our goal is to memorize this phrase by the end of the week!
- BIBLE TIME: Read Romans 3:23 out loud together.
- Challenge your children who are old enough to read to follow along in their own physical Bibles.
GROW
- Family Discussion: What does Romans 3:23 teach us? Share out loud together*.
- All people have sinned.
- Because of our sin, we fall short of God’s glory.
- God’s glory is the perfect “bull’s-eye” on the target to not fall short (sin literally means to “miss the mark” in archery).
- Family Discussion: What sins can you see in your life that you commit and fall short of God’s glory? Look at Exodus 20:3-17 & Proverbs 6:16-19 for help on common sins.
- Now go to 1 John 1:9. What is God’s promise to us here?
GO
- Take turns praying as a family. James 2:10 teaches that if we’ve broken only one of God’s laws, we‘ve become guilty of breaking all of hem. 1 John 1:9 might be your guide as you pray to know that you can find forgiveness. Talk about if this is the first time and if you‘d like to trust your life to Jesus!
- THIS WEEK‘S CHALLENGE: Have each family member share out loud about one person who needs to hear that God is holy and created us to be with Him, but our sins separate us from Him! Take time to pray for each person by name.
- Have one family member or all re-state today’s Gospel statement: Our sins separate us from God.
- BONUS OPTION TO CLOSE: Listen & sing along with “Romans 3:23” by David Crain, “Come Ye Sinners” by the Worship Initiative, or “Lament” by the Worship Initiative.