KNI Reduce Reuse Recycle Faith Guide

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F a it h- F a mily- F un

Memory Verse :

P ra y e r

2 Co rinthians 5 :1 7 “T h er efor e, i f a nyo ne i s i n C hris t, he is a n ew c r eat i on ; t h e o l d ha s go ne , t h e n e w ha s com e. ”

L e t ’ s t h a n k G o d f o r s ending us His Holy Spirit .

Wh i le you a nd yo ur famil y c e l e b rate thi s Eas te r s e as on , h e l p y o u r l i t t l e o n e ( s ) t o me m ori ze 2 Corint hia n s 5: 17 . A s yo u e xp l o re the i d e a o f c r e a t i n g n e w t h i n g s ou t of t he o ld, this is the p e rf e c t o p p o rtuni ty to te ac h y o u r c h i l d ( r e n ) a b o u t w h a t Chris t did fo r them o n the c ro s s ! H e o f f e rs e ac h l i t t l e o n e n e w l i f e t h r o u g h t h e Holy Spir it.

Carry the conversation forward

“ D e a r Je s u s , t ha nk You for d yin g on t h e c r oss for my sin s. T h an k Y ou for r i s i ng a g a i n s o t h a t I c an b e mad e n e w ! In Je su s’ n ame ,

A m e n .”

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Read aloud :

C o n t i n u e t o p r a y the pra yer f rom your discussion guide wit h your little one(s).

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T h e B ib le s ays in 2 Co r inthi ans that w he n w e ac c e p t J e s u s i n t o o u r h e a r t , w e b e com e a new crea tio n!

C u t o u t y o u r c r o wn a nd verse f rom your discussion guide a nd ha ng t hem s o m e w h e r e i n y o ur home for your lit t le one(s) t o see!

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Wa i t a m inute! Ho w ca n G o d m ak e us ne w al l o ve r aga i n ? W h y w o u l d H e w a n t t o d o t h at ?

E n c o u r a g e y o u r l i t t le one(s) t o recit e (a ll or pa rt ) of t heir memory verse t his m o n t h , 2 C o r i nt hian s 5 : 1 7 .

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S e e k e x a m p l e s o f “ t he f ruit of t he spirit ” in t he lives of your lit t le one(s).

E x p l a i n h o w t h e Holy Spirit ha s encoura ged t hem t o a ct in love beca use t h e y a r e a “ n e w c rea t ion! ”

T h e se are grea t questio n s ! Go d k no w s o ur he art and H e k n o w s e v e r y t h i n g a b o u t u s . When we decide to be l i e ve i n J e s us and f o l l o w H i m, G o d s e n d s t h e H o l y S p irit t o liv e in o ur hear t f o re ve r. Thi s i s w hat the B i bl e m e a n s b y b e i n g m a d e in to a “ new cr ea tio n.” D o w e l o o k ne w o n the o uts i d e? N o , b u t Je s u s m a k e s u s b r and n ew o n the inside.

A cti vity

(It ems n e e de d: b l u e an d re d cray o n s)

T o day you ha ve been lea rni ng ab o ut ho w yo u c an tak e o l d t h i n g s a n d m a k e t h em n ew. It’s time to gr ab yo ur b l ue and re d c rayo ns a n d s e e j u s t h o w C h r i s t c a n m ake a new crea tio n thro ug h yo u!

Le t’ s pre t end that the blu e c rayo n i s yo u. Y o u w e re b o r n w i t h y o u r o w n s p i r i t . It is wh at m akes yo u, you !

C o lo r i n the p ic t ure of t h e c ro wn to th e ri gh t wi th yo ur bl ue cr a yo n.

Le t’ s pre t end that the r ed c rayo n i s the S p i ri t o f Go d . G o d s e n t H i s S o n , Je s u s , t o die on t he cro ss fo r o ur s i ns . H e s he d H i s b l o o d o n t h e c r o s s f o r u s a n d r o s e f r om t he dea d three da ys l ate r. W he n yo u b e l i e ve and a s k Je s u s t o b e y o u r S a v ior, Je sus sends the H o l y S p i ri t to l i ve i n yo ur he ar t .

N o w, w i th your re d c ra yo n , c o l o r o n to p o f th e b l ue cr o w n .

Wh a t color do yo u see no w ? P u rp l e ! Y e s , i t’s a w ho l e n e w c o l o r . W e a r e n o t t h e sa me person we used to b e , j us t l i k e yo ur c ro w n i s not t h e s a m e c o l o r i t u s e d t o be . Purple is the co lo r o f ro yal ty. W he n yo u c ho o s e t o f o l l o w Je s u s , y o u a r e a c h ild of t h e King!

Y ou m ade a beautiful new c re ati o n b y ad d i ng a l aye r o f r e d t o y o u r c r o w n .

I n the same way, when th e H o l y S p i ri t c o m e s to b e w i t h y o u , y o u b e c o m e a b e a ut iful new cr ea tio n.