Take a moment to think about your life and all that you have. Try not to take anything for granted. When you think about your life and all that God has done for you, you’ll quickly see that He deserves appreciation. In fact, He deserves all the praise we can give. The Bible says: “All things were created through him and for him.” (Col 1:16, ESV)
It is a good thing to give God praise, because God is so good—and God is pleased when we praise Him (Psalm 147:11).
GROW IN APPRECIATIONI will praise God Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
USER GUIDE
Each of the 40 devotions in this journal consists of two pages. On the first page, on the left, is the INPUT. This is for reading and thinking. The second page, on the right, is for OUTPUT. Here you will be able to work a little with the topic and apply it to your own life. This is done through solving a word puzzle, drawing or writing a prayer, among other things. Headline banner This will tell you the part (chapter) and topic of the devotion. The book is divided into 8 parts with 5 topics in each. Bible verse This is a direct quote from the Bible. Read it a few times and reflect on it, then color it. Look up the reference in your Bible to read more of the surrounding verses. Reflective text This text explains the topic, the Bible verse and the importance of it all in your life. A scene from the Bible is used as an example and is illustrated at the bottom of the page. Illustration This is the scene from the Bible that the reflective text mentions.
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Day counter This little calendar counter will tell you which of the 40 devotions you are on. You can use the book in whatever way you want, but one way is to do one devotion per day for 40 days. Regardless, the day number helps you keep track of where in the book you are at a glance.
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Here you are encouraged to write some of your own thoughts, most often as a prayer to God. HAVE FUN!Be creative All the small details in the background are excellent for coloring—unleash your creative powers and personalize your journal! Cross out letters that appear more than once in a box. Put together the remaining letters to reveal today's key words: Write a prayer to God and try to focus on praising Him for all that He is and all that He does: C P T D G F Q F R D S H G M Z Z Q I T G E H C A M V Y P U Q M Q U K O T L K U M Q V S G K S P T Q R Dear God, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R Y DAY6
10 God made you like He made everything else—wonderful.WhenGodcreated you, He made you in His own image. God is love, so He made you in love—to be loved and to love others. (see 1 John 4:7-12) Isn’t that wonderful? And it makes sense, right? When you think about it, deep down inside you is a desire to love and be loved that is a core part of who you are. I fearfullyam wonderfullyandmade.Psalm139:14(ESV) GOD'S LOVEWonderful creation DAY1
11 M F E I U L A R C B I O D P W H C V E W I T H E A N L K S O H M A X T W Find out what God is telling you today: Tell God what's on your heart today: ____ ____ ____ Dear God, thank you for making me wonderfully. Thank you also for ____________ and for . I pray that you will protect ___________ and be with today. Thank you. Amen.MADE
The Bible says that love is from God and God is love. It was also out of love that God sent Jesus to earth. Jesus taught us what it means to live in love and for God to live through us. He also taught us to love God, ourselves, and other people. When you act out of love, you practice being like Jesus—the way God made you to be.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God,and God in them. 1 John 4:16 (NIV) GOD'S LOVEI am made to love DAY2
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13 Write your own ways of showing love in the empty circles: Write a prayer to God. Try to include the things you have mentioned above: Dear God, _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Amen! HOW CAN I SHOW LOVE? To God To me To others
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God loves you more than anything else, so He will always take care of you. In the Bible (Matt. 6:19-30) Jesus said, ”All the things you have here on earth are of little worth. Don’t store up these things that can be ruined or lost. Put your heart in God alone! Have faith that God will take care of you. He will give you everything you need. God takes care of the birds and flowers, so He will certainly do more for you.”
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yet yourFather in heaven takes careof them! Aren’t you worthmuch more than birds?”Matt. 6:26 (GNT)
God cares deeply for you and wants to give you everything you need to grow. put it barns;
15 Write down three worries you have right now that you want to share with Jesus: Use the code to unscramble the Bible verse from 1 Peter 5:7 (GNT) 12 5 1 22 5 1 12 12 25 15 21 18 23 15 18 18 9 5 19 23 9 20 8 8 9 13 , 2 5 3 1 21 19 5 8 5 3 1 18 5 19 6 15 18 25 15 21 . A - 1 B - 2 C - 3 D - 4 E - 5 F - 6 G - 7 H - 8 I - 9 J - 10 K - 11 L - 12 M - 13 N - 14 O - 15 P - 16 Q - 17 R - 18 S - 19 T - 20 U - 21 V - 22 W - 23 X - 24 Y - 25 Z - 26
Love is the best! That does not mean you should not also get angry sometimes. Anger is normal and perfectly fine. Even God gets angry. But you should return to doing things out of love. Every day you will have opportunities to show love or not show love.
Do everything GOD'S LOVEGod loves me 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV) in love. DAY4
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One day when Jesus was teaching a huge crowd, His disciples wanted to send everyone home to eat (perhaps they were hungry, too?). But Jesus felt compassion for them. He wanted to feed everyone—and so He did (Mark 6:34-38).Jesusdid everything in love. When you try to do the same, it will guide you to do the right thing.
17 Connect the dots to see the full image and color it: Dear Father, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 Tell God what's on your heart today:
Jesus loves you no matter what. love deeply,because love makesyou willing to forgivemany
Jesus is the perfect example to teach you to grow in love.
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One time, Jesus washed His disciples’ feet. He did this to set an example of what humble, serving love looks like.
Jesus then told His disciples that they are to serve one another in the same way that He had served them.
19 Find the words in the grid to complete the Bible verse from 1 John 4:7: Unscramble the words to find today's message from Jeremiah 31:3. Dear _______ , ___ us love ___ _______ , for ____ _____ from ___ . M F E A U L R Y C A R C N I O C R I D P G O D L O V E E L E T X E M A U A N L H O O E R E F R I E N D S T G Q L M R E Z R B K N TN N E OM I EHAV VELOD OYU HWTI NA GASVIRTENEL ELVO
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Take a moment to think about your life and all that you have. Try not to take anything for granted. When you think about your life and all that God has done for you, you’ll quickly see that He deserves appreciation. In fact, He deserves all the praise we can give. The Bible says: “All things were created through him and for him.” (Col 1:16, ESV) It is a good thing to give God praise, because God is so good—and God is pleased when we praise Him (Psalm 147:11).
Psalm 103:1 (NIV)
20 GROW IN APPRECIATIONI will praise God Praise theLORD, my soul;all my inmostbeing, praisehis holy name.
21 Cross out letters that appear more than once in a box. Put together the remaining letters to reveal today's key words: Write a prayer to God and try to focus on praising Him for all that He is and all that He does: C P T D G F Q F R D S H G M Z Z Q I T G E H C A M V Y P U Q M Q U K O T L K U M Q V S G K S P T Q R Dear God, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R Y
