Last night at band practice, our devotions were provided by Michelle Addie. We’d like to share these with you today.
If I were to ask you if you can remember what was your favourite bible story when you were younger would it be easy?
In the Primary class just now we have been and are learning different stories of Jesus. This has certainly sparked some imagination, and on a Sunday morning in the YP spot the enthusiasm can be seen in the childrenโs participation.
I have found myself recalling some of the Primary songs from when I was little and in the Sunday School which helped me to learn bible stories. Occasionally I find myself having to ask my parents if they can help me with some of the words as I may not get them all correct. Some of the songs you may remember, only a boy named David, whoโs the king of the jungle, how did Moses cross the red sea? I have no doubt many others.
I always remember the Singing Company song Stories of Jesus, the verses say:
- ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
- ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
In the New Living Translation, Mark 10: 14-15 reads:
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ โ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต.
For us as adults, we must have a child-like faith, to be part of Godโs Kingdom. I encourage everyone, myself included, to take time to reflect on the magnificence of God and wonders of his grace as wide-eyed excitable children who trust in Godโs ways, Godโs love and Godโs care.
Prayer
Thank you Lord for your many teachings that we can read in the Bible, stories that inspire and encourage us, that show the light of your love. As we go from here we pray for your love and protection until we meet again. Amen
Michelle