NOVEMBER PRAYER CALENDAR
ABOUT THE NOVEMBER PRAYER CALENDAR
This November, we are encouraging every household to spend time each day growing spiritually as a family. We have a printed November Prayer Calendar available at the Faith@HOME Resource Center in the foyer (western end) or you may DOWNLOAD it here.
PRAYER GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS:
DELVE DEEPER: In addition to participating in the November Prayer Calendar, there are two ways to delve deeper:
We hope this experience provides a nice way to begin your day by expressing your gratitude to God each day! |
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DAILY DISCUSSION PROMPTS
NOVEmber 01: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 01
Think about a time you faced a situation you couldn’t handle on your own. Maybe you had a fight with someone and needed someone else to step in and talk to that person in order to restore the relationship. Or perhaps you couldn’t pay a bill and you asked a family member for money.
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Share with each other about your experience and discuss what you learned about relying on someone else and how the situation worked out in the end. Ask one another what it would look like to rely on God in that situation. Then encourage each family member to share a difficult situation he or she is facing. Talk about ways to spend less time worrying and more time relying on God in these situations. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about the situation that you recall, including what you learned about relying on someone else and how the situation worked out in the end. Ask yourself, what it would look like to rely on God in that situation. Write about or call a friend to share a difficult situation you are currently facing. Talk about ways to spend less time worrying and more time relying on God in these situations. |
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Will you not revive us again,
that your people may rejoice in you?
Psalm 85:6
NOVEmber 02: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 02
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God is by nature a provider for his people. In fact, one of God’s names in Scripture is Yahweh Yireh, “The Lord who Provides” (Genesis 22:14). So often as we go about our daily lives, we can mistakenly take his provision for granted.
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Share with each other ways that has God provided for you in the past FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about about ways that has God provided for you in the past |
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And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever -- John 14:16
NOVEmber 03: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 03
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Think about a time someone unexpectedly showed kindness to you. Share ways how that kindness impacted you and your relationship with that person (either with those in your family or in a journal).
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Ask someone to tell about times people have shown them special kindness—help with a difficult subject at school, willingness to teach a new skill, or a hug when needed, for example. Lastly, talk about why God wants us to be kind to others and why showing kindness is so important. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about times people have shown you special kindness—help with a difficult subject at school, willingness to teach a new skill, or a hug when needed, for example. Lastly, think about why God wants us to be kind to others and why showing kindness is so important. |
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A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1
NOVEmber 04: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 04
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Challenges are common as we live out our lives, even as Christ followers. As his children, God meets us amid our hardships and comforts us with his love.
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Discuss as a family:
FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Answer in a few sentences these questions:
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...Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:4
NOVEmber 05: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 05
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The physical needs in our communities and world, are numerous. Although we are unable to meet all of them ourselves, we can make a difference in the lives of others - one need at a time.
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: List the different needs people have, like food, shelter, and love. Discuss which aspects might be lacking in your community. Do you know people who are struggling to make ends meet or are lonely? As a family, discuss how you’d like to provide for the needs of a person or group of people in your community. Then, make a plan to provide for that need as a family next week. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. List the different needs people have, like food, shelter, and love. Ponder what aspects might be lacking in your community. Do you know people who are struggling to make ends meet or are lonely? Decide how you’d like to provide for the needs of a person or group of people in your community. Then, make a plan to provide for that need as a family next week. |
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...not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:4
NOVEmber 06: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 06
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Gather your family. Talk about something each of you is excited or hopeful about in the future. Discuss some aspects of those things that you are pretty sure about—like a date, time, location, or people who will be involved.
Then talk about the things you’re hopeful about in your lives that are uncertain. And talk about how you can still be hopeful and pray, even when you don’t know all the details—and God will always take care of you perfectly. Finish by praying to God about your hopes, and thanking Him that He’s always faithful in doing what’s best for you. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about something you are excited or hopeful about in the future. Discuss some aspects of those things that you are pretty sure about—like a date, time, location, or people who will be involved. Then write about the things you’re hopeful about in your lives that are uncertain. And contemplate about how you can still be hopeful and pray, even when you don’t know all the details—and God will always take care of you perfectly. Finish by praying to God about your hopes, and thanking Him that He’s always faithful in doing what’s best for you. |
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Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.
Daniel 2:20
NOVEmber 07: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 07
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Have each person in your family search for a few important pictures, school papers, awards, trophies, or souvenirs of their own.
Ask each person to share with the family the great things he or she did in the past and explain the meaning of the mementos and pictures. Then as a family, try to remember some of the great and wonderful things God did for you or the things you’re trusting God to do in the future. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Search for a few important pictures, school papers, awards, trophies, or souvenirs. Share with a friend about the great things you did in the past and explain the meaning of the mementos and pictures. Then, try to remember some of the great and wonderful things God did for you or the things you’re trusting God to do in the future. |
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Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Luke 17:17-18
NOVEmber 08: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 08
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Tell your family member(s) about a time you trusted God completely. Explain why you needed to trust God and what God did for you as a result of trusting Him.
Then allow others to share any areas where they need to trust God. Maybe they’re worried about passing a class in school, or maybe they’re concerned about a relationship they have. Encourage one another to think about how trusting God can help in these situations. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about a time you trusted God completely. Explain why you needed to trust God and what God did for you as a result of trusting Him. Consider areas where you need to trust God more. Maybe you are worried about passing a class in school, or maybe you are concerned about a relationship you have. Think about how trusting God can help in these situations. |
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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
NOVEmber 09: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 09
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Tell each other about a time you were feeling lonely. Maybe you’d moved away from friends and family. Or maybe you were surrounded by people who just didn’t understand you.
What helped you overcome your loneliness in that situation? How was God involved? Discuss how knowing that God is with you during lonely times will affect the next time you face a similar situation. Then encourage one another to talk about times he or she has felt all alone. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about a time you were feeling lonely. Maybe you’d moved away from friends and family. Or maybe you were surrounded by people who just didn’t understand you. What helped you overcome your loneliness in that situation? How was God involved? Discuss how knowing that God is with you during lonely times will affect the next time you face a similar situation. Then talk about times you have felt all alone. |
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You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1
NOVEmber 10: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 10
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Have each person in your family search for a few important pictures, school papers, awards, trophies, or souvenirs of their own.
Ask each person to share with the family the great things he or she did in the past and explain the meaning of the mementos and pictures. Then as a family, try to remember some of the great and wonderful things God did for you or the things you’re trusting God to do in the future. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Search for a few important pictures, school papers, awards, trophies, or souvenirs. Share with a friend about the great things you did in the past and explain the meaning of the mementos and pictures. Then, try to remember some of the great and wonderful things God did for you or the things you’re trusting God to do in the future. |
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But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 5:11
NOVEmber 11: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 11
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Discuss with your family the gifts or talents God has given you as a family or as individuals. Talk about why God might’ve given you all these gifts and talents and how they could be used to do good.
Make a plan with your family to use some of each individual’s gifts or talents to bless a person or group of people outside of your family. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write out a few sentences about the gifts or talents God has given you. Talk about why God might’ve given you all these gifts and talents and how they could be used to do good. Make a plan to use some of each individual’s gifts or talents to bless a person outside of your family. |
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Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10
NOVEmber 12: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 12
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Write these clues secretly on small pieces of paper:
Hide the clues and the popcorn according to the directions in parentheses. Let your family work together to follow the clues. Begin the search by gathering your family at the kitchen table and giving them the first clue. When each clue is found, look up the Bible verse on the clue together. Enjoy the popcorn as a family while discussing how the Bible can guide you through life and help you make wise choices. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Take time reading these verses:
In your notebook or on a piece of paper, write a few sentences about how the Bible can guide you through life and help you make wise choices. |
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I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
Psalm 119:162
NOVEmber 13: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 13
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Encouraging words have the power to lift up and pull people out of despair.
FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Discuss a time when someone encouraged you with words of support when you needed it most. Think of someone in your life that could use words of encouragement. Pray for them and resolve to share the uplifting words with the person today. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Get a notebook or a spare piece of paper to use each day this month. Write about a time when someone encouraged you with words of support when you needed it most. Think of someone in your life that could use words of encouragement. Pray for them and resolve to share the uplifting words with the person today. |
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Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
Philippians 4:1
NOVEmber 14: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 14
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Take your family on a fall scavenger hunt. Who can find a pinecone first? What about a spiderweb?
Here are a few more suggestions:
Spend time thanking God for the things that you see in his creation. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Go on a walk or a drive and spend time looking closely at the nature that surrounds you. Observe the intricacies of the leaves. Spend time thanking God for the things that you see in his creation. |
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Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever— he issued a decree that will never pass away.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds, kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, young men and women, old men and children.
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens. And he has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his faithful servants, of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 148
NOVEmber 15: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 15
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Look up a few of the following Bible verses with your family:
FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Look up a few of the following Bible verses:
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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:18
NOVEmber 16: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 16
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Gather your family. Take turns sharing about a hard thing that happened recently. After each person shares, ask whether he or she can see something good that came out of the challenging time.
Help each other brainstorm to think of good things God has done for you and your family in the midst of hard times. Discuss as many as you can think of. Pray and thank God that you can always trust Him and love Him no matter what. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Ponder a hard thing that happened recently. Then journal about something good that came out of the challenging time. Brainstorm good things God has done for you and your family in the midst of hard times. Discuss as many as you can think of. Pray and thank God that you can always trust Him and love Him no matter what. |
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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Genesis 50:20
NOVEmber 17: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 17
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Take your family on a Trust Hunt. Walk through all the rooms of your house and look for things that you trust. You might trust a light switch to turn on a light, a chair to support your weight, or a faucet to produce water.
Have fun and look for as many things as you can find. Discuss afterward why we can trust God even more than a light switch or a water faucet or anything else. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Go on a Trust Hunt. Walk through all the rooms of your house and look for things that you trust. You might trust a light switch to turn on a light, a chair to support your weight, or a faucet to produce water. Have fun and look for as many things as you can find. Write in your journal about why we can trust God even more than a light switch or a water faucet or anything else. |
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I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 63:4
NOVEmber 18: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 18
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FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES: Let’s make a Prayer Wall!
Place a pad of sticky notes and a pen or pencil next to a wall. Ask your family members to write prayer requests on sticky notes. Make a “prayer wall” by sticking the notes to the wall. Look to God for help as you pray together for the things written on the wall. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Let’s make a Prayer Wall! Place a pad of sticky notes and a pen or pencil next to a wall. Ask your family members to write prayer requests on sticky notes. Make a “prayer wall” by sticking the notes to the wall. Look to God for help as you pray together for the things written on the wall. |
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When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
Psalm 73:16-17
NOVEmber 19: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 19
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Amid our daily routines it can be a challenge to take time to just soak in God's presence. Today we want to quiet the noise and distractions and spend time lingering in conversation with him.
FOR FAMILIES: Put a small snack together for each child. Encourage them to find a quiet place where they won’t be distracted by the TV, homework, or other things that usually keep them busy. Let them eat their snack while they spend some quiet time talking with Jesus. Invite them to come back and talk about their experiences. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Find a quiet place where you won’t be distracted by the TV, housework, phone, or other things that usually keep you busy. First, spend some time talking with Jesus. Next, spend several minutes sitting in silence and quiet meditation before him. |
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
Jonah 2:1
NOVEmber 20: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 20
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FOR FAMILIES: Gather your family and talk about areas in your lives where you each need God’s help. Some ideas might be to use kinder words, be more patient, be more giving, or pay attention better.
Make a chart with everyone’s name and the things they’ll each be working on. Make a square for every day this week next to each name. Pray and ask God to help your family this week. Put a sticker on the chart each time you catch yourself looking to God for help with your goal—see how many stickers you can each get! Celebrate everyone’s successes at the end of the week with a sweet treat. Thank God for answering your prayers for help. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: In your journal, write about an area of improvement in your life where you most need God’s help. Some ideas might be to use kinder words, be more patient, be more giving, or pay attention better. Pray daily this week, asking God to help you address this area of personal challenge. Share this concern with a trusted accountability partner and ask them to pray for you throughout the week. At the end of the week, reflect on your progress so far. Thank God for answering your prayers for help and ask him to continue to do so as you allow him to refine you.. |
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Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
James 5:16
NOVEmber 21: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 21
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It can be a challenge to trust, especially when we have been hurt by others. Unfortunately, sometimes our trust issues that we have with other sinful humans can warp our trust of our perfect God.
FOR FAMILIES: Choose one person in your family to blindfold. Lead the blindfolded person through the house, making certain the blindfolded person doesn’t get injured along the way. Switch places so all family members get a turn to be blindfolded. Discuss what it was like to be blindfolded and to trust the other person. How does that compare to trusting God? FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Contemplate areas in which you find trust to be a challenge with other people? Ask yourself if there are areas of your life where you find it difficult to trust God. Ponder examples in Scripture where God demonstrates his trustworthiness. Remind yourself of times in which God has shown himself to be trustworthy and faithful in your own life. |
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But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.
Philippians 3:7-8
NOVEmber 22: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 22
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FOR FAMILIES: Gather your family. Place two or three lima beans in a sandwich bag along with two or three cotton balls that have been moistened with water.
Tape the bag in a sunny widow. Discuss how the lima beans don’t look alive but, in a few days, will start to show signs of life. Check your beans daily together and remoisten the cotton as it dries out. Discuss how our love for Jesus should not stay the same but grow. Explore various ways how you could make that happen. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Ponder similarities between our spiritual growth process and physical growth from seeds.Contemplate how our love for Jesus should not stay the same but grow. Explore various ways how you could make that happen. |
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“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:23-24
NOVEmber 23: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 23
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FOR FAMILIES: Today tell your family about a time you hurt someone else and then had to ask that person for forgiveness. Share how that person responded to you and how you felt afterward.
Then talk about a time you hurt someone and were unable or unwilling to ask that person for forgiveness. Share what your relationship with that person is like now and how not asking for forgiveness has impacted you. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Write about a time you hurt someone else and then had to ask that person for forgiveness. Share how that person responded to you and how you felt afterward. Then talk about a time you hurt someone and were unable or unwilling to ask that person for forgiveness. Share what your relationship with that person is like now and how not asking for forgiveness has impacted you. |
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This is what the Lord says--
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 48:17
NOVEmber 24: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 24
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It can be a challenge to trust, especially when we have been hurt by others. Unfortunately, sometimes our trust issues that we have with other sinful humans can warp our trust of our perfect God.
FOR FAMILIES: Sit in the living room with your family. Play a game of I Spy. Have each family member take a turn looking through a pretend telescope and spying objects that could hinder you if you were trying to run a race. For example, someone might say, “I spy a blanket” or “I spy a sandal.” Once you share the object, have your family guess why that object might be a hindrance to running the race. Talk about things that hinder you from living for Jesus, and how you can throw off those things to run the race for Him. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Talk about things that hinder you from living for Jesus, and how you can throw off those things to run the race for Him.. |
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Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
Psalm 116:7
NOVEmber 25: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 25
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FOR FAMILIES: Tell your kids about a tough situation where you trusted God. Perhaps you’ve recently dealt with an illness in the family or a tough financial time. What were the benefits of trusting God? What things prevented you from trusting God? How were you able to trust God through difficult moments?
Then ask your children about things that prevent them from trusting God when they have problems. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Share about a tough situation where you trusted God. Perhaps you’ve recently dealt with an illness in the family or a tough financial time. What were the benefits of trusting God? What things prevented you from trusting God? How were you able to trust God through difficult moments? Think about things that prevent you from trusting God when they have problems. |
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For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
NOVEmber 26: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 26
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FOR FAMILIES: Trace a foot and a hand of each person in your family on separate pieces of paper. (Do this before you gather your family.)
Mix up the papers, and then gather your family together. Show family members each picture of a hand or foot, and have them take turns guessing whose it is. Discuss what it means to be God’s hands and feet and explore some practical ways how your family can do that. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Discuss what it means to be God’s hands and feet and explore some practical ways how you and your family can do that. |
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12
NOVEmber 27: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 27
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FOR FAMILIES: Do you know a missionary—current or retired? Reach out to them and invite them over for a meal or meet over Zoom. Ask the missionary to share a couple of his or her favorite stories about telling people about Jesus.
Kids will be inspired by their stories and will learn some interesting things about other parts of the world. As a family, think about how you can apply what you learned to your own life. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Do you know a missionary—current or retired? Reach out to them and invite them over for a meal or meet over Zoom. Ask the missionary to share a couple of his or her favorite stories about telling people about Jesus. Think about how you can apply what you learned to your own life. |
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Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
Ephesians 6:19
NOVEmber 28: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 28
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God calls us to share his hope with those we come in contact with. Not only are we called to share the gospel about Jesus, but also, we sometimes need to share our financial resources with those less fortunate.
FOR FAMILIES: Together with your kids, freeze an unopened can of soda in a tightly sealed, gallon-size resealable bag. See what happens to the soda after being in the freezer overnight. The next day, explain that just as the can couldn’t hold the soda, we shouldn’t try to keep Jesus to ourselves. We need to let His love and power come out of us and reach others. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Brainstorm ways that you can use your resources to serve others and share the love of Jesus. |
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In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
Acts 9:36
NOVEmber 29: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY 29
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FOR FAMILIES AND COUPLES: Give each person in your family a piece of paper and a pencil. Think of a good first line for a funny poem and write it on your paper. Have everyone else do the same.
Pass your papers to other family members. Add another line to the poem you’ve each received. Repeat until everyone has a five-line poem. Read the poems aloud and compare this activity to how God sends people into our lives to add to us, shape us and help us become what He wants us to be. FOR SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Write about how God has sent people into our lives to add to us, shape us and help us become what He wants us to be. |
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A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
NOVEmber 30: Daily Discussion Prompt - DAY30
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It can be a challenge to trust, especially when we have been hurt by others. Unfortunately, sometimes our trust issues that we have with other sinful humans can warp our trust of our perfect God.
FOR FAMILIES: Gather up supplies you can find around your house (plastic straws, construction paper, newspaper, craft sticks, rubber bands, masking tape, building blocks, etc.) and challenge your children to build a bridge. Either across two plastic cups, two chairs, or two piles of books. Join in and have fun with this activity. In the end, you could even test the strength of each construction by placing small items on each bridge to see which one can hold the most weight. Explain, that when Jesus died and rose again, He built a bridge and made it possible for us to be one with God. FOR COUPLES AND SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS: Consider how Jesus is the bridge between us and God. How can we offer the gift of reconciliation to those in our lives? |
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All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
2 Corinthians 5:18
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