Awesome God: Prayer & Fasting (Kids)Sample

DAY 1 | GOD IS A MIRACLE-WORKER 

Have you ever had a pet dog or cat? They seemed all cute and cuddly and fluffy at first, but it turned out it wasn’t as easy as you thought to take care of them. Your pet needs food and water. You can’t give it too little food, or it will starve. You can’t give it too much, or it will be unhealthy! They need a place to do their business. Someone needs to pick up after them. You also can’t just give them food and water; they need time, attention, and love.

Taking care of pets may seem hard, but imagine actually creating pets! Only God Himself can do that. God made animals, plants, and everything else on the earth out of nothing. How amazing is that? He created our complex bodies—every strand of hair and every blood cell. God made each of the 8.7 million species in the world, and this is just what we’ve discovered so far.

God is doing amazing miracles every day, whether we know it or not. In Exodus 15, Moses sang a song of praise after God miraculously parted the Red Sea so that the Israelites could escape from the Egyptians. The Scripture we read is part of his song. The Israelites sang, “Lord, who among the gods is like You? Who is like You? . . . You do amazing things.”

There are many more miracles we can find in the Bible. In the New Testament, God sent Jesus to show us His power on earth. During Jesus’s ministry, He made a blind man see; He made a lame man walk; He raised people from the dead—and so much more. But there is another miracle that God gives us. It is the miracle of having your life changed through believing and trusting in what Jesus did on the cross for us. It is impossible for people to change without the help of God. The great thing is that as we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He will transform us from people who always sin into people who are becoming more and more like Him. 

BECAUSE GOD IS A MIRACLE-WORKER, I CAN TRUST HIM EVEN IN SITUATIONS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.

Reflect

God wants us to go to Him and seek Him every day so we can have a stronger relationship with Him. One way to do this is writing down what you are praying for. If you haven’t been doing that, it’s okay! Let’s try it now. But aside from writing your prayers, try drawing them, too.

(Example: If your prayer is for your family to have your dream home, draw the house you are praying for. If you want to be excellent in school, draw a picture of yourself getting high grades on your exams.)

Pray

Dear God, You are indeed a God who does amazing things. You are so powerful that You can do anything, and because of this I can have peace. As You parted the Red Sea to let the Israelites cross through, I pray that You will also help me get through any challenges I’m facing. Thank You for hearing my prayer. In Jesus’s name, amen.