Sunday, May 13, 2012

  1. Bug Byte:Believe it or not, God has a purpose for fire ants, too! They soften the ground for roots to grow by tunneling in the soil.
  1. Bible Byte:For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.(Ephesians 2:10)
  1. God created you, and chose you to serve Him. He has prepared good works for you way even before you’re born!
  1. Dear Jesus, thank you for choosing me to serve You. Please help me to know what to do.
  1. Copy verse of the week:

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  1. God wants you to serve with the right attitude. Ask your parents to pray for you that you will have the right attitude when you come to church this weekend.

Friday, May 18, 2012

A.Bug Byte:An ant has two stomachs. One to keep its own food, and the other one to keep food to share with others in the colony. Sharing is caring! Learn it from the ants!

B.Bible Byte:You should think in the same way Christ Jesus does. (Philippians 2:5)

C.How have you been thinking? Do you complain a lot? Do you think that everyone should do what you want them to do? The more you are growing in Jesus, the more caring you’d be, and less complains you’ll have 

D.Dear Jesus, sometimes, I’m sorry that a lot of times care more about me than about others. Help me to know You more, so I can think more and more like You.

E.Copy verse of the week______

F.God’s servant thinks of serving others as a great opportunity, not a job. Imagine if everyone is thinking like that! Ask your parents to tell you all about a person they know that has a servant heart. What did that person do?

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A.Bug Byte:Ants work and work for the good of their colonies. They make sure they store up enough food for everyone!

B.Bible Byte:Each of you has been blessed with one of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well. (1 Peter 4:10)

C.Only you can be you, and that is truer than true! What you are able to do, God wants you to do!

To sing, to greet, to dance, to draw, to lead, to help others learn the Bible, to keep our church clean and tidy, and much more. What’s yours? God has a special place for you to do it in His church.

D.Dear Jesus, I want to bring glory unto You with what I can do. I want my abilities to shine for You.

E.Copy verse of the week

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F.Ask your parents how they are using their abilities. Ask them to help you to list your abilities. Ask them to pray over those abilities that they will shine for God’s glory!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

  1. Bug Byte: Worker ants leave a trail of scent to helpthe others to go to the food sources.
  1. Bible Byte:Do your best to win God's approval as a worker… and who teaches only the true message. (2 Timothy 2:15)
  1. Who you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God, and God deserve your best. Keep learning about God from the Bible. Keep talking to Him through prayers.
  1. Dear Jesus, I want to do my best. I want to give myself to you as a gift.
  1. Copy verse of the week

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  1. You’ll never know what you’re good at until you try! Ask for some ideas from your parents. Ask them to pray for you that you will be able to do your best for God!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A.Bug Byte:Some worker ants are given the job of taking the trash from the nest and putting it outside in a special dumpster 

B.Bible Byte: If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others. (Mark 10:43)

C.You know you are growing in God when you have the desire to serve others! To be great in God’s eyes is to have a heart that’s always ready to serve others.You serve God by serving others with what you have.

D.Dear Jesus, please help me to see who needs my help this week. I want to serve You by serving those that need my help.

E.Copy verse of the week

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F.You are known by what you do. Are you known as God’s servant? Think of one thing to do at church this week. Ask your parents to pray for you so you’ll be able to do it.

Monday, May 14, 2012

  1. Bug Byte: An ant can carry stuff that’s twenty times heavier than its body weight! That’d be like you lifting up a car! 
  1. Bible Bytes: God hands shaped me and made me.

(Job 10:8) We can each do different things. Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do. (1 Corinthians 12:6)

  1. When God gives us a job, He prepares us for doing it. He gives us the abilityto do it. He also gives us the experiences to practice for it. What you have experienced can bring comfort to others, and that is serving God!
  1. Dear Jesus, I’m glad that You are helping me. Please help me to help others with my experiences.
  1. Copy verse of the week

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  1. Ask your parents if they have had some hard experiences. Did those experiences help them to know how to serve others?

Saturday, May 19, 2012

  1. Bug Byte: Ants work together for the good of their colony. See what they can bring back to their colony! Is that your left over chicken nugget?
  1. Bible Byte: We are weak…, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve... (2 Corinthians 13:4)
  1. Do we have to be perfect to serve God? No! If God only use perfect people, nothing would ever get done. In fact, everyone has weaknesses  God loves to use weak people. He wants us to work together, though.
  1. Dear Jesus, I’m glad You’re willing to use me, even when I’m not perfect. I want Your power to shine through my weaknesses.
  1. Copy verse of the week

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  1. If it’s God’s plan for you to do it, and if you are going to do it for God’s glory, nothing is impossible for God. Talk about it with your parents. Ask them to pray for you. Ask God to show you how to do it.

Week 5

May 13 - 19, 2012

ministry

“You were shaped for serving God”

*Verse of the week*

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others.

1 Peter 4:10

Name:______