Day 17:)
Please do this one as God gives you the ability! Ask me if you need a family, for I know some in need this Christmas season!
Adopt a Family
Exposure: Read the passage about how we have been adopted as children of
God through Christ. Many people adopt a family to help during
Christmas. Find someone who needs a family this Christmas and make plans
to be that family for them.
Exploration: What is the difference between adopting a family to help at
Christmas and literally adopting a child into your family? What does
this language communicate about God's commitment to loving us?
Expression: What rights and privileges do children of royalty have? What
are some ways you don't fully live as if you were a child of God?
Experience: Find someone who has been adopted and talk to them about
what it means in their life. Journal about what their experiences reveal
to you about living as a child of God and loving others in that same
way.
Galatians 4:1-7
1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
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structure for the "Rediscovering the Christmas Season" reading plan. To
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