Truly Faithful

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Light three candles. See the devotion for Sunday, Dec. 14 about why three.

Pray this prayer. Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Dear Jesus,
you can see everything.
Help us be honest with you.

Read this Bible thought from Zephaniah 3:12-13.
Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
When we pray
God will help us be humble and honest.
Being humble and honest is good.

Then talk with your child about "pretending."
Do you like to pretend? What do you like to pretend?
Most children have fun pretending... talk to them about how this is fun. Your child might remember the Christmas program when some children "pretended" to be Mary and Joseph or other characters.

When you pretend, do really change into someone else?
Talk about this for a minute...
Pretending is fun, but we don't really change into someone else, do we? When you pretend, I really know you are still you! You are always you and I'm so glad!
Let your child know you love them just like they are.

God knows when we pretend. It's okay and it's fun. But he also knows who we are and loves us all the time. Even when we do something wrong. We don't need to pretend, we can be honest.
Talk to your child about what "being honest" means. Maybe add some things about when it's hard to be honest....
When you do something wrong, just tell me! I will always love you. God is like that too. He loves us and forgives us when we do wrong.

When we go to church, we can be honest too. God helps us be honest because he loves us all the time.
If it’s your personal experience that going to church helps you be honest, go ahead and share that.

Pray this prayer. Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Dear Jesus,
you can see everything.
Help us be honest with you.
Add your own thoughts and prayers.

Read this Bible thought from Zephaniah 3:12-13.
Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
When we pray
God will help us be humble and honest.
Being humble and honest is good.

Put out the candles.