Devotionals Zone

A talk explaining that real faith is not blind at all. Faith means that we believe that God exists, and that He is intimately involved in our lives. (Hebrews 11:6)

A talk about the Israelites marching around the city of Jericho, and how they were silent until the proper time. This lesson stresses the importance of avoiding arguing by keeping words to a minimum and only speaking soft words when it is necessary to speak. (Proverbs 10:19) (Proverbs 15:1)

A talk explaining how Christ is our kinsman Redeemer.

A story showing the power one individual has when God is on his or her side. (Judges 3:31 & Ezekiel 22:30)

A challenging talk to young people to stand up for God, encouraging them that with God they are always a majority. With God they are an army (Judges 3:31; Ezekiel 22:30)

A lesson teaching on God's holy name and that Jesus is Jehovah.

A talk on the many nicknames that God gave different Bible characters. The lesson poses the question, “What new name will Jesus give you when you get to heaven?” (II Chron. 29:2) (Revelation 2:17)

A quick talk about victory over sin.

The story of Achan’s sin, teaching that if we blame God for our own sin, we give Him a bad reputation and ruin our witness. (Joshua 7:19) (Psalm 51:4)  

A talk teaching that apart from God, there is no meaning to life, with the message that the only way to be truly important is to become a child of God. (John 1:12) (Ecclesiastes 2:17).

A talk about David as a young boy, teaching that whatever small things we have to offer to God, no matter how insignificant they seem, God can use them to prepare us for great things in the future.

A wonderful story about the difference between growing old and growing up.

A talk teaching that God didn’t want us to live in ignorance so He gave us commandments to live by, but since we could not live up to these commandments, we are condemned to Hell, and that is why we need Jesus to be our Savior. (Romans 7:9-11) (Romans 8:2,3,1)  

A talk on looking to Jesus for Salvation. (John 3:14-15)

A talk teaching on the severity of lying. David told a lie because it seemed the easy way out, but it ended up causing the death of many people. (1 Samuel 22:22) (Exodus 20:16) (Proverbs 6:17-19) (Revelation 21:8)

A salvation invitation from the story of Barabbas. Like Barabbas we are in prison for our sin, and to be free, we must have Jesus as our substitute. He died so we could live.

A talk teaching how Christ gave us His righteousness, and took upon Himself our sin. (2 Cor. 5:21).

A story explaining the different temples that have been and will be built in Jerusalem. One day there will be a new heaven and a new earth, and no one should want to miss that!

What can Wal-Mart teach us about church?

A talk explaining what true repentance is by using the story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:5) (Luke 19:8) (Luke 3:8)

A talk showing that God uses us even in our shortcomings. (2 Corinthians 11:21-12:10)

A talk on the sermon of Enoch, bring conviction to the listener showing that we are all ungodly and need Jesus’ forgiveness. (Jude 14-15) (Genesis 5:21-24)

The winner of the inner battle between good and evil predicted!

A talk reminding kids that it is a sin to approve of the bad things that others do. We sometimes do this by watching a bad movie, and calling it “good.” By watching the movie we are giving approval of it. (Romans 1)  

A Story from the life of Gideon reminding the listener to always take sides with God and His people because God always wins! (James 1:8) (Judges 8:9).

The story of God turning Moses’ stick into a snake: A talk teaching that God can do amazing things through people who give themselves, and their most common possessions to God.  

A talk from the book of Daniel reminding kids that it is more important to please God than to please man. (Daniel 1:1-20)

A talk teaching that we must always be the one to come to a brother or sister, if there is something between us. (Matthew 5:23,24; 18:15)

A talk challenging the listener to accept hardships and not beat him or herself up over it. It is likely not connected to any sin, but if it is. it must be confessed and repented of, but after that it is all over and time to move on. (John 9:2)

A Talk reminding us that In God’s eyes no one is “The Star Of the Show!” He rewards all members of the team whether someone’s role is a very up-front job or if someone’s role is a more behind the scenes job. (Matthew 10:41-42).  

A Talk about the believers body not belonging to himself but to Christ. (1 Cor. 6:19,20)

The story of when Joshua meets God, and is reminded that it is not up to God to get on our side, but up to us to get on His side. (Joshua 5:13)

"I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them.  So I think I'm wasting time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all." How would you answer that charge?  

A Talk on the different covenants God gave in the Bible. The last covenant is the New Covenant that anyone can enter into by asking Jesus Christ to be their Savior and Lord. (Genesis 2:16,17) (Genesis 12:2,3) (Exodus 6:5,6) (Exodus 31:17) (2 Samuel 7:16) (Jeremiah 31:31,33) (Ephesians 1:13,14)

A talk bring up the importance of keeping your word, your bond, and building a good reputation. (Matthew 21:28-31)

Become a prayer fanatic for you-know-who because that kid needs God’s love.  

A talk challenging us to answer God’s call and be willing to do anything, anywhere, at any time for God. God does not save us just so we can sit around and act holy, He has something for everyone to do, but first He must show us that we are not holy like He is so that we will be usable. (Isa. 6)  

This is a daily Bible Reading Plan with several options for kids to follow.

God calls us and we are to respond by leaving everything behind and following him. The Best Doctor will heal us and allow us to become heirs. Then he starts to change the world through us.

A woman wrote to "Pulpit Helps" to explain a miraculous lesson her family experienced. During one of their family Bible readings as new Christians, they ran across the verse, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him" (Romans 12:20). She writes.... (a lesson her son learned about loving an enemy at school.)

God Loves You, No Matter What is a sermon which I preached to boys and girls in a Youth Detention Center. It's evangelical and deals with Jesus washing Judas' feet during the last supper.  

A humorous rendition of the story from II Kings 6 teaching that even when we can't see him, God's power is greater than anything that threatens us.

The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable..... (prepare your heart for a powerful lesson)  

"Mary's First Christmas Story" book read aloud to the kids

A skit introducing the idea of praying for God's will to be done in our lives, instead of just asking God to give us what we want.

What God Wants Most is an interactive discussion designed to be the last talk with 5th graders before they move up to Middle School Ministry

Just as you have to practice everyday to get good at a sport, you have to read your Bible every day to become a better Christian!

Ten things to avoid in your children's ministry.

This article is designed to answer a common question among kids - How do we know the Bible is True?

This lesson can be used to talk about forgiveness and salvation.