P A N D E M I C

F A I T HA F A M I L Y D E V O T I O N A L F O R L I F E D U R I N G C O V I D - 1 9

Many o f us have been l i v i ng i n a

new r ea l i t y f o r the pas t 8 weeks .

We have prac t i ced phys i ca l

d i s t anc ing to the bes t o f our

ab i l i t y .

Our k ids have cont inued the i r

educa t i on th rough hour s and days

o f sc reen t ime .

Pa ren t s have j ugg led p la te fu l s o f

expec ta t i ons and f ee l l i ke they ' r e

no t do ing any th ing wel l .

Those who l i v e a long f ee l even

more i s o l a ted .

Many worsh ip se r v i ce s have moved

on l ine and the re a re now deep

d i v ides among r e l i g i ous l eade r s

ove r the " r i gh t " way to conduc t

wor sh ip .

Gove rnment l eade r s & v i r o logy

expe r t s a re beg inn ing the ha rd

work o f d i sce rn ing the bes t way f o r

u s to t ake baby s teps back to

no rma l .

I t i s a l l a n e x e r c i s e o f f a i t h .

W e a r e p e o p l e o f f a i t h .

I n the f ace o f hea r tache , we have

fa i th .

I n the wake o f con fus ion , we have

fa i th .

I n the tu rmo i l o f i ndec i s i on , we

have f a i th .

i n the mundane eve r y day , we have

fa i th .

As we t ake our f i r s t s teps to get

back to norma l , i t i s go ing to be

ha rd to have r e s t r a in t and to have

pa t i ence .

And what do we tu rn to when

th ings a re ha rd ? Fa i th .

Fa i th i n Je sus .

Fa i th tha t i s a f r ee g i f t f r om God .

Fa i th tha t comes to us i n the

rush ing wind and the s t i l l ne s s o f

the Sp i r i t .

Fa i th , no mat te r how sma l l , can

move mounta in s . I t ' s go ing to be a

ha rd proces s .

W e a r e i n t h i s , w i t h G o d ,t o g e t h e r .

W E E K 1

MAY 11R E A D I N GPsa lm 102 : 1 - 1 7 Wr i t e two ac ro s t i c poems wi th you r f ami l y

us ing words tha t you f ee l - one sad f ee l i ng

and one happy /gra te fu l f ee l i ng .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 12R E A D I N GExodus 1 3 : 1 7 -22 Make /draw a “p i l l a r o f c loud ” and a “p i l l a r

o f f i r e . ” Go on a wa lk a round you r

ne ighbo rhood o r a l oca l pa rk . Take tu rns

l ead ing you r f ami l y by ho ld ing one o f the

p i l l a r s . As you pas s i t , sha re 1 way you have

fe l t God l ead ing you th i s week .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 13

R E A D I N GJohn 1 5 : 1 - 1 7 Ab ide means to s t ay somewhere . Eve r y

t ime God t a l k s about ab id ing , i t ’ s wi th us !

Who do you miss ab id ing o r spend ing t ime

wi th ? Make a l i s t ! Mai l a ca rd , send a t ex t ,

o r ca l l someone on th i s l i s t !

I bet they miss ab id ing wi th you , too .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 14R E A D I N GProve rbs 3 : 1 3 - 1 8 Lea rn the words to “More Prec ious than

S i l ve r ”

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F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 15R E A D I N GPh i l i pp ians 4 : 10 - 1 4 Make a l i s t o f the th ings you ’ ve been ab le

to do s ince the pandemic began . Pray to

God , g i v ing thanks f o r each o f those

th ings , naming them out l oud as s i gns o f

God ’ s sus tenance i n th i s season .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 16R E A D I N GPsa lm 46 Take some t ime a t home to l i s t en f o r God ’ s

vo i ce . C lose you r eyes and t ake 2 -4

minutes as a f ami l y f o r praye r . Beg in wi th

say ing th i s praye r , “Be s t i l l . Be s t i l l and

know . Be s t i l l and know tha t I am . Be s t i l l

and know tha t I am God . ” I n th i s season o f

s t i l l ne s s , t ake a moment to be s t i l l

t oge the r and wonder how God i s speak ing

to you i n the s i l ence .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 17R E A D I N GJohn 1 4 : 1 5 -2 1 Who has he lped you on you r f a i th j ou rney ?

Reach out to them v i a t ex t , Face t ime ,

l e t t e r , o r ema i l .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 2

MAY 18R E A D I N G1 Pete r 4 : 1 2 - 1 4 ; 5 :6 - 1 4 Make a l i s t o f peop le you know impac ted

dur ing th i s pandemic .

Pray f o r them by name .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 19R E A D I N G1 Thes sa lon ians 5 : 1 6 - 1 8 S ta r t a l i s t o f a l l the th ings you a re

thank fu l f o r o r j o y fu l about us ing s idewa lk

cha lk on you r dr i veway / s idewa lk . Leave

p ieces o f cha lk wi th a note f o r othe r s to

add what they a re thank fu l f o r ! Check the

l i s t be fo re you go to bed and name the

th ings as a praye r o f thank fu lnes s to God .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 20

R E A D I N GJohn 1 6 :22 -24 Resea rch an o rgan i za t i on tha t you want to

commi t to donat ing toward who a re do ing

work tha t r e s to re s brokennes s i n our

soc i e t y .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 21R E A D I N G1 Samue l 3 : 1 - 10 Take some t ime as a f ami l y and p lay the

game “Marco -Po lo ” .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 22

R E A D I N GNumber s 6 :24 -26 Wr i t e th i s ve r se out . Deco ra te i t and make

i t pre t t y i f you want ! Put a copy by

eve r yone ’ s bed to r ead o r hea r be fo re they

nap o r s l eep .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 23

R E A D I N GMat thew 28 :20b Spend some t ime memor i z ing th i s ve r se

today . Th ink o f i t when you ’ r e f ee l i ng

anx ious , sca red , o r a lone .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 24R E A D I N GJohn 1 7 : 1 - 1 1 T r y a new way to pray f o r the nex t week !

Some ways to t r y :

Wr i te out the praye r ,

Se t a t imer f o r 5 minutes and pray f o r

whoeve r comes to mind ,

Ro l l some d ice and pray f o r the number o f

peop le you r o l l ed ,

Co lo r a p ic tu re , kn i t , c roche t , c ro s s - s t i t ch

and spend tha t t ime pray ing ,

Go f o r a wa lk and pray f o r eve r yone you

pas s

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 3

MAY 25R E A D I N G1 John 3 : 1 7 - 1 8 , 23 -24 What i s one way you can put you r l o ve o f

o the r s i n to ACT ION today ? Cons ide r

mak ing a donat ion o f   es sen t i a l i t ems to

you r l oca l f ood pant r y . Or p ick up a g i f t

ca rd to a l oca l i ce c ream p lace /co f f ee shop

to su rp r i s e a de l i ve r y dr i ve r , groce r y s to re

c l e rk , o r hea l thca re pro fe s s i ona l ! Say a

p raye r f o r tha t per son o r p lace .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 26

R E A D I N GLuke 5 : 1 7 -26 Make o r wr i te get wel l ca rds to 4 peop le

f rom you r congrega t i on - - you r pas to r

shou ld have names o f peop le who wou ld

l i ke a ca rd .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 27

R E A D I N G1 K ings 1 9 : 1 1 - 1 3 Ta l k as a f ami l y about the ways tha t you

“Ta l k wi thout us ing words ” .   Someone i n

the group r eco rds what ac t i ons conta in

what mean ing .   Do you th ink God t a l k s to

us th rough more than j u s t words ? How

does God commun ica te wi th you ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 28R E A D I N GJoshua 24 : 1 5 Make a r t o f th i s ve r se (o r f i nd a pr in tab le

on l ine ! ) to pos t i n you r main l i v i ng a rea o f

you r home .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 29R E A D I N GJames 2 : 1 2 - 1 7 Se t 3 SMART Goa l s (Spec i f i c , Measu rab le ,

At ta inab le , Re levan t , and T ime -Bound ) f o r

how you can put you r f a i th i n to ac t i on i n

ways tha t make the wor ld a bet te r

p l ace .Look them up on a map o r g lobe !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 30

R E A D I N GAct s 2 : 1 -4 Have a campf i r e o r l i gh t cand le s and

d i scus s where you have seen God th i s

week .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

MAY 31R E A D I N GJohn 7 :37 -39 T r y to name a l l the sou rces o f wate r i n

you r a rea . Say a praye r f o r the i r pro tec t i on

and r e s to ra t i on , g i v ing thanks f o r how they

sus ta in l i f e .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 4

JUNE 1R E A D I N GGenes i s 1 : 1 -2 :4a P lan t seeds i n a ga rden and t end to th i s

new c rea t i on as a f ami l y .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 2R E A D I N GJohn 3 : 1 6 - 1 7 Je sus d ied f o r a l l , even the peop le who

d i sappo in t us , make us mad , and hur t our

fee l i ngs . Who has done these th ings to

you ? Have you done these th ings to othe r

peop le ? Remember tha t God l o ve s us , even

when we a ren ’ t a t our bes t . God l o ve s us ,

a lways .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 3

R E A D I N GLuke 3 :23 -28 Ask you r pa ren t s f o r s to r i e s about you r

f ami l y member s . Or , ask you r k ids f o r

s to r i e s about you r grandk ids . Or , ask you

f r i ends f o r s to r i e s about the i r f ami l y

member s . Did you l ea rn any th ing new

about the f ami l y you were born o r adopted

in to ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 4R E A D I N GMat thew 1 4 :22 -33 Have you eve r doubted tha t God was wi th

you ? You ’ r e i n good company wi th Pete r !

Look up v ideos o f peop le wa lk ing on

oob leck . Make a sma l l amount a t home

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to -make -oob leck / ) . Have f un f i gu r ing out

when you can s t ay on the su r f ace & when

you s ink !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 5R E A D I N GEphes i ans 3 : 1 6 -2 1 Bake Cha l l ah bread , which r equ i r e s l o t s o f

measu r ing , and wi l l expand i n l eng th ,

depth and width . Use th i s o r a s im i l a r

r ec ipe :

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a s s i c -cha l l ah - r ec ipe

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 6

R E A D I N GJohn 6 : 1 - 1 4 Ea t some cha l l ah ! I f you have d ie ta r y

re s t r i c t i ons , ea t some bread tha t i s sa fe f o r

you to ea t .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 7R E A D I N GMat thew 28 : 1 6 -20 Look up some d i f f e ren t ways to exp la in the

T r in i t y (app le s , wate r , c love r , e tc . ) . God i s

r ea l l y ha rd to unde r s tand , so a l l o f these

examples get i t a l i t t l e b i t wrong , but they

he lp us get c lo se r to unde r s tand ing God .

Which one do you l i ke the bes t ? Why ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 5

JUNE 8R E A D I N GPsa lm 8 Go on a wa lk and pray f o r eve r y p iece o f

c rea t i on you can see by name .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 9R E A D I N GMat thew 3 : 1 - 1 2 Who t aught you about Je sus ? Send a thank

you ca rd . Who have you t aught about

Je sus ? Send a th ink ing o f you ca rd , t ex t , e -

mai l , o r phone ca l l .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 10

R E A D I N GJe remiah 29 : 1 1 - 1 4 I t ’ s ha rd to be l i e ve God ’ s got good p lans

when we ’ r e s t rugg l ing to expe r i ence them !

P lan , prepa re , cook , and make a mea l

toge the r , pray ing ove r eve r y s tep . See how

long i t t akes to produce one s imp le mea l .

Then pray f o r r ea s su rance tha t , i n God ’ s

u l t imate p lan , God i s prepa r ing someth ing

wonder fu l f o r you .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 11R E A D I N GEcc le s i a s te s 3 : 1 -8 The re i s a t ime f o r eve r y th ing ! Make a l i s t

o f th ings you want to do th i s summer ,

espec i a l l y th ings you want to do when i t ’ s

sa fe to ga the r i n l a rge groups aga in !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 12R E A D I N GExodus 1 :8 -22 Th i s pas sage ment ions Sh iph rah and Puah ,

Hebrew midwives . Th i s i s the on l y t ime

they a re ment ioned , but God worked

th rough them to keep Moses sa fe . Look up

a l e s se r known woman i n the B ib le & l ea rn

more about he r and he r s to r y . Fo r young

ones , we r ecommend Gr i t and Grace :

Hero i c Women o f the B ib le by Caryn

R i vadene i r a .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 13R E A D I N GMicah 6 :8 F ind some r ocks & deco ra te wi th pa in t o r

pe rmanent marke t s . (Check out The

K indnes s Rocks Pro jec t f o r i n sp i r a t i on . )

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 14R E A D I N GMat thew 9 :35 - 10 :23 Weathe r permi t t ing , go f o r a h ike o r wa lk

today ! Where do you th ink God ca l l s you to

go ? Does tha t sca re o r exc i t e you ? Don ’ t

f o rge t you r K indnes s Rocks ! Hide them

a long you r path f o r othe r s to see o r t ake

home .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 6

JUNE 15R E A D I N GPsa lm 1 1 9 : 1 -8 Th i s psa lm i s a LONG ac ro s t i c poem i n

Hebrew ; eve r y l i ne o f each s t anza beg ins

w i th the same l e t t e r o f the Hebrew

a lphabet . Use the a lphabet o f you r pr imary

l anguage to wr i te out words tha t desc r ibe

God . You j u s t wrote a psa lm !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 16R E A D I N GMat thew 6 :25 -34 S i t out s ide awh i l e and count how many

b i rd s you see . Remember tha t God ca re s

fo r a l l o f us , even a l l o f the b i rds i n the

sky .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 17

R E A D I N GEzek ie l 34 : 1 1 - 1 6 Lea rn the words to I Jus t Wanna Be a

Sheep !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 18R E A D I N GExodus 1 6 :2 - 1 5 Do you g i ve thanks to God f o r you r f ood ?

T r y to pray be fo re eve r y mea l f o r a week .

( I f you a l r eady do th i s , wr i te a new

mea l t ime praye r . )

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 19R E A D I N GPsa lm 5 1 Th i s psa lm i s about con fe s s ing . Wr i te down

ways you have made mis takes th i s week . I f

i t ’ s sa fe , burn these pape r s o r put them

through a pape r sh redde r . Remember tha t

God l o ve s us and f o rg i ve s us when we mess

up .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 20

R E A D I N GAct s 4 :32 -37 What i s someth ing you have l o t s o f ? How

can you sha re tha t wi th othe r s ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 21R E A D I N GRomans 6 : 1b - 1 1 L i gh t a cand le , f i l l a bowl wi th wate r , and

remember you r bapt i sm ! Use you r thumb

to put a wate r y c ro s s on you r own o r

someone e l se ’ s f o rehead and say , “Name ,

you a re a ch i ld o f God f o reve r . ”

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 7

JUNE 22R E A D I N GPsa lm 88 : 1 -89 :2 God va lues our hones t y o f both prob lems

and pra i se . Wr i te two ha ikus (3 l i ne poems

5 s y l l ab le s i n the f i r s t l i ne , 7 s y l l ab le s i n

the second l i ne , and 5 s y l l ab le s i n the

th i rd l i ne ) , wi th the f i r s t one be ing hones t

a prob lem you ’ r e f ac ing and the second

be ing hones t about pra i se you ’ r e o f f e r ing

to God .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 23R E A D I N GAct s 8 :26 -39 Eve r y t ime we a re a round o r a re us ing

wate r i s a chance to r emember our

bapt i sm . Have a wate r ba l l oon f i gh t o r

take a r e l ax ing bath today (whicheve r you

need ! ) and r emember tha t the Sp i r i t who

c la imed you as a ch i ld o f God a t you r

bapt i sm works i n ru sh ing winds AND i n

s t i l l ne s s .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 24R E A D I N GPsa lm 89 : 1 -4 , 1 5 - 1 8 Make a p lay l i s t o f you r f ami l y ’ s f a vo r i t e

songs and have a ka raoke n igh t .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 25R E A D I N G2 Cor in th i ans 5 : 1 1 -2 1 Who do you need to apo log i ze to ? Ca l l ,

t ex t , e -mai l , o r v i s i t ( i f sa fe ! ) to say you ’ r e

so r r y & ask f o r the i r f o rg i venes s .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 26R E A D I N GPsa lm 1 4 1 : 1 -4 We usua l l y ask f o r God to l i s t en to us when

we pray . Add t ime to you r praye r s to l i s t en

to God . You might be amazed a t what God

te l l s you !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 27

R E A D I N GAct s 10 : 1 -33 T r y 1 new f r u i t o r 1 new vege tab le today !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 28R E A D I N GMat thew 10 :40 -42 Make a welcome mat f o r you r f r on t door

and o rgan i ze a ne ighborhood event i e BBQ

or b lock pa r t y ( i f poss ib l e )

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

W E E K 8

JUNE 29R E A D I N GRomans 8 :26 -27 T r y a s imp le medi ta t i on exe rc i se today . S i t

qu ie t l y , wi th you r eyes c lo sed , i n a

comfo r tab le pos i t i on . Se t a t imer f o r 3

minute s . Brea the i n f o r 7 count s , brea the

out f o r 8 .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JUNE 30R E A D I N GMat thew 5 : 1 4 - 1 6 As we prepa re f o r the 4 th o f Ju l y , we a re

reminded o f the j o y the l i gh t o f f i r ework s

b r ings ! Sha r ing chee r wi th othe r s i s 1 way

we sha re Je sus ’ l i gh t wi th the wor ld .

Crea te a “ f i r ework s ” d i sp lay i n you r f r on t

w indows us ing pape r , window pa in t , o r

s t r eamer s ! Put “ th i s l i t t l e l i gh t o f mine , I ’m

gonna l e t i t sh ine ” a round you r f i r ework s .

Bonus : S ing the song !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JULY 1

R E A D I N G1 Cor in th i ans 1 2 : 1 - 1 1 Make a l i s t o f th ings you a re good a t . Keep

i t somewhere you can r ead i t on the days

you don ’ t f ee l l i ke you ’ r e good a t much .

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JULY 2R E A D I N G1 Cor in th i ans 1 2 : 1 2 -3 1 Remember those good th ings you wrote

down ye s te rday ? How can you use these

g i f t s to sha re God ’ s l o ve ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JULY 3R E A D I N G1 Cor in th i ans 1 3 : 1 - 1 3 How can you show eve r yone you l i v e wi th

tha t you l o ve them today ? I f you l i v e a lone ,

how can you show you r f r i ends & f ami l y

tha t you l o ve them today ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JULY 4

R E A D I N GAct s 9 : 1 - 1 8 P lay wi th spa rk l e r s o r go to a f i r ework s

show ( i f phys i ca l d i s tanc ing r egu la t i ons f o r

you r a rea a l l ow ) . God spoke to Sau l

th rough l oud no i se s & l i gh tn ing c ra shes .

How does God speak to you ?

F A I T H P R A C T I C E

JULY 5R E A D I N GMat thew 1 1 : 1 6 - 1 9 , 25 -30 Th ink o f someone you can he lp today &

he lp them . You ’ r e he lp ing l i gh ten the i r

bu rden ! You ’ r e show ing them the l o ve o f

Je sus !

F A I T H P R A C T I C E