Kingdom Bound
Children Ministry
Bible Study Texts
A Home For Christ (Suitable for 4 - 12 years old)
Introduction
Your home
A home is a dwelling place, a place where you live permanently. Usually, a home is occupied by a family or a number of people with a familiar or friendly relationship.
Your room
When a number of people live in a home, each person has their personal space, where they can call theirs. For most of you, it is your ROOM. It is your personal space, you go into your personal space to find comfort, refresh and reflect, sleep and rest, have some personal time and ultimately, enjoy the quietness and sanity that comes with being alone and at peace.
Who would you allow into your room?
Most often, you only share your personal space to someone who is really dear to you. For example, a sibling, or your best friend.
Your room is just like your heart!
Under this topic, I will like to compare your room (personal space) to your heart/mind. We must be mindful to know that our mind/heart is a room filled with whatever we allow to come into it…and such things have a great impact on our lives.
Allow Jesus in!
The Lord Jesus is interested in living in our hearts, in our mind. He wants to fill the room, he wants to fill our thoughts. However, he cannot force himself in, because he is not an armed robber. You just have to make a choice to let him in and occupy your heart, your mind and your life
Open to Revelation 3 v 20
Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.
Why should i allow Jesus into my heart?
- If you open your heart for Jesus to live inside you, you will flourish.
- If you make your heart A Home for Jesus Christ, you will become a good and obedient child of God. He will manifest His love through you. Your life will glow, and your joy will be full.
I want you to open and read Gal 5 v 22-26
According to the scripture you just read, What do you want understand from the good virtues which the spirit of God will manifest through you, if you make your heart a home where Jesus lives?
A mind filled by the Lord and His Word, is a holy, tidy mind!
And If I refuse the Lord Jesus into my life?
If you do not allow Jesus into your heart, the devil will force himself in...because he is a thief, a killer and a destroyer. Read John 10 v 10
Sadly, any heart occupied with the devil will look like this Read Gal 5 19 – 21
A heart hijacked by the Devil
A heart hijacked by the devil is filled with envy, jealousy, disobedience, and all forms of sins and immorality. It is an untidy home, a home where there’s no peace or joy or love. A home filled with chaos.
May this not be your portion in Jesus name.
Next time, we shall discuss the following:
1. Deep secret place of my hearts
2. Captain of my soul
Let us Pray
Father Lord I thank you for your word that I have studied today.
I invite you Jesus to come into my heart, and live inside of me. I accept your as my Lord.
Make my heart your home. Make my mind your home.
I give you my whole life Lord Jesus. Fill my thoughts and my actions. Make my life flourish and let your peace, joy and love fill me up, in Jesus name.
Amen.
Song of the day
Come and make my heart your home