Prophet Kevin Smith came to speak to our Amplify Kids this week about hearing and obeying God's voice. Just as we can recognize a familiar friend's voice without even seeing them walk in the room, we can know and recognize God's voice the more we spend time with Him and get to know Him. He wants to speak to us but we must be willing to take time to listen. God puts people in our lives to tell us things. Our pastors, leaders, and teachers are put in our lives to lead and guide us. They can help us to hear what God is saying. The more we grow in God, we still need the leaders God has placed in our lives, but we can begin to hear God for ourselves. When God speaks to us we must be willing to follow Him. Once we step out in faith, the Spirit will lead and guide us but we must be willing to take that step of obedience.
At the close of our service, Prophet Kevin prayed over each child and spoke into their lives. There were words of healing, encouragement, and freedom. God has big plans for the children at Kingdom Victory Church and it was awesome to hear what He has in store for them! There are future plans, but He also has plans for them now and He wants to use them now! The greatest miracle this week was the miracle of salvation! We had a boy freed from hurt and anger and he gave his heart to the Lord!
This Sunday, Amplify kids learned about hearing God's voice. We first got a visit from Bubba the kid, who thought he had to sit in certain positions and do crazy things to hear God speaking but found out that God wants to speak to us and all we have to do is listen.
We learned the different ways that God can speak to us - maybe he will speak to our heart and we will hear Him telling us how much He loves us. Maybe He will show us a picture of a friend who is crying and we will know we need to pray for that friend. Just as God will speak to an adult, He wants to speak to children. That is how we have a relationship with someone - because we talk to them, we share things with them, and we listen closely to what they are saying. God wants to have a relationship with us!
We started the first of ten exercises on Hearing God's voice and inviting His presence, called My Heart is a Bucket. In this time we invite kids to sit on the floor and explain how our heart is like a bucket just waiting to be filled by God. This week we looked at our hearts and let God show us if there was any "yucky stuff" that had gotten in there. Maybe we had a bad attitude or hung out with the wrong people or did things that didn't please God. God wants to take away the "yucky stuff" so that we can be close to Him. He wants to clean us up. We took time to listen to God and let Him show us what was in our heart. When asked if God was showing or telling them anything, almost all of the kids said that He was. I am excited to see what God speaks to the children at Kingdom Victory Church!
The kids are continuing to pray over the Band-Aid cross we did two months ago in the Children's Service. They are so excited about it! We have had different ones come up each week to pray. This week Madison prayed for a friend who has diabetes and we are believing God to heal her!
We started today's lesson with a treasure hunt to find out what our lesson and the series for the next four weeks is about. The kids followed clues around the room to find the answer which was wisdom. Proverbs 2:1-4 says, "My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures."
Then the kids were each asked one question - "If you could have anything - anything in the world. What would you ask for?" We had answers like money, a baseball field, two heads, a car, Jesus, God, and love. The answers that were material things faded away (with the help of disappearing ink) and the answers that included Jesus, God, and love remained. We learned that material things won't last forever but the most important things we could ask for are things of God. Wisdom from God never fades away; it lasts forever.
We watched the story of Solomon and how God gave him a dream in which He told Solomon to ask for whatever he wanted and He would give it to him. Solomon said he felt like a little child who didn't know his way around, ruling so many people, so he asked God for an understanding heart so he could rule over God's people well and to know the difference between right and wrong. Simply put, he asked God for wisdom. God was pleased with what Solomon asked Him for and so he gave him wisdom along with riches and honor.
The best source of wisdom always has and always will be God. He loves us so much that He wants to give that wisdom to us. All we need to do is ask!
Memory Verse: For the Lord grants wisdom. Proverbs 2:6a
The toddler class, Tweeters, will be starting a new lesson next week on creation called, "God Made Me" and will continue it throughout the month with interactive play to effectively teach them.
Please make every effort to have your kids at Kingdom Victory Church next week. It will be our last time to practice the songs they are doing for Father's Day. We are honored to partner with you in teaching your child the Word of God!
