Perfect Peace

As I was thinking about this past Sunday's Kids Church lesson, I was reminded of this verse...

"You will keep Him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You" - Isaiah 26:3


The reason it was brought back to memory was because of our last 15 minutes of Kids Church. We had spent the morning talking about soaking in God's presence. How it's important to spend time just focusing on the Lord. So that's what we did for about 5-10 minutes before we closed out our service. All the kids found a spot in the room where they wouldn't be distracted by their friends or other things, we turned on some soft worship music, closed our eyes, and focused on the Lord. Even though it was only a few minutes, the atmosphere of the room had changed. After I closed us out in prayer, all the kids were reluctant to move from their spots. Some of them kept their eyes closed. It was so peaceful. Hence, the verse from Isaiah. I asked the kids if they felt better after spending just a few minutes in the presence of God, and they all nodded a 'yes', some with big, bright eyes. :) It was a sweet time.

The At-Home Challenge for this week is to do just what we did in Kids Church. Spend about 5-10 minutes just focusing on the Lord. I encouraged the kids to listen to God. He loves to talk to us, but  most of the time He speaks in a whisper.

Oh, and don't forget to bring back the take-home paper so we can put it in the Love Bucket for our drawing!