GrowKids Family Devotional

May 11, 2025

THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

JOHN 14; JOHN 16

Discuss

Your kids learned this week about who the Holy Sprit really is. We read in the Bible that He is our HELPER, our GUIDE, our TEACHER, and more (John 14 and 16). It’s really amazing how the Holy Spirit ministers to us in so many ways, yet sometimes we neglect to connect with Him. We encouraged kids to rely on the Holy Spirit when they are sad, confused, happy, and sad. Take time to talk about how the Holy Spirit can be all of those things in our lives and when you need Him in those roles.

Weekly Challenge

This week your kids made emoji sticks. They chose 3 emojis from a list of 12 that they commonly feel and attached them to a stick. Then using scriptures provided, they wrote the address of the verse on the stick. This week, review those emojis and the corresponding verses with your kids and pray with them using the scriptures on their sticks so that they develop the skills to turn to God’s word when they have big emotions that are hard to handle. If your kids were not there to make emoji sticks on, you can easily google “feeling emojis” and have them draw the faces. Use this scripture resource provided to add the corresponding verses to the emojis that they chose. PARENTS – this week’s video is from the Bible Project and though not necessarily kid-oriented it is a great resource to watch with your kids explaining the work of the Holy Spirit throughout creation including today. I encourage you to watch it with your kids! Emoji Scriptures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZNlG9DZX8MChfLxsycnagHbc7WmyklV_mKHEe5qijAE/edit?usp=sharing

Power Verse

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you".

Acts 1:8a

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