Time

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀:

List of objects for treasure hunt (You may make your own list or use the list found at the end of the devo.)

Cell Phone with timer set to 2 minutes

Adults say: It’s week 2 of our devotionals, yay! For this week, our topic is about TIME. Now before we dive into our Word, we are going to have a fun game! Are you ready?

The title of our game is “Quick Scavenger Hunt.” It’s basically how we play the usual scavenger hunt game. Each of you will be given a list of items to find and collect, but there is a catch! This scavenger hunt will be timed and you will only have 2 minutes to find as many items around the house. Also, the items each have corresponding points. As soon as you hear the 10 seconds countdown, we all should be back here in our main room to add up all the points from all the items that you have collected. The person with the highest number of points will win the game.

I’ll hand out your list and set my timer to 2 minutes. Okay, everybody ready? Go!

Note: Little children joining the game must be accompanied by adults for help and safety, but please let the child find the items on their own. 

After the timer is done, add up the points corresponding to each item to determine the winner.

Adults say: Wow our winner has a total of ______ points! Let us ask our winner some questions!

Did you feel any pressure in collecting the items on the list? Why?

Did you have any strategy in collecting the items? What did you do?

Collecting all 20 items in just 2 minutes is really challenging. Given such a short amount of time, it is important that we use it wisely, don’t you think? Since the end goal of this game is to gather the highest number of points, you can actually work on a wise strategy to achieve that! For instance, you can start collecting items that can all be found in one room! What are other wise ways that you can think of to reach more points within 2 minutes?

READ THE WORD

Our devotional series “Steward” reminds us that God has entrusted us with a lot of things and that He expects us to properly handle these and use them to advance His Kingdom. This week we are going to talk about a very important gift that God has entrusted to all of us - TIME.

Ephesians 5:15-17 says:

“𝘞𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮.”

We all know that our life here on earth is not forever. We are placed by God here on “borrowed time.” This means that we exactly do not know how long is the amount of time that God has entrusted to each of us. Whether our borrowed time on Earth is short or long, it does not matter. What matters most is how we spend that time wisely as God’s stewards. 

Let our Word for today be our guide on how to use our time wisely:

By doing things that please God, and

By grabbing every opportunity to advance His Kingdom

HUDDLE

Parent to Kid/s:

4-6 years old

Can you name some of the things you do that please God?

7-12 years old

What are the things or activities that you do that you know pleases God?

How often do you do these activities?

Kid/s to Parent:

How do you wisely use your time each day?

What are examples of opportunities that we can do to advance the Kingdom of God?

Everyone on earth has the same amount of time everyday  - 24 hours.  What differs is how that time is used.  Some people use that time doing purposeful work or activities while others spend it doing meaningless things.  How do you spend your 24 hours? Are they spent on activities that provide you with temporary happiness?  Or do you spend them doing things that matter for God’s kingdom? Let’s be wise and be careful! 

PRAY

Dear God, thank You for reminding us that our time here on Earth is limited. May we always remember to be good stewards of Your precious time by doing things that please You and by taking every opportunity to advance Your Kingdom.  In Jesus’ name. amen.

DISCOVER

King Solomon was the wisest ruler in the Bible. In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we can find his beautiful reflection about time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11):

𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯:

2 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥;

3 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘱;

4 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦;

5 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨;

6 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺;

7 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘸; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬;

8 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦; 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦.

9 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩?

10 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.

11 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦: 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥.