Family Devotional

Read the account of Noah from a story book Bible or follow the link below to listen to the Jesus Storybook Bible.

In today’s true story, God told Noah to do something that sounded a bit crazy. Noah had to believe that God was telling the truth, even when it did not make sense.

Talk about it: What did God tell Noah to do? Why would that have been a weird command? Did Noah obey?

Noah obeyed, without question. He had never felt or seen rain, let alone a flood. But He believed God. He had faith in God’s words.

Define it: Oh, there is another word that we hear a lot, but do not always understand. Faith. Noah had faith that God was telling the truth. That means he believed without seeing. He trusted God. He acted on that trust. Faith is believing without seeing and placing your trust in that belief.

We cannot see God. But we believe that He exists and we worship Him and listen to Him.

Sometimes, God tells us to do things that feel a little scary. Like tell people about Jesus. Befriend the school bully. Give some of our birthday money to the less fortunate. Help people. Pray for people who are mean to us.

As a family, keep brainstorming ways that you can act in faith this week. Choose one way and write it down. Pray together over that every day this week, until you have all done it, then thank God!