{"id":11626,"date":"2023-07-31T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devokids.com\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:27:50","slug":"change-is-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devokids.com\/change-is-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Is In the Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I am The Lord and I change not&#8221; (Malachi 3:6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Change in our surroundings is evident\u2014the long days of summer are ending. For many, a new school year is already in session! Yellow limousines are back on the roads and streets. Back-to-school sale signs are everywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Can you feel it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Do you see it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Do you sense the CHANGE?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During this season, we are thanking GOD and praying for each of you. We are reminded of the fact that to EVERYTHING, there is a season (Ecc. 3:1). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Change can be productive, unsettling, frightening, and\/or effective\u2014whatever else it proves to be\u2014it is certain, inevitable, for sure. Enjoy and learn from reading this month about Joshua, who had served Israel&#8217;s great leader Moses, but change was on the horizon. Joshua eventually filled the leadership role among God&#8217;s chosen people. He had been taught well and trained for this awesome task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You, our children\/youth, are growing, developing, and changing every day. The world in which we live is changing. GOD is preparing each of you in everything you think, say, and do as He did Joshua to take your place in His perfect plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You are being made ready to take that &#8216;Joshua&#8217; place in God&#8217;s world every time you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">read the Bible and pray<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">discipline yourself in daily habits, kindness, and generosity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">practice obedience, especially to godly parents<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">help in church\/community<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stand up\/speak up for truth and fairness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">complete your chores with a pleasant attitude<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">prepare for a weekly quiz\/test<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stand before your class for a presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">participate in food, clothes collections<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">attend an after-school activity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pray this way:<br \/>\n<em>Thank YOU, Father, for creating beauty for us to see and enjoy! You change this beauty minute-by-minute. YOU alone bring these changes yet, YOU never, ever change! Praise to YOU Who remains faithful, true, trustworthy, consistent, righteous, loving, kind, forgiving, just, merciful, mighty, good, gracious, and YOU remain GOD! You always were, are, and always will be God, and we hear Your voice saying, &#8220;I am The Lord and I change not&#8221; (Malachi 3:6). &#8220;I am the same yesterday, today, and forever&#8221; (Hebrews 13:8). Thank you, Father, for being GOD! Amen.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a92023 Penelope White Use with author\u2019s permission. 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