Sunday, April 2 - Saturday, April 9

Saturday 4/2/11 Day 22 Thanksgiving: Our Shepherd	Activity: Memorize one verse today from the reading.  Write it down and have someone in your family initial your paper when you can say it from memory.	Verses to Read- Psalm 119: 145-176
	Prayer: Father God thank You that you answer me, save me, and preserve my life.  Thank You for being near.  You deliver me, you defend me, and You have great compassion for me.  Thank you Father.  Your words are all true and you bestow great peace, Teach me Lord, and help me Father.  I wander like a lost sheep, yet you seek me Lord.  Thank You!
Sunday 4/3/11 Thanksgiving: The Armor of God	Activity: Draw God’s Armor on a picture of you.  Write what each piece represents	Verses to Read: Ephesians 6:10-19
	Prayer:  Father you give us protection, help us to wear your armor and remember your strength.  Help us to live knowing that you live inside of us.  The Creator of the Universe is in US!  Help us act like it.
Monday 4/4/11 Day 23 Repenting: Tool of Transformation	Activity:  Watch the movie butterfly circus together as a family.  http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbw2dd_the-butterfly-circus-2009_shortfilms	Verses to Read: 2 Corinthians 7:9-11
	Question:  What did Will have to learn before he could be in the circus?
Tuesday 4/5/11 Day 24 Fasting: Turn Away Towards God	Activity: Line up youngest to oldest.  Have each person cross their arm and close their eyes and fall backwards into the arms of the oldest.  Then line up again, face the oldest and walk towards them with open arms to receive a hug.  Talk about how we can be looking the other direction, but God is still there or we can be walking towards him. Which was easier? Why.	Verses to Read: Hosea 6:1-11
	Question: What does it mean to “go back to God”.
Wednesday 4/6/11 Day 25 Giving: Daily Bread	Activity: Prepare a simple meal today and drop off ingredients for a big meal to a food bank.	Verses to Read: 1 Corinthians 12:13-27
	Question:  What does God’s body look like?  What does God want his body to do?
Thursday 4/7/11 Day 26 Thanksgiving	Activity: Serve someone today by doing a job that is not usually your job to do.	Verses to Read: Matthew 20:16-24
	Prayer:  Thank you Jesus that you became a servant, that you became our sacrifice.  We don’t even know how to comprehend such love and devotion.  Our ways are not your ways, help us Lord to walk like you.
Friday 4/8/11 Day 27 Repenting: Walk in the Light	Activity: Write out what this says about Darkness and Light.  Make a chart of dark things and light things.  Ask for forgiveness for the dark things and figure out how to move those things into the light.	Verses to Read: John 3:16-21
	Prayer:  Father God, Jesus, You are the light of the world.  We want to be able to see, we want to be separated from evil.  Cleanse our hearts and transform our minds Lord.  Forgive us Father for the dark things we do, teach us how to walk in your truth.
Saturday 4/9/11 Day 28 Fasting: Spending	Activity:  Don’t spend any money today, is that possible?  Talk about what Sabbath looked like for Jesus when he was growing up.	Verses to Read: Exodus 20:1-17
	Prayer:  Lord, help our lives look different from the worlds.  Help us to have self-control.  Lord, show us how to focus on you.