Wednesday March 9 - Saturday March 12

Wednesday – 3/9/11
Day 1
Thanksgiving:
Jesus healed US
Activity: Ash Wednesday Service
Summit Church 6:30 or 8:00
Verses to Read:
Luke 17: 11-19
Question:  What does it mean to be thankful?  How did Jesus (heal or cleanse) us?
Thursday – 3/10/11
Day 2

Repenting:
How do you forgive?
Activity: Write out the Lord’s Prayer.  Talk about the words, have your kids say the Lord’s Prayer in their own words.  Write out a “family Lord’s prayer” that everyone can understand.
Verses to Read:
Matthew 6:5-15
Prayer:  Pray together your families Lord’s prayer 
Friday – 3/11/11
Day 3

Fasting:
Secrets are Sometimes GOOD!
Activity: Decide what your family will fast from during Lent.
Verses to Read:
Matthew 6:1, 16-18, 25-33
Matthew 25:35-36
Both in thought and deed - you can honor God through fasting.  Use that time to get to know him better and/or to do something that he has asked you to do.
Saturday – 3/12/11
Day 4
Giving:
Look at the world from God’s perspective.
Activity: Pick something that you have that someone else needs and give it to them.
Verses to Read:
Matthew 6:2-4,
6:19-21, 6:24
REVISED
2 Corinthians 8:12-15
Question: Why do you think God gives some families enough or even more than enough and other families not enough?