God's Word in My Heart

Paul J. Loth

Illustrated by

Daniel
J.
Hochstatter

Copyright
© 1992, 2012 by Educational Publishing Concepts

All rights
reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or
reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical
reviews or articles.

An Open Letter to Children

Witne
s
s
i
ng

Answering Our Friends

Doing Our Job

Getting Help from God

Getting Help from God in
Prayer

A Good Testimony

Helping
Jesus, Our Friend

Helping Our Friends Love
Jesus

Letting the Bible Speak for
Us

Praying for Unsaved Friends

Sharing Our Experiences

Standing Up for God

Telling Our Friends We Love
Them

Using Our Opportunities

Prayer

Getting the Point Across

A Picture of a Prayer Warrior

A Picture Perfect Prayer

Pray and Believe

Pray, Do Not Worry

Prayer Works

Praying for Others

Praying with Our Friends

Thanking God in Prayer

Using Prayer to Praise God

Bible Reading

Changing Our
Reflections

Keeping God’s Word

Learning
About God

Letting the Bible Explain
Itself

Telling Us How to Live

Telling Us What to Believe

Ch
u
rch

Being a Giver in the Church

Being a Helper in the Church

Being a Leader in the Church

Being a Teacher

Being an Encourager

The Church Is Family

Giving to God

Listening to God

Worshiping God Through
Music

Worshiping Together

Attendance Is Required

God

The Battle Is the Lord’s

Doing Our Best for Jesus

Enjoying God

Following God’s
Plan

Following Jesus

Keeping God on Our Minds

Keeping Our Minds on Good
Things

Knowing God’s Will

Looking at Jesus

Loving God

Making God Number One

Making Our Goal

Obeying God

Telling God “Thank You”

Telling God We Are Sorry

Waiting for God

Worshiping God Alone

Friend
s

Encouraging Others

Forgiving and
Forgetting

Giving Up Our Rights

Helping Others

Helping Others Live

Looking Out for Others

Loyalty to the End

Picking Friends

Sacrificing for Others

Serving Others

Sharing with Others

Th
o
s
e
Who Do Not Like Us

Being Kind to Everyone

Praying for Those Who Do Mean
Things

Avoiding Bad Situations

Avoiding Bad Situations

Resisting Temptation

Using the Bible to Win

Faith

Believing the
Impossible

Trusting God When We Are
Scared

You are special. God chose you to
be His child. He wants you to spend time with Him.

Spending time with God is called having devotions. You read
the Bible and pray.

This book teaches you what the Bible says about being God
’
s child. It explains how to make God happy.

Find a quiet time to be alone with God. It helps if this is
the same time each day. Find a place where no one will disturb you.

Each devotion in this book has three parts. Each part is
important.

This section asks you to think about your life. Then the
Bible lesson will be easier to understand.

Each devotion teaches you a new lesson from the Bible. It
shows you how to be a child of God.

Learning something can be easy. But doing something about it
can be hard. Praying helps you be a better Christian.

At the end of each devotion is a special verse from the
Bible. You might want to memorize this verse.

I hope this book helps you get to know God in a wonderful
way.

Paul
J.
Loth,
Ed.D.

When was the last time someone asked you to explain your
actions?

What did you say?

The Bible tells us we should act like Jesus. God sent the Ho
l
y Spirit to help us.

Jesus did not act like other people. People asked Him why He
acted different.

We should act like Jesus. Our friends will ask why we act
that way. We can tell them. It is because we love Jesus.

Make me brave enou
g
h to
act like Jesus.

When was the last time you had a job to do?

Jesus has a job for us. It is to tell our friends about Him.
That is what Jesus wants us to do.

Paul told people about Jesus. Paul did his job. He told many
people about Jesus.

Our job is to tell our friends about Jesus. It is up to them
to trust in Him.

Please help me tell my friends about Jesus.

Have you told your friends why you believe in Jesus?

What did they say?

Jesus sent us a helper. The helper is the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit helps us. He helps when we talk to our
friends. He will help us know what to say. He helps us tell them about Jesus.

We must ask the Holy Spirit for help. We do this by praying.
The Holy Spirit will help us.

May the Holy Spirit help me talk to a friend.

Do you always know the right thing to say?

Sometimes we don
’
t know
what to pray for. We need help.

God helps us remember what to pray for.

We need to listen to God when we pray. Then we will be sure
to pray for the right things.

Help me to know what to pray for.

Have you ever told a friend about Jesus?

What did you say?

Paul knew about the Bible. He became a Christian. He told
people about Jesus.

Paul told what Jesus did for him. He said that Jesus helped
him each day.

We can tell our friends what Jesus does for us.

What can I tell my friends that Jesus has done for me?
Please show me.