God asking

💭 Reflect
As we end our journey through the book of Proverbs this week, you can see an invitation from God shining through the Bible verses. He is asking you to live differently. The path that God has for your life will not look the same as the world around you. It will not always be popular, crowded, or even fun – but it will bring Him glory and make you into the person you were meant to be.

📖 Proverbs 3:31
“Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways.”

❔ Questions

• Reading the verse above, name 3 people whom you envy or try to copy (they might be other kids at school, a role model, or an influencer on social media).
• Name 1 way that you can do as this verse asks you.
• Forward this message to a friend from church to encourage them to keep walking on God’s path.

🙏 Talk to God
Use your own words to pray and ask God to help you with: strength to accept His invitation, stay on His path, and live His way.

📢 Identity statement
Say it out loud: “I received an invitation from God.”

🎨 Respond
Take a page and fold it in two. On the one side, write down or doodle things the world promises; on the other side, do the same but for the promises of God. 

🤳Social media
Unfollow 5 influencers or people whose posts make you feel envious of things that are not on God’s path for you. 

👥 People
Can you identify someone your age or older who has a close relationship with God? What can you do this week to grow a closer friendship with them?

🔥 Go Deeper
This month’s Scripture is = Proverbs 3

Read the rest of the chapter today and notice:

• Today’s verse says what not to envy or copy. Does the rest of the chapter give a clue as to what to follow instead?
• Highlight 3 invitations from God to you in this chapter.
• Use the footnotes in the chapter and read the verses they refer to.