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Romans 12:4-5
Different Jobs, One Team, We Belong Together!
Welcome, Faith Force Family Members! Today, we’re learning that we all have different jobs but belong to each other, as shared in Romans 12:4-5.
Verse Of The Day:
"For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." (Romans 12:4-5)
Have you ever noticed that your body parts all do completely different jobs? Your eyes see, your ears hear, your hands grab, your feet walk – all different! Paul uses this to teach us about God’s family!
“Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function” – your hand can’t do what your eye does, and your foot can’t do what your ear does! They all have DIFFERENT functions (jobs). “So in Christ we, though many, form one body” – even though we’re all different people with different abilities and gifts, together we make ONE body in Christ!
Here’s the most important part: “each member belongs to all the others.” You don’t just belong to yourself – you belong to EVERYONE ELSE in God’s family! And they belong to you too! We need each other! The kid who’s great at encouraging belongs to the kid who’s great at teaching. The kid who’s good at helping belongs to the kid who’s good at praying. We’re all connected and we all belong to each other!
This means when someone in God’s family is hurting, you should care because they BELONG to you! When someone needs help, you should help because you BELONG to them! We’re not independent – we’re INTERDEPENDENT, all belonging to each other as one family!
We Belong Together Puzzle:
Get a piece of cardboard and cut it into puzzle pieces (one piece for each person in your family or friend group). On each piece, write that person’s name and their special gift or function. Now try to put the puzzle together – notice how EVERY piece is needed! Without even one piece, the puzzle isn’t complete. That’s exactly how God’s family works – we all have different functions, but we all BELONG to each other, and we need every single person!
Time For A Prayer:
Dear God, thank You that even though we all have different gifts and functions, we belong to each other in Christ! Help us remember that we're not independent but connected - we need each other! When someone in Your family needs help, remind us that they BELONG to us and we belong to them. Make us one body! Amen.
Keep remembering you belong to each other, Faith Force Family Members! Until our next Divine Dispatch, remember that in Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others!
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