Author: Nathaniel Colt

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Read: Galatians 6:7–10

Have you ever planted seeds for fruit or vegetables? If you have, you know that the seed you plant is the type of food that will grow. You won’t plant apple seeds and get carrots!

These Bible verses tell us the same thing: If you have asked Jesus to forgive your sins and your everyday actions please God, at the end of your life you will receive eternal life with Him and His people. If you haven’t asked Jesus to forgive your sins and your everyday actions are selfish and don’t show love for God and others, you won’t live with God in eternity. It’s impossible.

So, if you ever get tired of doing good, of living for God, remember that you are still planting seeds of good things that will one day grow into eternal life. So don’t give up! Your good choices are never wasted.

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Read: Acts 17:24–31

This passage talks about who God is and why He made the world the way He did. The verses tell us that He made everything and everyone. He knew where people would live, which countries would be made, and what their borders would be. Why did He do this?

Verse 27 gives us the answer: “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God.” Did people do this? Not often. Verse 30 explains how it is now: “Now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.” The choice is still ours. We can come to God or say no to following and obeying Him. He always gives us that choice. How can we know that Jesus is the right choice? Because He died for our sins and rose from the dead. He is alive and promises to live with us forever.

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Read: Revelation 21:22–27

In the New Testament, Jesus is often called the Lamb of God because He took away the sins of the world by dying for us. When we believe in and follow Jesus, our name is written in His Book—called the Lamb’s Book of Life. If we choose not to believe in and follow Jesus, our name is not in the Book of Life. People whose names are not written in it will not spend eternity with God. This Scripture shows us how truly important that decision is. If your name is in this Book, you will live with God in a city He has made just for His people! Can you imagine living in God’s city? These verses tell us it will be amazing. Choose to follow Jesus!

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Read: John 3:16–21

Have you ever played Hide and Seek in the dark? It’s tough to find people who are hiding, but in the dark it’s even more of a challenge. When you find someone, they have to come into the light. They’re not supposed to stay in the dark forever.

Jesus is like a seeker. He finds people all over the world who are hidden in the darkness of sin. Our Bible reading today is about Jesus coming into our world to bring light from God. The world was dark without Him. People who live without Jesus spend their life in the darkness of sin. And when they die, they will not live forever with Jesus. That is real darkness!

Today’s Scripture shows that we have a choice in what we do with the light of Jesus. Some people hate His light because they are afraid that the bad things they do will be found out. Other people love His light and are doing what God wants. What’s your choice? We have all done bad things, but when we ask Jesus to forgive our sins, His light comes into our life. Remember that God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to save people. Let His light in today!

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Read: John 5:24–30

The most important decision you will ever make is choosing to follow Jesus and asking Him to forgive your sins. That’s because everyone will stand before Jesus someday. Bible verses like John 5:28–29 tell us this. Jesus will ask each person if they believed in and followed Him. That means He will ask you, too! What’s your answer?

Jesus said that those who believe in God will live eternally with Him. They will live doing good things because they know and love God. When they die, they will live with Him forever in heaven. God loves us so much that He has given us the choice to accept His gift of salvation. What will you choose? No one can choose for you. Your parents can’t, your pastor can’t, only you can. God can help you make the right choice. Just ask Him!

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Read: Philippians 3:10–14

Paul, the author of these verses, had a life with many adventures and did many things, good and bad. But here he wrote that everything in his life was worthless compared to knowing Christ Jesus, his Lord. Paul didn’t let his past hold him down. He knew his future with Jesus was so much better! God’s greatest gift is the gift of salvation. Not only will we get to know God in the future in heaven, but we can know Him now!

Paul said that knowing Jesus was the most important thing in his life. We can know Jesus today by talking to Him, reading His Word, and listening to what He says to us so we can share it with others. Even if we have a life of adventure like Paul, we know that no adventure is better than knowing God!

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Read: 2 Timothy 4:5–8

In these verses, the apostle Paul says he remained faithful. Do you know what the word faithful means? It means that you stick with something, and you keep doing and believing it. You may have a favorite sports team, and you might be a faithful fan of that team, even when they lose. You may have a favorite breakfast cereal that you faithfully eat every day and never get tired of it.

God wants our faithfulness to Him through all of life, in good times and bad. When you are walking through a hard time, it is important to draw closer to God. You can know that He is right there with you and that you can turn to Him. He is with always with you. He never leaves you and you can always turn to Him. Like 2 Timothy 4:8 says, the crown of righteousness is the prize for everyone who lives faithfully for Jesus. But the prize is also Jesus himself; faithful people eagerly look forward to when He comes back!

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Read: Hebrews 12:1–3

Think of the Christian life like a long race. If you want to win a race, you’ll avoid tripping over things and wearing too heavy clothing, right? But sin tries to make us lose the race: It trips us up and weighs us down. So what do we do? Hebrews 12:1 tells us to strip off the weights and not get tripped up. Another way to say that is we need to say no to sin. How do we do this?

Hebrews 12:1 tells us we’re surrounded by a “huge crowd of witnesses”—people who have lived for God and are now in heaven, cheering us on. We can remember that many people have said no to sin and yes to God, and that can encourage us to keep saying yes to God. God has a plan and a purpose for your life. He wants you to make the choice to be close to Him and to enjoy all the good things He has planned for your life.

One of the things that will help us stay on the path that He has set before us is to make the daily choice to keep our eyes on Jesus. So align yourself with what God is speaking to you in the Bible and in prayer and follow Him. It is one of the best choices that you can make!

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Read: Matthew 25:1–13

God wants us to do things to prepare for when Jesus comes back. It may seem like Jesus is taking a long time to return, just like the bridegroom took a long time to show up in today’s Bible story. Half of the bridesmaids were prepared, and half were not. The ones who weren’t prepared couldn’t go to the feast because they were still getting ready.

Jesus told us this story so we would not be like that. Even when it feels like we’re waiting a long time for Jesus to come back, we can still be ready. We can be ready by having a relationship with God and growing closer to Him. We do that by reading our Bible, talking to and listening to God, and going to church. And we do all that to know God and tell others about Him so they can know Him too! That way they will be ready when Jesus comes back to take us to be with Him forever.