Daniel Fast Day #2

When I taught second grade I used to give my students questions to think and write about. One of them was "would you rather receive the gift you always wanted or give your mother a gift you know she would absolutely love? 98% of my students said they would choose to give a gift to their mother. Their reasoning was because they loved her. Plain and simple. They were eagerly willing to sacrifice something they dearly wanted in order to give something special to someone they dearly love.
Goodness, kindness, and love thrives in God's wonderful children.
I'm sure we have all had another person do something nice for us. Whether it was a small or big favor our first instinct is to want to return the favor and pay that person back in some way. But, I love the idea of paying good deeds forward instead of backwards.



It says in 2 Peter 1:5-7 ....make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge: and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love."



Prayer: Lord, as we go through these weeks of Daniel's Fast, help us to think less about the foods we are giving up and focus instead on You and how we can serve You by helping others.



Devotional submitted by Leadership Team Member: Joyce King