Look back: Look back over Hebrews 10:24-25 and remember the church exists to help believers persevere by regularly gathering to encourage and stir one another toward love and good works as the Day of the Lord approaches.

Look ahead: This coming Sunday, we will be in Hebrews 10:26-31. Read the passage during the week with your family. 

Ask: How does Hebrews take both the gospel of grace and the gravity of unrepentant sin seriously?

Pray: Praise God for his promised forgiveness in Christ and pray for continuing maturity and sanctification in the Lord.

Sing: Visit the blog for this week's music. You can also find our music playlists on Spotify.

SCRIPTURE GUIDE FOR MUSIC:

You can read some or all these passages in conjunction with the songs during family worship. You might consider doing one song per day, Monday-Friday.

How Vast the Love: Matthew 11:28-30, John 19:30, Romans 8:35, Ephesians 2:7-16, 3:18-19, Colossians 3:3-4, Hebrews 7:26, 8:1-2, 10:13, 12:1-2, 12:24, 2 Peter 1:9, 1 John 1:7-9

God is For Us: Psalm 56:9, Psalm 118:6, Romans 8:31-39

I Am Not My Own: Psalm 136:5, 139:13, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 2:10

Good Shepherd of My Soul: Psalm 23, Matthew 7:13-14, 11:28-30, 28:20, John 10:1-18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, Galatians 5:1

All My Boast is in Jesus: John 19:30, 1 Corinthians 1:31, 2 Corinthians 10:17, 12:9, Galatians 2:20, 6:14, Ephesians 2:8-9

Monthly Missions Focus: Maui

Catechize: New City Catechism #31

From October 12: 

FAMILY TALKING POINTS

CHRIST CONNECTION

This is the big idea of how this week’s Bible story points to Jesus.

• Babies & Toddlers: God wants everyone to turn from their sin and trust in Him. God loves us, and He sent Jesus to save us.
• Younger Preschool: God wants everyone to turn away from their sin and trust in Him. God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to save us.
• Older Preschool: Jonah told the people of Nineveh to turn from their sins. God wants everyone to turn from their sins and trust in Him. God loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to rescue sinners.
• Kids: Jonah spent three days in a fish so that the people of Nineveh could hear God’s message, turn from sin, and be saved. Jesus was in the tomb for three days so that we could hear and trust the gospel, turn from sin, and be saved.

BIG PICTURE QUESTION & ANSWER

This is an important biblical truth that your child will encounter each week of this unit.

• Younger Preschool: Why do Christians continue to sin? Because we still have hearts that want to sin.
• Older Preschool: Why do Christians continue to sin? Christians continue to sin because we still have hearts that want to sin.
• Kids: Why do Christians continue to sin? Christians continue to sin because we still have a sin nature, but when Jesus returns, He will make us sinless like Him.

KEY PASSAGE

This is a Bible verse that relates to what your child will encounter each week of this unit.

• Babies & Toddlers: Follow the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 13:4
• Younger Preschool: You must follow the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 13:4
• Older Preschool: You must follow the LORD your God. You must keep his commands and listen to him. Deuteronomy 13:4
• Kids: You must follow the LORD your God and fear him. You must keep his commands and listen to him; you must worship him and remain faithful to him. Deuteronomy 13:4

** Next week: Hosea, Prophet to Israel (Hosea)