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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Lesson 5: The Desert Dweller/the Burrowing Owl
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Lesson 5: The Desert Dweller
The Owl Trait: Some owls, like the Burrowing Owl or the Desert Little Owl, live in dry, barren places. While other birds prefer lush forests and crowds, the desert owl is perfectly content in the quiet, dusty solitude, trusting that God will provide everything it needs in the wilderness.
Character Trait: Faithfulness in Solitude (Trusting God when Alone)
KJV Scripture: "I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top." — Psalm 102:6-7
The Story: Silas in the Silent Sands
In the wide, quiet desert where the sun warms the sand and the wind whispers through the scrub brush, lived Silas the Desert Owl. Silas didn't have a leafy tree to hide in or a noisy flock to talk to. Most of the time, Silas was by himself.
In the Bible, the writer of Psalm 102 felt just like Silas. He felt lonely, like an "owl of the desert." Sometimes, we all feel that way. We might be in a hospital room, a new town, or just feeling like no one understands our heart.
But Silas the owl isn't sad about his solitude. He knows a secret: The desert is where God speaks the clearest. Because there is no noise, Silas can hear the smallest promise. He remains "faithful"—which means he stays at his post, keeps his feathers clean, and watches the horizon with hope. He knows that even in the desert, he is never truly alone, for the Creator who made the stars is watching over him.
If you feel like a "desert dweller" today, remember that God is using this quiet time to strengthen your spirit. Like Silas, you can be faithful in the solitude, knowing that your Heavenly Father is right there in the quiet with you.
Character Lesson
Contentment: Learning to be at peace even when we are alone, knowing God's presence is enough.
Vigilance: Using quiet times to "watch" and pray, just as Silas watches the desert night.
Finding Beauty: Looking for God’s "vintage" grace in places that seem barren or dry.
KJV Memory Verse:
"And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." — Matthew 28:20
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
🌱 The Root of Mistrust
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🌱 The Root of Mistrust
Devotion for Teens to Adults
Scripture:
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
— Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)
🌿 Opening Thought
Mistrust doesn’t usually burst onto the scene—it creeps in quietly. A broken promise. A betrayal. A prayer that seemed unanswered. Over time, these moments can plant seeds of doubt that grow into tangled roots of mistrust—toward people, toward ourselves, and even toward God.
But mistrust isn’t just a reaction. It’s a condition of the heart. And like any root system, it feeds on something. Fear. Control. Pain. Pride. The question is: what are we feeding it?
🌾 The Garden of the Heart
Imagine your heart as a garden. Trust is a delicate vine—it needs light, water, and care. Mistrust, on the other hand, is like a weed. It doesn’t need much to grow. It thrives in shadows and silence. Left unchecked, it can choke out the good things God is trying to cultivate in you: peace, joy, love, purpose.
So how do we uproot mistrust?
🌻 Three Steps to Healing Trust
Name the Root
Ask yourself: Where did this mistrust begin? Was it a person who hurt you? A moment when God felt distant? Naming the root doesn’t give it power—it gives you clarity.Invite God into the Soil
God doesn’t just want to prune your life—He wants to transform the soil. Through prayer, scripture, and honest conversation, invite Him to dig deep. He’s not afraid of your questions or your pain.Practice Trust Daily
Trust isn’t a one-time decision—it’s a daily discipline. Start small. Trust God with your schedule. With your relationships. With your healing. Each act of trust is a seed planted in faith.
🌼 Closing Reflection
Mistrust may feel safer. It builds walls, not bridges. But walls don’t protect—they isolate. God is calling you to something deeper. Not blind trust, but bold trust. Trust that sees the brokenness and still believes in redemption. Trust that knows the Gardener is good, even when the soil feels dry.
Prayer:
Lord, I confess the roots of mistrust in my heart. Help me name them, face them, and surrender them to You. Teach me to trust again—not because life is perfect, but because You are faithful. Uproot what doesn’t belong and plant Your truth deep within me. Amen.
🛡️ What Are Healthy Boundaries?
1. Biblical Foundation
Boundaries are modeled throughout Scripture. God set boundaries in Eden (Genesis 2:16–17), gave moral boundaries through the Ten Commandments, and even Jesus withdrew from crowds to rest and pray (Luke 5:16). These examples show that boundaries are not selfish—they’re sacred.
2. What They Protect
Healthy boundaries protect your:
- Time and energy
- Emotional health
- Spiritual convictions
- Relationships from manipulation or abuse
They help you say “yes” to what aligns with God’s will and “no” to what drains, distracts, or damages.
3. Signs of Healthy Boundaries
- You can say no without guilt.
- You respect others’ boundaries without resentment.
- You don’t feel responsible for others’ emotions or choices.
- You communicate clearly and kindly.
- You feel safe, not controlled.
4. Boundaries vs. Bitterness
Boundaries are proactive, not reactive. They’re not punishment—they’re protection. Bitterness builds walls out of pain; boundaries build fences out of wisdom. One isolates, the other preserves peace.
5. Boundaries in Relationships
In friendships, ministry, family, or work, boundaries help define what’s acceptable and what’s not. If someone repeatedly lies, manipulates, or disrespects you, setting limits is not unloving—it’s stewardship of your soul.
6. Spiritual Boundaries
These include guarding your heart (Proverbs 4:23), avoiding toxic influences (Psalm 1:1), and maintaining space for prayer, rest, and renewal. Even Jesus didn’t let every voice shape His mission—He stayed rooted in the Father’s will.
Susan Barker Nikitenko 2025© PMNMKBRMPBANNABENGNMBMPCP5656544322
Sunday, June 5, 2022
In Everything You Are
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Trust In The Lord - God is The Rock
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
God Gives Us Strength.
This is going with the bible story of how God provides water from the rock.
God told Moses to strike the rock with his rod.
God proves his love through provision.
They would have died without water. We need water to live.
We would have died in our sins without Jesus.
He is our salvation. His love is strong and never fails us.
God helps us love each other the way he loves us.
God gives us the strength to do what He wants us to do.
We can do nothing within ourselves that is righteously worthy.
Christ enables us as God enabled Moses.
We are learning the hymn.... The Old Rugged Cross.
Below:
I'm going to read the writing I wrote yesterday - God Proved His Love.
We are painting rocks today in class and talking about how God has a rock-solid
love for us and how he supplies our needs.
You'll Need
Smooth hand-sized stones,
fabric markers, and heart stickers.
You'll need helpers if you have several kids.
We are starting this lesson out with several stories. The few two are to be quickly reviewed.
You'll need visuals for these stories. The visuals you will need are "One Example of the plagues on Egypt." "The blood being applied to the doorpost," "Moses holding his rod up at the opening of the red sea,'' and "Moses striking the rock.
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Blood On The Doorposts
Moses Parts The Red Sea - Isreal Crosses On Dry Ground
All Egypt Army and Pharaoh Die In The Red Sea.
In The Wilderness
Moses Struck The Rock
Arrange your visuals up on cardboard or the wall in the order they happen in the bible.
That way you can refer to your pictures without holding them.
God told Moses to go to Egypt and to tell Pharoah to let his people, go.
Act out as you teach, Tell Moses to take off his shoes, he's on holy ground
In each of the stories of the old testament it always comes back to the same thing. God provides to those who ask and to those that trust him.
Follow directly below: If you want to know how to be saved...... an invitation.
Will You Love Him?
The God of our Salvation
Today we are going to talk about these stories from the Bible Stories of Moses.
Moses at the burning bush,
Moses and the plagues, blood on the doorposts and being delivered from
death, The crossing of the Red Sea, the death of
Pharoah and his army and God supplies
water from the rock once again saving the lives of the Jews. The plagues God sent upon Egypt. A reminder of the stubbornness of Pharoah
and that God is much bigger than us or our enemies.
While we talk about these things remember to express
yourself in an acting role. Act things
out while you teach, as though it is happening.
Refer to your picture as you review
Moses has found a burning bush. Shockingly God talks to Moses through the burning bush. God told him to take off his shoes because He was standing on holy ground. God told Moses to go back to Egypt and tell Pharoah to let his people go. God's people were in slavery and were treated very poorly. They were hit, killed, hurt, on a daily basis. Some worked so hard in the hot sun that they died while being hit with a whip. Their cries rose up to heaven and God heard them and knew all about the harshness they had to endure or they would die.
God gave Moses someone to speak for him. Aaron was Moses' helper. He did the majority of the speaking for Moses. Moses and Aaron obeyed the Lord. they went before Pharoah several times.
Each time stubborn Pharoah said no. God responded to his rebellion and through Moses did many wondrous things. We can quickly read through this chart. (The Ten Plagues) Each time Moses went to Pharoah, Phoaah said no, to letting, God's people go. Pharaoh said no and God sent a plague, Pharaoh said no and God sent a plague, and on and on.
(Refer to the pictures)
The last time Pharoah said, no God sent a final plague. God would send a death angel, for the firstborn from each household would die.
God gave his people special instructions. If they followed the instruction as God commanded, no one would die from their family.
They were to kill a male lamb that was in perfect condition. God told them to put the blood onto the doorposts. They were protected by the blood on the doorposts.
Death was everywhere in Egypt, but God's people were saved because of the blood.
Pharoah gave in after the last plague and he finally let God's people go. Once Pharaoh realized what Egypt would be without slaves. He called all his army together and He and his army went after them to bring them back. Once again God held back the army of Egypt, with a pillar of fire.
God brought them to the edge of the Red Sea. Moses held up his rod and then they saw the mighty works of God. With joy, they moved forward upon the dry ground. Soon Eygpt and Pharoah too followed when the Jews were more than halfway through. God let go of the waters on Egypt's side of things and Pharoah and all his army drown'd.
All of God's people sang and gave praises to God. They were saved from the terrors of slavery.
Now, they are in the wilderness. The wilderness is not what we think of as a wilderness. We think a wilderness is full of beautiful trees of every kind., with deer and a stream running through. Deer and bears, squirrels and coons but in the bible, it is a dry thirsty land.
Now there are numerous bible stories about the Jews in the wilderness. (Refer to the pictures)
We are going to talk about Moses striking the rock. God's people were very thirsty, there was not any water anywhere. The people became angry and some wanted to go back to Egypt. They put a lot of pressure on Moses and they grievously complained. Moses went to pray and talked to God. God told him to strike the rock. Moses had a temper, he was angry at God's people. They were being faithless and mean. You would think after everything God had done for them they wouldn't have doubted what God can do. Moses struck the rock as God told him to, but He struck it twice. Water started gushing from the rock. It was a wondrous miracle, it was like a flowing river. Without water, they would have died. God saved them from thirsting to death.
Nothing is too big for God to handle. He can put down the greatest king.
He has power over life and death over land and sea.
He can make water flow from the depth of the earth.
Because God loves his people more than anything.
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He made a way for them to be saved and he made a way for us to be saved.
When Moses struck the rock he struck it twice. God later told Moses he would not enter the promised land because He smote the rock a second time. He didn't follow exactly what God wanted him to do.
David writes in the Psalms that "God is the Rock" of my strength. This symbolizes Jesus Christ.
Jesus was struck in his side by the Centurian spear. Water and blood gushed from his side. Just as a river of life flowed from the rock.
Jesus was smitten once for our sins and that's all it took boys and girls. Jesus died once for all.
Just as the blood on the doorpost saved the lives of the firstborn. Jesus' blood was shed for you. If he had not died we would not live we would die in our sins.
God's love is rock solid because he did everything to free His people just as he gave himself for us.
There is nothing too big for God when it comes to his children.
He loves You and that is absolutely true.
Will You Love Him?
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Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock,
Psalms 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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Lesson: Susan Y Nikitenko
February 27th, 2022 ©
Dear Father in Heaven, be with each person here today. Open their ears and their hearts to your truth. Father invite them to yourself this morning. Help them understand how much you love them.
Just as your love shows for your children over and over in the old testament. You parted the Red Sea for them, You made things happen, great things, mighty things because you loved them.
You gave your Son Jesus to pay our sin debt. You made a Way. It's up to us to believe and obey.
I ask that those listening, today, will humble themselves and pray.
and also believe upon your Son Jesus Christ, who shed his blood for our sin. In Christ's Name,
I pray this. Amen
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Saturday, January 19, 2019
Believe In God's Forgiveness - Coloring and Poster Page
Believe In God's Forgiveness - Coloring Page
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1 John 1:4 - 10
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Jesus And You Make Two
Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Okay, I have to tell you. I do not claim to be a great singer but I can prove to you that this is a song.
I can help those who play by ear to be able to figure it out on their instrument. It gives a beginning for arranging it
and enhancing it. To make it sound it's best. I do not have the equipment nor the help I need to
make these songs happen.
Jesus and you make two is a saying I learned years ago..when I was a teenager. It wasn't a poem or a song, but a saying. I wrote this because the saying has helped me throughout my life as a teenager and also now (as who I am now.)
I'm not going to be too prideful to let you hear me sing this ..even if it's not perfect.
Jesus And You Make Two
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