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10/30/2026

Friday Prayer for Your Family

Take time today to pray as a family—talk and listen to God. Pray for these four things:

• Thank God for His undeserved gift of forgiveness and that He forgives everyone who turns from sin and believes in Jesus.
• Ask God to help you admit your wrong choices, believe in Him, and trust Him for forgiveness.
• Pray for one another to experience the wholeness, hope, and grace God offers through Jesus.
• Choose one or two other people to pray for—that they would understand their need for forgiveness and know that Jesus can forgive them.

10/28/2026

Check out the captions for Take 1 Day this week! Take a few minutes to highlight these two things and spend 3 minutes talking about them together.

10/26/2026

A king named David wrote a special song called a psalm to celebrate God’s compassion and grace—His undeserved love and forgiveness. Kids learned that God’s grace changes us from the inside out. We know we do not earn or deserve forgiveness, but when we have it, that forgiveness fills us with joy and peace. Surprise your kids with a special “just because” treat, sharing that we can enjoy God’s grace the same way—a gift we do not deserve.

10/23/2026

Preschool Friday Family Fun:

Hide a stuffed animal or other toy high and out of reach but still visible to your preschoolers. Challenge them to look up and find the toy. Play multiple times, inviting your preschoolers to hide the toy as well. Talk about how God’s people could look up to the bronze snake and be healed. Remind your preschoolers that they can also look to God and have hope that He will love and forgive them.

K-5th Friday Family Fun—Sneak by the Snakes

Play a fun game to teach hope in God. Scatter toys as “snakes” on the floor. Stand on one side of the room and have kids start on the other. Kids must keep their eyes on you as you guide them across the floor without touching the snakes. Explain that just like they focused on you, we can keep our eyes on God and trust His forgiveness through Jesus.

10/19/2026

This week, we learned about how we can always look to Jesus and trust in His forgiveness.

In Numbers 21, God’s people complained and were punished with venomous snakes. God told Moses to make a bronze snake for the people to look at so they could be healed. Jesus later referred to this story, teaching us that just as the people looked to the snake for healing, we can look to Him for forgiveness.

Because of Jesus, we can have hope. Hope means trusting that something good will happen, and we can always trust in God’s love and forgiveness. Throughout the week, remind your kids that they can always look to Jesus and trust Him.

10/16/2026

Preschool Families:

“With you there is forgiveness.” (Psalm 130:4a)

Adults often try to help kids learn that when they make a wrong choice, they should admit it and apologize. However, we don’t just want preschoolers to say the words—we hope that they will mean what they say. God feels the same way about us. He offers us forgiveness through His only Son, Jesus. This is more than lip service. We can confess our sin to God and genuinely ask for His forgiveness. The wholeness that comes through God’s forgiveness is an incredible gift we can enjoy every day.

K-5th Grade Families:

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12)

How far away have you been from your kids—a city away, a state away, or even in another country? Being far away from the people we love can be challenging. However, distance is an amazing thing when it comes to sin. God loves us so much, and He forgives our sin when we ask. His forgiveness means that our sin is as far from us as the east is from the west, which we cannot even measure! Enjoy that our very close God offers forgiveness and removes sin.

10/14/2026

Take 1 day this week to highlight these 2 things and spend 3 minutes talking about them:

Preschool Families: Show your preschoolers liquid glue and ask, “How can glue help if a toy is broken? Glue can fix a broken toy, and God’s forgiveness can fix our broken friendship with Him and make us whole.” How can our broken friendship with God be fixed? (Jesus came so we can be forgiven and have a friendship with God. He will forgive our wrong choices when we ask Him to!

K-5th Grade Families: What might cause kids your age to feel shame or embarrassment? How can God’s forgiveness help when you feel that way?

10/12/2026

This week, we learned about how God’s forgiveness makes us whole.

Peter betrayed Jesus before He died and was devastated by what he had done. But when Jesus rose from the dead, He forgave Peter and invited him to continue following Him and caring for others. Jesus showed us that His forgiveness can make what is broken whole.

As you go through your week, talk with your kids about times they may struggle with sin. Remind them that sin can break our friendship with God, but through Jesus, we can experience His forgiveness, wholeness, and love. Take some time to pray together and thank God for His forgiveness.

10/09/2026

🎉 Friday Family Fun is back!

Check out the captions on the images to see what Friday Family Fun activities Hyfi has planned for your family this week! We hope you’ll find something fun to do together.

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