Growing up verses7/25/2023 Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me. He took a little child whom he placed among them. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Her father Obby says, speaking in Tonga: “God answered our prayers through World Vision.” (©2019 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren) 7. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.“ Debby, a World Vision sponsored child in Zambia. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of Gods Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christs fullness. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” 6. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. ![]() Matthew 18:1-5Īt that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (©2019 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren) 5. World Vision is helping to build a protective, empowering environment in the camps for children. Rohingya children play in the refugee camps in Bangladesh. Ephesians 6:4įathers, do not exasperate your children instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. ![]() People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. (©2019 World Vision /photo by Jon Warren) 3. Yen Manuel and Sheila are Venezuelan migrants who have received food vouchers from World Vision Colombia. 2 Timothy 3:14-15 - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them (Read More. Yen Manuel Arriesta, 36, with his 2-month-old daughter, Sheila. Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. You have established a stronghold against your enemies, Through the praise of children and infants ![]() Here are eight Bible verses about kids that remind us how much God cares for children (all verses from the New International Version):Ĭhildren are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Our prayer is that our work would always be guided by God’s word and his unfailing love for his children. Jesus is with children everywhere, in every situation, working to show them his love. We know that we can never care about children as much as God cares about them. How do we help kids thrive? How can we amplify their voices? And what does the Bible say about children? For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar- the Lord of hosts is his name: “If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.” Thus says the Lord: “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the Lord.At World Vision, we think about kids a lot. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpfulįor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.
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