What It Means to Be a Christian: 100 Devotions for Girls

By Andrea Denton

100 short devotions to help girls ages 8 to 12 understand what it truly means to be a Christian. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: BH Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781433685729

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Rescued

2. God’s Heavenly Kingdom

3. Made Blameless

4. Recognizing Our Sin Nature

5. What We Deserve

6. A Gift We Do Not Deserve

7. Christ Died for Us!

8. Two Gateways

9. The Full Gospel

10. Who Influences You?

11. Repent

12. Life by the Word

13. Collections

14. Come to Me

15. Don’t Listen to the World

16. Love Others

17. How Majestic Is Your Name

18. The Great Counselor

19. Love

20. Patient

21. The Danger of Comparison

22. Rude

23. A Record of Wrong

24. Rejoice in the Truth

25. Believe the Best

26. Endure

27. The Resurrection

28. Out with the Old

29. Everything Is God’s

30. Live by Faith

31. One Team

32. An Inheritance

33. Two Natures Battle

34. Who Inherits the Kingdom of God?

35. The Fruit of the Spirit

36. Seek God

37. Know His Voice

38. Take Comfort

39. Sealed

40. Christ’s Body

41. Saved by Grace

42. Obey

43. To Lose Is to Win

44. Belief in Heaven

45. Dwell on Truth

46. A Clean Heart

47. A Broken Heart

48. Hand Over Your Burdens

49. Every Knee Will Bow

50. At Rest in God

51. Thirst for God

52. The God of Creation

53. Listen

54. One Mediator

55. Search

56. Tree of Life

57. Wisdom

58. Follow Instructions

59. Life and Health

60. Your Words

61. Look Straight Ahead

62. Train for Godliness

63. Be an Example

64. You Are Free

65. You Are in a Fight

66. The Perfect Coach

67. Mercy

68. God’s Network

69. Christ Suffered

70. The Sword of the Word

71. Our High Priest

72. One Sacrifice

73. Most Holy Place

74. Christ Is Coming Again

75. Do Not Waver

76. Faith

77. The Ultimate Artist

78. Keep Your Eyes on Jesus

79. A City

80. Seek the Kingdom

81. With Christ

82. The Importance of Articles

83. Keep His Words

84. Remain in Christ

85. Joy

86. Friend

87. The Spirit

88. From Suffering to Joy

89. Ask

90. The Word

91. Light of Christ

92. Rejected

93. Born of God

94. The Word Took On Flesh

95. You Are Married

96. Believe

97. Redeemed

98. Aching to Be with God

99. Hover

100. You Have Everything

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Copyright © 2015 B&H Publishing Group

All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

978-1-4336-8569-9

Published by B&H Publishing Group

Nashville, Tennessee

Dewey Decimal Classification: 242.62

Subject Heading: SALVATION \ DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE \ GIRLS

All Scripture quotations are taken from

the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright ©

1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

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Introduction

Why is this book in your hands? Are you wondering what being a Christian is all about? Do you feel God pulling on your heart, telling you He wants you as one of His own?

It’s time to put your faith in Jesus and make the decision that you will never regret. Let these Scriptures and devotions help you work through your questions and show you that a life lived through Christ offers you grace and forgiveness, purpose and peace, and an undeserved eternity with Him in heaven. That is what it means to be a Christian.

Rescued

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

—Romans 1:16

Every human being who has lived, is living, or will live is born a sinner. Our sin separates us from the perfect and holy God, and it requires a payment of cleansing blood to reconcile us to God. The gospel is God’s rescue plan for sinners. Christ’s death and resurrection are the power to save those who believe. Christians celebrate their rescue. There is no shame or embarrassment in being rescued.

In the Old Testament, God chose to rescue a group of people called the Israelites. In the New Testament, God engrafts non-Israelites into His chosen people. The Jew (an Israelite) and the Greek (anyone who is not an Israelite) are both rescued by God through the sacrifice of Christ. This is the ultimate rescue, and it is available to the person who opens her heart to God’s rescue by trusting in Christ’s death and resurrection.

God’s Heavenly Kingdom

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

—2 Timothy 4:18

When God rescues you, you have the promise of being with Him in eternity. God’s heavenly kingdom offers endless perfection, goodness, and love. Imagine your best days and your favorite memories. You do not want those days or memories to end. This is how you will feel in eternity with God. You will never want the goodness, joy, fun, and laughter to end.

The only qualification for being with God forever is to place your trust in Christ and live by faith. A life lived with Christ as your Lord, Savior, and King ends, or really begins, with being ushered into His heavenly kingdom.