40 Days in the Word - Power of the Word Sample

Theme | I Will Adopt You Into My Family

From | Mona Hanna

Verses | Galatians 4:1-7, Ephesians 1:3-14, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 1:12

It is so important to feel that you belong. Belonging is defined as a unique experience that yearns for connection. This is a natural need from within each one of us. Studies say that a feeling of belonging fosters a positive attitude, and improves well-being and confidence, just to name a few.

The greatest news and gift given to us is that God brings us into His family, with all the rights and privileges that come with being a child of the King (Galatians 4:7). Before God created this world, you and I were in the heart and mind of God, and we were chosen to be a part of God’s family, to be like Him - holy and blameless in His sight. Because of God’s extravagant love for us, He chose to adopt us into His family (Ephesians 1:4-6).

Galatians 4:3-7 says, “So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive our adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!’ So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.” This is too great to fathom, but it is available to us because we have received God and believed in His name, we have become children of God (John 1:12).

Prayer | Father, I thank You for personally choosing me - picking me out to be Your very own. Thank You for adopting me into Your family. I am forever grateful for the sacrifice You made for me so that I can be Yours. Amen.