God Takes Care of Me (First Steps Devotions) Read Online Free PDF Page B

you eat? How does God give you the
food you eat?
The Praying Step
    Thank You for taking care of us, God. Thank You for giving
us our food each day.
Everyone depends on you, and when the time is right, you provide them with
food.
Psalm. 145:15
God Saved the Widow’s Children
2 Kings 4:1-7

The Thinking Step
    What is the most money you ever had?
    What would you do if you did not have any money?
The Listening Step
    The woman was scared. Her husband had loved God. But he was
dead. The woman did not have any money. And she and her husband owed a lot of
money. A man was going to take her sons as slaves to pay back what she owed.
The woman asked Elisha, the prophet, to help her.
    “What do you have in your house?” Elisha asked her. “Nothing
but a small bottle of olive oil,” the woman told Elisha. “Ask your neighbors
for their empty jars,” Elisha told her. “Go home. Then begin filling the jars
with oil.”
    The woman and her sons borrowed many jars. Then she poured
oil into each one. “Sell the oil and use part of the money to pay what you
owe,” Elisha told the woman. “You and your sons can live on what is left.”
    God provided a miracle just when the woman needed it. He
took care of her.
The Talking Step
    Name a time when God took care of someone’s need.
    What happened?
    Can God help you when you need help? Why?
    What should you do when you have a big need?
The Praying Step
    Dear God, thank You for taking care of all my needs. Help me
to trust You more. I know You will always take care of me.
I pray that God will take care of all your needs with the wonderful
blessings that come from Christ Jesus!
Philippians 4:19
God Kept the Israelites Safe While They Built
the Walls
Nehemiah 4

The Thinking Step
    Have you ever done the right thing and gotten in trouble?
Why?
    Have you ever obeyed God and had problems?
The Listening Step
    Jerusalem was the city of God. The people of Israel loved
Jerusalem. But when they disobeyed God, other nations destroyed Jerusalem.
    Nehemiah wanted to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. He
told some of the people of Israel about his plans. They agreed to help. But
their enemies did not want the people of Israel to rebuild the walls. They
started making fun of the Israelites.
    “Look at the wall,” one man yelled. “Why, even a fox could
knock over this pile of stones.”
    But the wall kept going up. Nehemiah and the people asked
God to give them strength. So Nehemiah set up men to keep guard day and night
to protect those working on the wall.
    The walls around Jerusalem were rebuilt. God kept the people
safe. They were doing God’s work.
The Talking Step
    Do you think you would ever have problems if you were doing
what God wanted? Why? Why not?
    What should you do if you are doing what God wants and are
having problems?
The Praying Step
    Dear God, I want to do Your work. I want to do what You want
me to do. Show me what You want. Help me not to lose faith in You. Keep
watching over me.
The LORD gives perfect peace to those whose faith is firm.
Isaiah 26:3
God Kept Jeremiah Safe
Jeremiah 36

The Thinking Step
    Who are your best friends?
    How do your friends help you?
    Why did God give you friends?
The Listening Step
    Jeremiah was a prophet. He lived at a sad time. Many people
disobeyed God. God was going to punish them. God told Jeremiah to tell the
people what was going to happen.
    Jeremiah sent for his friend Baruch. Baruch wrote down what
Jeremiah told him. Baruch then read the words in the house of the Lord. He also
read them to the princes in the king’s house.
    “The king needs to hear this,” they told Baruch. “You and
Jeremiah must go into hiding and don’t tell anyone where you are.”
    The princes read to the king what Baruch had written. King
Jehoiakim became so angry that he cut the scroll into pieces and threw them
into the fire. Then King Jehoiakim told some men to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah.
But they were hiding. Baruch was a good friend to Jeremiah. He did