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title: "Belonging in God's Family | The Tree Church"
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description: "Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time.    Read John 1:1-18 and 3:16-21. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read.  After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to b..."
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# Belonging in God's Family

December 27th, 2024 by Tree Church Daily

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Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time.

**Read John 1:1-18 and 3:16-21**. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read.

After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you highlighted in the passage and what is going on in your life.

John tells us that to all who received Jesus, He gave the right to become children of God. This is the ultimate belonging - adoption into God's family. Even if we've faced rejection in our earthly relationships, we have a permanent place in God's household. **Reflect on what it means to be God's child. How does this identity change how you view yourself and others?**

Now, take 10 minutes to seek God in prayer…

1. Begin your time in prayer by taking 1-3 minutes to sit in silence (You can take longer if you sense the Spirit already beginning to speak to you).
2. Talk to God what it might mean to live as His child.
3. Close by taking 5 minutes to sit in silence, asking God if there is anything else He wants to speak to you today.

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