Hi kids! Are you good at math? I’ve always found it difficult. Math class is hard! But I could understand addition and subtraction. If I have 10 apples and you give me three, how many do I have now? (This isn’t a trick question. The answer is 13!) Sometimes I wish that I could add and subtract things in my life just as easily. Add more sunny days on the calendar and subtract some rainy ones. Add more hours in the day so I can do more fun things. Subtract chores. Although there are some things we can’t change, such as the weather or the amount of time in a day, we can still make small changes in our lives to add the good and remove the negative. Add more time with family, more books, more kindness, more prayer and time reading the Bible. Add a few minutes into your schedule to say something nice about yourself, hug someone you love, sing or dance, or try a new hobby. Subtract bad habits, anger and jealousy, too much screen time, negative words and unhealthy snacks. Add more Jesus. How will you add more Jesus into your life this week?
Your friend, Abby
John the Baptist and Jesus
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n Judea, Jesus spent time with people, teaching them about God and baptizing them. John, a follower of God, also baptized people. Many people came to John, and he helped them learn how to follow God.
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He is above everything—including himself. Then he reminded them, “Anyone who believes in Jesus has eternal life.”
Some of God’s followers didn’t understand this. They noticed that more people were going to Jesus, not to John. They were worried. But John wasn’t upset. He explained that his job was to help people know who Jesus is, not to be more important than Him. “He must become more important, and I must become less important,” John said. He told the people that God comes from above, and
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