Our Family Belongs to Jesus
Month 7: Who Am I? · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Colossians 3:1-4
1 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Memory Verse
“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”— Galatians 2:20 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 31-33
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Wicked King Manasseh is humbled in prison and God forgives him — no one is too far gone.)The Heart of It
What a way to end our week on "Who am I?" Paul ties the whole week together with one breathtaking idea. He says, "you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." All week we've been learning some big truths. Our old self was crucified with Christ (). God defines us. And the Spirit grows the real us. Now Paul tells us where our true identity is kept safe. It's "hidden with Christ in God." Picture the most precious treasure locked inside the strongest, safest vault in the universe. That's where your identity lives if you belong to Jesus. Then comes the best promise. "When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." Our identity isn't just safe today. It has a glorious future. We belong to Jesus now, and we'll be with Jesus forever.
That's why this is family worship. Belonging to Jesus is something we get to do together. Paul says, "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." A family that belongs to Jesus learns to think about what He thinks about. We treasure what He treasures. And we remind each other who we are when the world tries to tell us something else. Your family isn't just a group of people who happen to live in the same house and share the same last name. If you belong to Jesus, you are a little outpost of His kingdom. You are people whose life is "hidden with Christ in God." You are set apart to know Him, love each other, and shine for Him in your neighborhood. So let's worship the One who made us, saved us, and keeps us.
Around the Table
Our whole family belongs to Jesus! He's our King, and we're His. Our hearts are safe with Him forever.
Let's do it: Make a family huddle, with hands stacked in the middle. Shout together, "We belong to Jesus!" Then sing one worship song you all know.
Paul says our life is "hidden with Christ in God." It's kept safe like treasure in the strongest vault. How does it feel to know your real self is that safe?
Let's talk: What's one thing our family treasures because we belong to Jesus? Paul says to "set your mind on things above." What could that look like for us this week?
"Your life is hidden with Christ in God" means your identity is secure in Christ. And one day you'll appear with Him in glory. That sure future shapes how you live right now.
Let's go deeper: How does belonging to Jesus together as a family make it easier to stand against the world's messages about who you should be? What's one way our family can "set its mind on things above" this week?
💬 Conversation Starter
If our family had a flag or a motto that showed we belong to Jesus, what would it say or look like? Maybe make one!
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Sometimes someone says, "Your faith is just something your family does." We can warmly agree that yes, we follow Jesus together. But we can also say that our hope isn't only a family tradition. It's anchored in a real risen Savior whose life is now ours (). Each of us has had to say our own "yes" to Him. We share it "with gentleness and respect" (), glad to belong to Jesus and to each other.
For Dad · Go Deeper
is the perfect capstone for a week on identity. It locates the believer's self in the safest place imaginable, "hidden with Christ in God." And it orients that self toward a sure future, "you will appear with Him in glory." For a father, this is both comfort and commission. The comfort is that your children's deepest security doesn't rest on your perfect parenting but on Christ Himself. The commission is that "set your mind on things above" is a practice. Family worship is where it's rehearsed week after week until it becomes the family's instinct. Don't underestimate the ordinary liturgy of a home that prays, sings, and opens Scripture together. It is forming loves more deeply than any single lesson. Keep two things in a tension worthy of the gospel. This belonging is a gift of grace, received by each child's own real faith-response. It is not inherited automatically, and it is not coerced. Your job is to make Jesus winsome and to keep inviting, trusting the Spirit to draw each heart.
Draws on: Tony Evans, Raising Kingdom Kids; with Donald Whitney, Family Worship.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that our whole family belongs to Jesus. Our life is safe with Him forever. Help us keep our minds on the things above. Help us love each other well. Help us shine for You. We can't wait to be with Jesus. In Jesus' name, amen."
Our family belongs to Jesus. Our life is hidden safe with Him, now and forever.