Good morning everyone. I lost yesterday to sickness, today I am staying in until youth group to seal the healing I have received. I feel much better! But the fast marches on with or without me. So here is our 11th meditation of the fasting season.

1 JOHN 3:1-3

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

1 John 3:1-3 (Source: Equip the Called)	Theme: Children of God and Purifying Hope
	1. See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.
	2. You are already a child of God, and what you will be has not yet been revealed.
	3. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies themselves, just as He is pure.

THINKING TIME:

1. DESCRIBE IN WORDS THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU.
2. DESCRIBE IN WORDS THE BEAUTY OF WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR CHILDREN OF GOD. BE SPECIFIC IF YOU CAN.
3. WHAT IN YOUR LIFE REMAINS TO BE PURIFIED?