Calvary Chapel Upland Childrens Ministry Blog

You may ask yourself the question; "Can God use me? I'm just a kid". I want to tell you; "Yes God can use you!" He can use you in so many ways. Here a few suggestions that I have...


1. First and foremost is to pray. You can pray anytime and anywhere. 1 Thessalonians 5:17; "Never stop praying." You do not have to close your eyes to pray you can just pray in your thoughts; because God knows your thoughts. Psalm 139:2; "You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away." There are many people you can pray for such as; your parents, pastors, family members, missionaries, and your friends.

2. God can also use by you serving Him. Now you might be asking yourself; "How can I serve the Lord?" Well one thing you may do is help your parents with doing chores around the house without being told. As you may be cleaning the house, doing yardwork, cleaning up after your pets, you can do those things unto the Lord. As you do those chores around your house, you be blessing your parents.

3. God can use you is telling others about Jesus. As you go to school, or while you are on your sports teams you can tell your friends, classmates, teammates, and family members about Jesus. You can tell them about how much Jesus loves (John 3:16), by witnessing to them. But the best way to be a witness is the way you live your life. You need to be a good example to your friends and family. If you tell people you are a Christian you need to act like it, by loving others and being obedient. You should not be fighting, a person who gossips, a bully, or someone who is mean to others.

Did you know there is a story in the Bible of God using a child. John 6:1-14 we read of when Jesus feed thousands of people. One day Jesus and His disciples had spent all day ministering to a large amount of people. So at the end of the day everyone was hungry. The bible tells us that there was 5'000 people, but that was only the men, so many people believe if you count the women and children there was probally close to 15'000 people. But there was big problem, Jesus and His disciples did not have enough money to buy food for all of those people. Then in verse in 9 it says this; "There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with the huge crowd.?" Then is verse in 11 we see Jesus giving thanks and everyone ate as much as they could. See God used a child, even though Jesus did the work, the young boy wanted to be used by God and He was. Perhaps that day his mom packed him a lunch, and when he heard that Jesus, His disciples, and all the people did not have anything to eat, the young boy wanted to help by giving them his lunch.

So in closing I want you to know that no matter what your age is; God wants to use you.

In Christ <><,
Jason Arellano
e-mail me @ j.arellano@ccupland.org