90 Devotions for Kids in Matthew: Life-Changing Values from the Book of Matthew (Adventures in Odyssey Books)

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 90 Devotions for Kids, Volume 2By MARSHAL YOUNGER, KATHY BUCHANAN, Marianne HeringTyndale House Publishers, Inc.Copyright © 2014 Focus on the FamilyAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-58997-677-1ContentsHow to Use These Devotions by John Avery Whittaker, 1, 1 One Messy Family Tree, 2, 2 A New Name, 4, 3 What to Get the God Who Has Everything, 6, 4 Power Plays, 8, 5 Brave Words, 10, 6 Stamp of Approval, 12, 7 Fighting Back, 14, Puzzle 1: Jesus' Family Tree, 16, 8 A Light Has Dawned, 18, 9 Follow Me, 20, 10 The Good News of the Day, 22, 11 The Losers Win, 24, 12 A Salty Light, 26, 13 Rules, Rules, Rules, 28, 14 The New Rules, 30, Puzzle 2: Word Scramble, 32, 15 Shutting Off the Show-Off, 34, 16 The Model Prayer, 36, 17 Who's Your Master?, 38, 18 No Worries, 40, 19 Where Did I Put That Plank?, 42, 20 The Snake Rule, 44, 21 A Tight Squeeze, 46, Puzzle 3: Bible Code, 48, 22 Deadly Disguise, 50, 23 Solid as a Rock, 52, 24 Everyday Miracles, 54, 25 In the Middle of a Storm, 56, 26 Victory ... with a Side of Bacon, 58, 27 First Things First, 60, 28 Dr. Jesus, 62, Puzzle 4: Bible Basics Code, 64, 29 Doing Things Differently, 66, 30 Great Faith, 68, 31 The Harvest, 70, 32 Rejected, but Not Dejected, 72, 33 Speaking Through You, 74, 34 The Door, 76, 35 The Last Cookie, 78, Puzzle 5: Follow the Rules?, 80, 36 No Doubt, 82, 37 Come to Me, 84, 38 Missing the Point, 86, 39 Missing the Point Again, 88, 40 Filling the Stadium, 90, 41 Pick a Side, 92, 42 The Stubborn Hall of Fame, 94, Puzzle 6: Signs of the Savior, 96, 43 The Family of God, 98, 44 The Sower and the Seeds, 100, 45 One Fish, Two Fish, Good Fish, Bad Fish, 102, 46 No Small Thing, 104, 47 The Really Expensive Pearl, 106, 48 The Challenge, 108, 49 A Big Deal, 110, Puzzle 7: Cross-Out Code, 112, 50 God's Math, 114, 51 Surfing Boardless, 116, 52 A Matter of the Heart, 118, 53 God Loves Them?!, 120, 54 Moldy Bread, 122, 55 The Pop Quiz, 124, 56 In His Presence, 126, Puzzle 8: Names of Jesus, 128, 57 A Seed of Faith, 130, 58 Marie, the Supervillain, 132, 59 Like a Child, 134, 60 Ready to Run, 136, 61 One Little Sheep, 138, 62 The Value of Friendship, 140, 63 Grudge Not, Lest You Be Grudged, 142, Puzzle 9: Scrambled Surprise, 144, 64 Like Chocolate Milk, 146, 65 Can't Buy Me Eternity, 148, 66 The Cooler Side of Heaven, 150, 67 Looking Out for Number Three, 152, 68 Eh? Meh? Bleh? Yeah!, 154, 69 A Visit with the King, 156, 70 One Lazy Tree, 158, Puzzle 10: Acrostic from Matthew, 160, 71 The Guest List, 162, 72 The Best Teammate, 164, 73 Bible Law Cheat Sheet, 166, 74 Woe, Woe, Woe!, 168, 75 There's Comin' a Day, 170, 76 Get Ready!, 172, 77 Talents and Troubles, 174, Puzzle 11: Math Code, 176, 78 The Shoemaker, 178, 79 Good Versus Better, 180, 80 Dinner with Friends, 182, 81 Remember, 184, 82 Thy Will Be Done, 186, 83 The Ultimate Puzzle Maker, 188, 84 Lose a Battle, Win a War, 190, Puzzle 12: Hexagon Help, 192, 85 Standing Up, 194, 86 A Guilty Conscience, 196, 87 The Choice, 198, 88 Good Friday, 200, 89 The Winner, 202, 90 The New Mission, 204, Puzzle 13: Easter Word Search, 206, Answer Key, 208, Notes, 212, CHAPTER 1One Messy Family TreeRead Matthew 1:1-17.Wally Haggler wants to do what is right. But sometimes he thinks he can't, because his family is full of convicted criminals. In the Adventures in Odyssey episode "The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part I" (album 53), Wally learns that even though he can't control the actions of his relatives, he can choose to take charge of his life and do good things.Wally isn't the only one with a family full of unsavory and shady characters. Even Jesus had some shady characters in His family. Today's Scripture passage contains a record of Jesus' ancestors. It's more than a list of funny names that are difficult to pronounce. God put that list in the Bible because He wanted to show us something important about Jesus' ancestors.All the people on that list played a part in many Old Testament stories. S