Kept In Heaven For You

"...kept in heaven for you..."

Kept: to keep, guard, observe, obey

Our inheritance is guarded and protected in a place that cannot be effected by things on earth. That is why it is so safe!

With the kids: Do you kids have a special place to keep their treasures? If not, consider making sure they do. It could be a drawer in their room, a box, a treasure chest, a plastic tub. Our kids call it their "special drawer" or "special box." It is the place they keep the things they don't want to share - like a rock collection or special toy. Their brothers are too keep their hands off those things. This works great when no one has their own room. Talk about how the things inside their box/drawer are protected and no one else should touch them....just like our inheritance is protected in heaven. No one on earth can touch it.

Memorizing:

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy he has given us new birth

into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, a

and into an inheritance

that can never perish, spoil or fade—

kept in heaven for you,

I Peter 1:3-4