Week 4 Day 3 – God Helps Me Keep Going
- Jun 17
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June 17, 2026
Today at Son Seekers:
Your child learned that God helps us keep doing good, even when it is hard. We talked about how doing the right thing can sometimes feel tiring, slow, or unnoticed — but God sees us, strengthens us, and helps us take the next faithful step.
Today’s Simple Truth:
God helps me keep doing good, even when it is hard.
Bible Verse We Talked About:
Galatians 6:9 (New International Reader’s Version)
“9 Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up..”
In Simple Words:
Sometimes doing good feels easy. Other times, it can feel hard to keep going.
It can be hard to keep using kind words, keep telling the truth, keep forgiving, keep trying again, keep including others, or keep doing what is right when no one seems to notice.
Today, children learned that God does not shame us when we feel tired or discouraged. He helps us keep going. Perseverance does not mean we never need help or never need rest. It means we keep taking the next faithful step with God’s help.
Ask Your Child:
What does it mean to keep doing good?
Why do people sometimes want to give up?
What is one good thing that can be hard to keep doing?
How can God help us when we feel tired or discouraged?
What is one faithful next step you can take?
Try This Together:
Talk about a simple situation where someone might want to give up.
For example:
“What should someone do if they keep trying something and it is still hard?”“What should someone do if they are being kind but no one seems to notice?”“What should someone do if telling the truth feels hard?”“What should someone do if they feel tired of using self-control?”
Then ask:
“What good thing could they keep doing?”“What help might they need?”“What is one next faithful step?”
You can remind your child:
“God sees the good that feels unseen. God helps us keep going one step at a time.”
Simple Prayer Option:
If praying out loud is new for your family, you can simply read this together:
“God, thank You that You help us keep doing good, even when it is hard. Help us not give up when we feel tired, frustrated, or discouraged. Give us strength to tell the truth, use kind words, ask for help, forgive, try again, and take the next faithful step. Amen.”
If You Are New to This:
You do not have to make this complicated. A simple question like, “What is the next good step?” can help your child connect faith to everyday choices.
You can also remind your child that needing help does not mean they failed. Asking for help, taking a break, and trying again can all be part of keeping going.
Parent Encouragement:
Children learn perseverance by watching adults keep taking faithful steps too. When they see you keep choosing patience, honesty, kindness, forgiveness, and humility — even when it is hard — they see what steady faithfulness looks like.
God sees the good that feels unseen. He sees the quiet effort, the repeated kindness, the patient response, and the next faithful step. That truth is for children, and it is for adults too.
Adult Devotion:
When Doing Good Feels Tiring
Scripture: Galatians 6:9 NIV
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Reflection Time:
Spirit of the Living God - Meredith Andrews
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Devotional Reading:
Galatians 6:9 is honest in a way we need.
It does not say, “Doing good will always feel easy.”It does not say, “You will always see results right away.”It does not say, “Faithful people never feel tired.”
It says, “Let us not become weary in doing good.”
That means God knows weariness is real.
Doing good can be tiring. Choosing patience again can be tiring. Correcting gently again can be tiring. Serving without being noticed can be tiring. Forgiving can be tiring. Starting over can be tiring. Showing up with kindness, wisdom, and self-control when your own heart feels stretched can be tiring.
And sometimes the hardest part is that the good we do does not always show immediate results.
A child may not respond right away.A conversation may not resolve everything.A habit may not change quickly.A prayer may not seem answered yet.A faithful choice may go unnoticed by everyone around us.
But Galatians 6:9 reminds us that unseen does not mean wasted.
God sees the good that feels hidden. He sees the patient response no one applauded. He sees the gentle correction that took restraint. He sees the quiet faithfulness of doing what is right again. He sees the apology, the forgiveness, the self-control, the encouragement, the service, the prayer, and the next faithful step.
This verse is not a guilt trip to push harder in our own strength. It is an invitation to continue in what is good with God’s help.
Perseverance is not pretending we are never tired. It is not ignoring our limits. It is not refusing help. Sometimes perseverance looks like resting and returning. Sometimes it looks like asking for support. Sometimes it looks like doing one small faithful thing instead of trying to carry the whole future at once.
Children need to learn that God helps them keep doing good when it is hard. Adults need that same truth.
Today, you may not need strength for the whole road ahead. You may need strength for one next step — one patient response, one honest conversation, one act of kindness, one moment of self-control, one prayer, one choice to keep doing what is right.
God does not ask you to produce the harvest by yourself. He asks you to keep sowing what is good, trusting that He sees, strengthens, and works in ways you may not see yet.
Do not give up.
Not because you are never tired.Not because the work is always easy.Not because everyone notices.
Keep going because God is faithful, and the good done with Him is never wasted.
Adult Reflection Questions:
Where am I growing weary of doing good?
What good thing might God be strengthening me to keep doing?
What would one faithful next step look like today?
Simple Prayer:
“God, thank You that You see the good that feels unseen. Strengthen me where I feel tired, discouraged, or unnoticed. Help me keep doing what is good without depending on my own strength. Give me wisdom to rest when I need to rest, ask for help when I need support, and take the next faithful step with You. Amen.”
Next Steps:
Name one area where you feel tired of doing good.
Instead of trying to solve the whole situation today, pray:
“God, help me take the next faithful step.”
Then choose one small act of faithfulness — a patient response, a kind word, an honest conversation, a needed pause, or a quiet step of obedience — and trust that God sees it.
