Time again for our Kids’ Question of the Week blog series, brought to you by children’s author Kathryn Slattery and her new book If I Could Ask God Anything. Come back each week for more resources to help answer your children’s faith & God questions!

The Holy Spirit gives you God’s special power to love (Romans 5:5).
I like to think of God’s Holy Spirit living in our hearts like a battery in a flashlight. Without a battery, a flashlight looks fine on the outside. But when it’s dark, and you need to use it, no matter how good it looks on the outside, it doesn’t work.

Now, a flashlight with a battery might look the same on the outside as the flashlight without a battery. But when it’s dark, and you need to use it, it works! The flashlight with a battery shines the light into the darkness. It shows you where you are going. It protects you from stumbling or falling. It might even save your life!

God’s Holy Spirit is like our special spiritual battery!
The Holy Spirit gives us the power to tell right from wrong. He gives us the power to care more about other people. He gives us the power to think and act more like Jesus. He opens our minds to understanding God’s Word in the Bible.
Most importantly, God’s Holy Spirit gives us the special power to shine the light of God’s love in a fallen and hurting world – just like Jesus did when He was here on earth.

If I Could Ask God Anything

Kathryn Slattery is a long-time Contributing Editor for Guideposts magazine, and the author of several books including If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids, the memoir Lost & Found: One Daughter’s Story of Amazing Grace, The Gospel for Kids, Grandma, I’ll Miss You: A Child’s Story about Death and New Life, and The Grace to Grow: The Power of Christian Faith in Emotional Healing. Learn more about her work at her website and on Facebook.

As you read Kathryn’s questions and answers for children, we want to know: What questions do your kids have about God, and how do YOU answer them?