Family & Children Devotionals

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Just as you are starting out on the 30 Days Challenge, why not encourage your children to join you too. It can be a very enriching experience for both of you. It can be a time of learning, bonding and growing together.

There is much benefit to getting our children started on a daily quiet time with the Lord and cultivating and instilling this habit early in their lives.

The values he learnt through these times will stay with him/her through his/her adulthood. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Prov 22:6

It will strengthens his/her inner life and he/she can be like a tree planted by the waters and know that Jesus is in the boat with them all the time - in fine weather or in a storm.

This devotional time is also a time where we can model to our children what it means to spend time with the Lord, how to read His word, how to hear Him speak to us, how to apply God's word in our lives, how to pray and trust Him to answer our prayers.

It is really quite exciting to see God answering our kid's prayers and at work in their lives.It is such joy to see their little faces light when God answers their prayers. Their faith grow. And so does ours.

When my son was younger, I took time to have devotions with him each night before he went to bed. It was a very precious time. (How I wished I had done the same with my 2 older kids.)

I'd learnt much as we read the bible stories together and prayed together. God taught me much through the simple faith of a little child - by the questions he asked, the answers he gave and even the prayers he prayed. The simple faith of a child. I was really blessed as I listened to him pray and that also gave me an insight into his heart and thoughts.

I also noticed that my son is more obedient, better behaved and more receptive to correction when he spends time reading God's word and praying.

Cultivating this habit of a devotional life is not only good for us but for our children as well.

Below are some Family and Children Devotional Materials you can use.

1. The One Year Bible for Children (Tyndale) [Ages 4-9] {My son loved this book}

2. The One Year Book of Did You Know Devotions by Nancy Hill {He learnt about the world and God's word at the same time}

3. The One Year Devotions for Boys (Tyndale)

4. The One Year Devotions for Girls (Tyndale)

5. The One Year Book of Family Devotions, Vol 1

6. Step into the Bible : 100 Bible Stories for Family by Ruth Graham

Above is just a sampling of the many books available.

Check them out at the bookstores. They will be able to recommend you one that suits your child or family :)