One of the things that we’ve been meaning to start is to do weekly devotions as a family. There is something so precious in praying and reading the bible together as a family as we sow seeds of faith into Sophie’s life.
I was personally very convicted after I heard a sharing by Pastor Mark Holmen, the founder of Faith@Home movement. His mission is to equip churches and parents to inspire, motivate and equip them to pass on their faith in God to the next generation. You can listen to his interview here about how and why he started this movement.
As parents, we have the ultimate authority after God to speak life into the lives of our children. But the question is, have we been intentional about it?
We used this Faith@Home starter kit from Focus on the Family and it details the different spiritual progression milestones according to your child’s age. There was a family devotion guide, a FAQ and even blessing cards as words of encouragements.
The first lesson was an easy one that touched on how God is kind and I liked the fun activities that can be easily done with a four-year-old. This was not in the guide, but we ended with a video on Daniel which can be found off you-tube.
If you’re looking for a children’s bible, I recommend this version
It is our desire to grow deeper in God’s Word this year as a family. This is a precious legacy that all parents can sow into their kids lives that will matter for eternity.
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Starting this year, I am reading 365 daily devotion to be 4 girls old. Be encouraged and feed our soul 🙂 What’s the words for this week’s devotion?
It’s kindness for this week, so we’ll extend into the Fruits of the Spirit as well 🙂 May you have a fruitful year in the Lord and His Word too.
Nice one Susan! Dumpling is also going for Bible classes this year as I too, wish that she will have a close relationship with God. Will you be sharing more of this Faith @Home programme? I have recently bought something for our home devotional time too, would love to trade notes with you!
Blessed 2014 to you, Alex and Sophie! Here’s to a year of great health and abundant showers of blessings from Him!
Nice one Susan! Dumpling is also going for Bible classes this year as I too, wish that she will have a close relationship with God. Will you be sharing more of this Faith @Home programme? I have recently bought something for our home devotional time too, would love to trade notes with you!
Blessed 2014 to you, Alex and Sophie! Here’s to a year of great health and abundant showers of blessings from Him!
I’ll be happy to share more about my family devotions using this series. From what I’ve scanned through, it makes it more palatable for young ones even our kids to understand the Word of God. As we were doing our quiet time, Sophie could even add on some of the things she learnt in Bible school. The sunday school teachers have done a fab job in this area.
Thanks and wishing you and your family a great year ahead and may it be more purposeful and filled with even more beautiful memories 🙂
Thanks for the recommendation on the Bible. Jonas is born in a family that is pre-dominantly non-Christian. Nothing against that, but I want to expose him to the religion so he can make the choice later in life, the same way my parents gave me the choice.
It’s always good to let our kids know that they have choices and it’s up to them to choose the path that they want for themselves. Thanks for linking up too 🙂
We are also starting up devotion with the kids however I intend to do it twice a month instead of weekly as the kids do have lots of other activities and school too this year.
What a great way to start the year. I wish we did this too!
Not too late to start, it’s only the second week of the year 🙂
Excellent idea. It would be nice for my boys to know that there is more to life than video games.
I’d love to find out more about this series. I’m homeschooling my 2.5 year old and we use bible-based curriculum so she’s learning more about the Lord, together with her ABCs. This bible-study series might be useful for our family devotions too.