Fun Family Devotions!

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For the past couple of years, we have been using The Jesus Storybook Bible for our family devotions. We have a read a story each night, discussed it, and prayed together. It has worked very well but now that Dylan is getting a little older, we have been looking for something more appropriate for preschool aged children. After looking for quite a while, I finally found a terrific blog with great ideas for family devotions. The blog is called "2 Teaching Mommies." They offer tons of free printables and activities for almost any topic or theme and they have a lot of  fun devotions for preschool kids. We've decided to pick one Bible verse per week, do the devotion they've written for the verse one night and read Bible stories that go along with the verse the other nights during the week. Dylan enjoys working each night with the tracing guides and puzzle printables that go along with the verse.

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We've been doing our new family devotions for a couple of days now and Dylan really loves it! We started with Phillipians 4:13- "I can do everything by the power of Christ. He gives me strength."  We have been reading Noah's Ark, Joshua and the Battle of Jericho, David and Goliath, etc. We've been discussing how God gave these people strength and helped them during their difficult situations. Dylan is learning a new Bible verse, seeing how Bible stories relate to one another and God's character, and he is learning that God gives us the strength we need in all situations.

Today I am thankful for this blog and other resources that provide families with fun ideas for family devotions.  Nothing is more important to me than for my boys to fall in love with our Lord and Savior. Family Devotions is a great way for us to share God, His character, His Word and His love for us with our sweet boys.  I am very grateful for these engaging activities to make learning about God exciting!

If you're looking for fun family devotions, I strongly suggest that you check out....


 

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  1. Laura HJune 12, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Wow - great resource! Saving this for my toddler in a few yrs...

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