Imagine this…you pull out the Bible, and all your kids groan. (Honestly, you do too. Deep down.) It’s a fight every day to read the Bible and make it seem applicable to your child’s life. They squirm, they roll their eyes ? or they simply wander away. ?? Does this happen in your home too? […]
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Explaining The Bible To A Child…Starting With Jesus
Explaining the Bible to a child (or teaching the Bible to a child) can seem tricky, but it gets easier when you start near the end: with Jesus. Read on to find out WHY you should start with Jesus, HOW to start with Jesus, and some great Bible-teaching resources to use with kids. Why explaining […]
How To Start a New Habit (Like Reading the Bible With Your Kids)
Welcome back to The Power of Simple Habits! In the first lesson, I taught about how habits are stored in our brains, as well as the three parts of a habit: the cue, the routine, and the reward. Even though habits are usually formed automatically by a brain trying to save space, we can intentionally […]
How To Love God With All Your Mind
Learning how to love God with all your mind can be a powerful tool toward connecting with God! [x_line] Hunched over my Bible, I sat on the floor in the hallway of the physics building during my first year of university. It may not have been the most effective place for quiet time with […]
How To Share the Gospel With a Child (and have them actually remember it!)
Do you know how the share the Gospel with a child in the easiest way possible? With colors! You may have seen something called “the wordless book” or made beaded bracelets with the colors in Sunday School. The colors are usually presented in this order: Black: Our sinRed: Jesus’ sacrifice for our sinWhite: Our new […]
Lectio Divina for Kids: Teaching Kids to Pray Through the Bible
A huge thanks to Steph Thurling from Raising Prayerful Kids for this helpful and inspiring article on Lectio Divina for kids! My 7-year-old son, Calvin, has been downhill skiing for over a year. He took two days of lessons at Mount Crested Butte in Colorado, and because kids are fearless and completely unaware of the […]