I want to instill the practice of morning devotions with my children. We already do something right before bed, but I wanted to do something in the morning.
Previously, my oldest was supposed to read her devotional each day and write the focus verse. However, I don’t think she always did this or did it thoughtfully. She needed more accountability. I also wanted to instill the practice in all of my children and have them see it done each day.
My new plan:
We will all do devotions together each morning. Each child has an age appropriate devotion or children’s Bible to look at or read including the 3 year old. I will also have my Bible to read. This way, everyone sees the others doing their devotions, plus they see mom reading her own Bible.
I will usually read part of a proverb from my Bible out loud while the kids look through their books.
Then, I will read aloud from the youngest two’s devotion
Then I will ask my oldest what hers was about
So far this has worked for a few weeks. They know and expect that we do a devotion each day. I keep it short since the attention span of the youngest 2 are short.
These are the books I use:
Baby Bible ABC for my 3 year old
Day by Day Begin to Read Bible for my 5 year old
Adventure Bible Books of Devotions for my 8 year old
