I'm suddenly motivated to start having Niko do devotions. I saw the idea for a Bible basket in Thriving Family and it seems like a good place to start. So I'm compiling all of the Bible story books we have so they have options. Maybe we'll start next week by doing 5 minutes of Bible "reading" solo and then read and talk about it together.
Over the next few months, I think it'd be cool if he could choose one or two options from a bunch of devotion-time activities:
- reading Bible stories
- listening to worship music
- drawing thank-you-Jesus prayers
- scripture memory (with clipart or audio recording)
- acting out Bible stories with paper figures
- praying for a friend/relative/contact in need
In a few years, we could add things like:
- prayer journalling
- devotion books
- coming up with questions for the family out of your reading
- rewriting a story from one character's perspective
- audio devos online
- Bible verse art
- roll-the-dice journal questions
Things Niko are going to need to know:
- this is time spent with God
- this is time not talking to anybody else
- this is time that helps us get our hearts calmed and focussed
- that God might say something back to him in his heart
- that he can tell God anything he wants
Still wondering:
- Should I call it devotions or something else?
- Is he ready to do this on his own?
- What time of day is best?
This could be really cool! Thank you for the inspiration, Lord. Please grow the seeds we are sowing.
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