This past week we discussed discipleship resources for our kids. We should strongly encourage them to begin reading the Bible and teach them to do so. I strongly suggest that every kid have their own age appropriate Bible and spend time reading it daily. Even toddlers can have a Bible board book and pretend to read as they look at the pictures.
When our children learn to read, they should already be in the habit of spending time with their Bible each day. Continue to get them new Bibles and allow them to complete them and then move on to a more advanced children's Bible.
We handed out the Wonderzone Kid devotional books. These are 60 day devotional books for children (grades 3-5). There are six different books and the can be found at https://mail.icelebration.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wonderzone.com. I also keep some in my office to give out to parents and kids.
We also talked about online websites that encourage bible reading and learning the bible:
https://mail.icelebration.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.awana.org
https://mail.icelebration.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wonderzone.com
http://www.jellytelly.com/
These websites have great kid games and daily devotional ideas for children. It is vital to get our kids enjoying and learning to read the bible on their own. One day they will leave our house and we pray that their faith will be theirs and not just that of their parents. It is our desire to see them grow and in turn make disciples of their children.
We walked around the bases (visual on board) as we desired to see our kids:
1- Saved
2- Baptized
3-Grow
4-Become a Disciple
It is our prayer that they would repeat the process with their own family some day.
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