Family Devotions Ideas

Varying the type of devotional activities can also keep things fresh, point to Christ as the families' center and fulfill the exhortation in Deut. 6:4-9.

Some Ideas:

* During the changing season of autumn. Collect different colored leaves and talk about God’s majestic beauty.

* During Advent, weekly lighting of the advent candle, an advent calendar, Christmas songs and lessons.

* During Lent, Christ in the Passover Seder meals.

* Acts of charity at Christmas or anytime. Consider making cookies as a family and take them to a nursing facility or rescue shelter. Christmas is about giving, and demonstrating this to your children can have a lasting impact.

* At Thanksgiving time, make a thankful list poster. What are you thankful for?

* Nature appreciation trips at springtime.

* Conversational prayers at bedtime.

* Reading aloud children's devotional books or Bible chapters before bed.

* Missionary faces on the refrigerator, with updates from their newsletters discussed at supper.

* Memory verses at breakfast.

(provided by Ingrid Lawrenz – www.newliferesourcesinc.com)