devotions

[janny108]

What do you do for devotions for an almost 11 year old? I get different responses to this.

 

[*Charis*]

There were devotionals written with a weekly theme when
our children where that age. We tried to do something
'hands on' each day, and on Saturday or Sunday take them
to a favorite place to eat, to review over lunch and talk
about how the theme applied to their lives at the time.

 

[TCat]

When my son was younger, a preteen and early teen we used some Josh McDowell material, my son really liked it. We read Leadership from the Lockers and so forth. There are a lot of great devotions devoted to teen use. He and I used to do devotions at night before he went to bed.
For the family devotion we use Guidepost or Daily Bread at the dinner table before we eat.

 

[janny108]

I was thinking about using Daily Bread.

 

[TCat]

The nice thing is that most of the teen devotionals focus on what kids deal with daily, teasing, body image and body changes, parent difficulties etc. I think it is really important for kids to know that they are not alone in dealing with life issues that affect them and that there are Christian guidelines for them to use.

For my son, who is now 16, having a personal devotion time made a greater impact on him than even the family devotion, although both are helpful. He sees me having private time with my coffee and Bible in the mornings and knows his dad does the same on the way to work. Family devotions before or after supper in the evenings seems to help bring us all together.

Good luck in your search, God Bless you for encouraging your child in his own walk with Jesus

 

[janny108]

you know I was thinking of that this morningt: a teen devotional!
thx