Scripture reading in 2011 - they all have iphones except me!
Last night we had some special devotional time with our kids, and it was such a blessing to me. Over the years we have done different kinds of things with our kids such as reading the Kids Daily Bible, devos, prayer time, but it's getting few and far between with them spreading their wings and getting ready to take off! We have usually done a "night before school" prayer time and that's what we did. In the next five days we'll be helping our daughter move back to college in Arkansas, our youngest will start 10th grade, and our son will move back to the dorms at a nearby college. What are the things we are wanting to talk and pray with them about, without lecturing too much? It's sometimes hard to make devotions applicable to each person in our family, but here's what we came up with:
THE TWO BIGGIES: LOVE and CHOICES
LOVE: (John 14:15, Romans 5:8, Romans 12:10)
We prayed that love for God would continue to grow in their hearts! Loving the Lord will change us all - we will want to honor Him and others. Obedience is an expression of that love, and worship and service become joyful opportunities.
CHOICES: (Phil. 4:8, Gal. 6:7-8, Prov. 14:12)
A more tangible concept for all of us, we discussed choices again. God has given us all the freedom of choice - we can accept Him or reject Him. What are the results of good and bad choices? We talked about physical, academic, and spiritual choices.
But the sweetest part of all is hearing them pray. I asked each one to pray for their brother/sister. It's interesting to hear their perspectives - a 21 year old praying for her 16 year old brother. Their prayers have matured so much since they were little ones!
SWEET TIMES
P.S. My son wanted to start off the prayer time with this scripture he read: "Parents, don't be hard on your children," Eph. 6:4 CEV
5 comments:
Love it! What a special time for your family in devotion to God! Thank you for your example to the rest of your family.
Wonderful! I love it! We will do this on Thursday night. I'm teary about it already.
Love it!!!
Even before I saw Alyssa's comment I had the same thought that went like this in my head, "Neat idea! We ought to do this -- I don't know if I could make it through the tears though!" We'll se what happens.
That must be the sweetest thing in the world, to hear one of your children praying for another one of your children. Wow. What a great idea!
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