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EPISODE #5
ESTABLISHING DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR KIDS – PART 2 (INTERVIEW)
SUMMARY OF TODAY’S PODCAST
A continuation of a conversation I had with my 3 oldest children, Aaron, Melinda, and Madeline – about the establishment of daily devotions for kids.
To clarify, when I say “Daily devotions for kids” I don’t mean family devotions or devotions that parents do with their kids. I mean the establishment of your kids’ own personal habit of daily time with the LORD. This is a vital area of parenting – shepherding your child’s heart to love the LORD and truly want to spend time with Him daily. Over the years I have seen these 3 grow to love and pursue the LORD for themselves, and I wanted to ask them questions regarding how that happened, what the process was like, and what the LORD has done in their lives.
This is PART 2 of the interview – you can find part 1 HERE.
OUTLINE OF THE PODCAST
- The point at which things began to become personal.
- Things that helped make that transition occur.
- Their perspective on God and relationship with Him.
- Helpful things the parents can do.
- Advice for parents.
Links mentioned in this podcast:
- Contact Christian Home and Family
- Part 1 of this interview
- My resource page (to support Christian Home and Family through purchases you already make).
The music track used in the Christian Home and Family Podcast is entitled, “Midian” and is from Adam Rey’s instrumental album Meat & Potatoes – Adam has generously given me permission to use his music, so please, support his generosity by checking out and purchasing his music at www.heyreyguitar.com – (no affiliate relationship, Adam’s just my friend.)
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This is such a great idea to interview your kids. 3 of my 4 kids are out of the home now and the two that had an established quiet time before they left home have kept up with it and continue to grow in their walk with God (one is one year out and the other is three years out). I think this habit is more important than any other habit we can teach our kids – to go to God on their own. I see a lot of families doing family devotion times – which is nice as well – but this one is more important for their individual walk with God and their growth as Christians. I hope you can get this message out! (Maybe you should try writing an article for Focus on the Family magazine.)
I didn’t start the “you have to have a quiet time” rule each day until my oldest was 16 probably, which was too old to enforce. In the beginning I felt a little funny about it because it made quiet times seems like a duty when it should be a delight but I figured, I make the kids do other things i want them to do for life, why not quiet times? It has become a delight for the three younger kids even though it started out as a duty. (Now to see if this posts – I hope so since it was such a long comment!)
@transformedbytrials – I love your perspective. We are seeing the same with our two younger children (who I didn’t mention in the podcast)… it is becoming real for them, and important. Blessings!
@transformedbytrials – I love your perspective. We are seeing the same with our two younger children (who I didn’t mention in the podcast)… it is becoming real for them, and important. Blessings!