Image by Ann McArthur via Pinterest This Christmas craft (and lesson!) asks children to remember everything they got for Christmas in previous years, an exercise that is telling: While opening presents is really fun, the gifts fade into shadows of memories. But the experience of celebrating Christ lasts a lifetime. Children will make a gratitude tree […]
Standing Up For God – A Childrens Devotional Lesson
“Only someone who has God’s Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn’t have God’s Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish.” ~ 1 Corinthians 2:14 We can thank God that He doesn’t ask us to do scary things like jump in a hot, fiery furnace to prove He can save us, right? But we live […]
Helping Kids Respond To Teasing About Their Faith – A Childrens Devotional
Sometimes the best witness we can give people – especially if they’re resistant to scripture – is just some heartfelt stories of how God worked in our lives. Called “testimony,” these stories emphasize that our faith is about a real guy – Jesus – and not just a set of rules. Christianity is different than […]
Back to School Mom Challenge: 7 Ways to Pack God in Your Kid’s Backpack
All Christian parents would like their kids to think about God in school – especially while facing temptations or fears or challenges. However, school and God seem not to go together in some critical ways. Kids find it difficult to think of God while in a crowd of their peers, and this is one of […]
“Jerry Gets Offered a Bribe”- A Devotional on Bribes, Peer Pressure and Ratting Out
Sometimes you have to make tough choices that involve your siblings, as well as your friends. In today’s devotional, Jerry learns a secret about his sister, and has to decide what he is going to do with it! “Jerry Gets Offered a Bribe” ““ A Devotional on Bribes, Peer Pressure and Ratting Out Jerry went […]
“Jana Can’t Quite Help Herself” – Devotional on Revenge, Losing Friends & Loyalty
As the kids are getting ready to head back to school, they are going to encounter some common situations faced by everyone when growing up, and those are issues with friends, fitting in, cliques, etc. In today’s devotional, we are talking about losing friends, and the feelings of revenge and loyalty that go along with […]
A Devotional Bible Lesson About Cheating, Honesty and Peer Pressure
This Bible lesson is a great way to talk to your Sunday school students about cheating, honesty and peer pressure. Cheating, Honesty and Peer Pressure Devotional Bible Lesson Lyle was in the locker room and heard the conversation going on in the next aisle. Jon has seen the answer sheet on his homeroom teacher’s desk […]
Mothers Day Mom Challenge: 7 Mini Challenges for Your Best Mom’s Day Ever
We’ve all had the thought: “My kids don’t appreciate all the things I do. They expect their lives to run smoothly, but when things go well, they think it happens by osmosis.” This is true to a large degree. It has been said by experts that kids take what they had a children and that’s […]
Easter Mom Challenge: 7 Mini Challenges to Help Kids Appreciate the True Meaning of Easter
Easter is the most important holiday of the Christian calendar, and the week leading up to it is full of the historic adventures of Jesus. But isn’t Christmas of equal or greater importance, some well-intending people might ask? Isn’t a birth just as important as a death? Why Jesus’ Death is so important Not in […]