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Make family devotions exciting with Devotions for Families That Can’t Sit Still by Carolyn Williford.

When you call your kids for family devotions, do they roll their eyes and say, “Boring….” ? Family devotions with your kids can easily become routine, repetitive, and unimaginative.

If you’ve been looking for a way to liven up family devotions with your kids, Devotions for Families That Can’t Sit Still by Carolyn Williford might help. This family devotional book will capture the imagination and creativity of your children, even if they have always been bored with that family time called “devotions.” Even your children who enjoy the reading, praying, and sharing type of devotionals will find this change in approach refreshing.

The action-packed devotional agenda would be too exhausting to use every night. Williford suggests having family devotions one night a week, making it a fun family time everyone can look forward to.

The devotions were written for kids ages 5 to 12 but they can easily be adapted to use with younger or older children. Even though they’re written as “family” devotions, these activities could be used for kids’ clubs or other children’s programs too.

Williford is very precise in giving basic, easy to follow instructions, even listing the materials needed for each devotional activity, so you can prepare ahead of time.

She suggests starting each devotional time with a short prayer, then a Bible reading, followed by the main activity and ending with closing prayer. But you adapt the session to any format you wish for your own family or group.

The exciting devotional activities include laser tag or darts, creative writing, nature hike, scavenger hunt, Bible charades, building with Lego or blocks, scientific experiments, art, clay or play doh, music praise night, magic tricks, servant jar, and games. This devotional book even offers an extensive section for holiday times including Children’s Day and preparing for vacation by burying the Grouch.

For parents and teachers who want to rekindle kids’ excitement about spending time with God, this book could be a great resource to add to your home library.

Ruth Willms helps Christian parents teach biblical principals to today’s youth. She is the author of The Lion Tree, an exciting novel for kids ages 8 – 12, and A Christmas Present for Goliath, which retells the nativity story from a unique perspective. Visit http://www.RuthWillms.com to download her free gift to you, How to Introduce Your Kids to Jesus, Their Forever Friend.

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by Ruth Willms

“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you because you belong to Christ.” Ephesians 4:32

Just because the Bible teaches us to be kind doesn’t mean it’s easy to do. We often don’t want to be kind to the person who could benefit from it. Sometimes it’s because we are feeling selfish, or we have been hurt by that person and don’t want to forgive him. Sometimes we think we are too busy to help him.

Bible Stories That Teach Kids About Kindness

There are two special Bible stories that first come to my mind when I think of kindness.

The first one is of Joseph. Even after his brothers hatefully sold him as a slave he helped them. When they came to Egypt to buy grain he tested their motives but in his heart he forgave them. Eventually he told them who he was and made a way for them to come live in Egypt so they would have food.

The other story is the well known account of the Good Samaritan. He went out of his way to help a needy stranger who was hurt. He was on his way to somewhere but when he saw the hurt stranger he had compassion, he had pity on him.

The Good Samaritan bandaged his wounds, poured oil and wine on them to clean them and to help heal them, and then he put him on his own donkey and took him to a safe place. He even paid the innkeeper to take care of him and promised to come back to complete his mission of kindness.

We should definitely be kind to our friends and the people in our lives that are kind to us; that is the easy part.

How Being Kind to Others Blesses Us

God also wants us to be kind and help any person in our life whom we can help. God promises us that if we love even our enemies and help them He will reward us. If you are merciful to others God will be merciful to you. He will bring people to you to help you with your problems too.

Kindness is a fruit of the Spirit. Only God can grow the fruit of kindness in your life as you let Him by doing what He tells you to do. When you do kind things for others you will receive a blessing from God that is a lot better than what anyone else can ever give you.

Ruth is the author of a children’s Christmas book, A Christmas Present for Goliath, the delightful story of a camel whose life is changed forever when she carries her master across the desert to visit Baby Jesus. Ruth is also the author of The Lion Tree, a Christian fantasy novel for children, and a free e-book guide for parents, called How to Introduce Your Child to Jesus – Their Forever Friend. You can get your copy of this free guide and learn about Ruth’s other products by visiting her website, http://www.RuthWillms.com

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