God Right Here: Seeing God'S Big Story In My Everyday Life

This 180 day devotional takes elementary children step by step through the Bible's big story of God's redeeming love. Each devotion includes a Bible passage, discussion questions, a biblical lesson, a personal story, a guide and space for the reader to insert their own personal story if desired, and a suggested topic of prayer. The book is designed to: Introduce children to all the foundational elements of the gospel in one school year. Each concept, or topic, builds on the previous ones. Within each topic, there are roughly ten devotions. The goal is to get children thoroughly familiar with each topic before moving to the next.Help children see the Bible stories and God himself as actively connected with their everyday lives. In each devotion, a personal story or description is included. A story prompt and guide is also provided to enable parents, teachers, and children's ministry leaders to insert their own stories if they wish. Older elementary children may enjoy including their own stories and sharing them with friends.Engage children's attention and encourage them to evaluate and apply the information they learn. Each devotion begins and ends with a discussion question. Most of the questions require children to use critical thinking skills rather than just recall facts. The questions give children a chance to connect with one another on a spiritual level as they hear each other's thoughts. They also provide a way for parents, teachers, and children's ministry leaders to identify and correct any misconceptions and encourage or extend any good ideas the children express.Help children develop a desire to read the Bible for themselves. A Bible passage is woven into each devotion in a way that connects with both the biblical lesson and the personal story.Inspire children to love God and interact with him. Prayer is one way to do this. A topic of prayer, rather than the prayer itself, is given. This allows children to express their own hearts and thoughts to God while still taking into account the things they have learned in the devotion.(Color Interior)

• | Author: Lisa North, Sarah Faith White
• | Publisher: Toward Jesus
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 416 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 069214496X
• | ISBN-13: 9780692144961