We had a day of rest yesterday, and we got back into our Bible reading time. The boys were eager to come together, and it was a really blessed time. They remembered we last talked about Jesus’s names (wonderful counselor, etc.), and this time, I go through the history – Israel splitting into the northern […]
Day 5 – Jeremiah 31:31-40 Restoration of Israel (Short version – Jeremiah 31:31-34) Only the kingdom of Judah remains, but the kings of Judah continue to reject and disobey God. However, we get another message from God through the prophet Jeremiah, and it is of hope! What is the new covenant? How is it different from
Going into Isaiah 9, I didn’t do a lot of background history as I have done before. We were all a bit distracted going into reading, trying to get it over with after a long day. We read the passage. I felt like most of the words went over the boys’ heads. So I focus
As usual to start our time together I ask if the boys remember what we read yesterday. They search hard in their brains and remember Israelites coming out of Egypt. I ask who lead them out, and they finally remember Moses. Since their memory of the actual reading yesterday is not that great, I once
It is our second day, and the boys remembered Bible reading time! I ask them if they remember what we read yesterday, and they remember correctly the story of the serpent and Jesus coming to defeat it. Good memory! To move to the next Bible reading, I had to do a lot of history talk
Our family got together 30 minutes before bedtime for our first Bible time. (I’m calling this “Bible time,” because it’s more than reading the Bible, and not quite devotionals or worship.) My boys, Evan (8) and Ian (6), were surprisingly cooperative. I opened up saying it is almost lent and by asking if the boys
Day 1 – Genesis 3 The Fall of Human(Short version – Genesis 3:6-21) We are starting all the way in the very beginning when God created the first people – Adam and Eve. This is the story of first sin, and even from the very beginning, God has prophesied the coming of Jesus to save
Our children at Living Water have been learning the life of Jesus since last year’s Advent season. We have been going through the key points of Jesus’s life and ministry, and currently we are in the latter part of his ministry heading towards the cross. It is during this time that we come upon Lent.
