Everyday, after morning chores are done, we have Bible time. All the kids must be there. We sit around and sing bible songs. Some are silly for the baby to dance to and then we sing a lot of the old hymns. We are memorizing all the verses of our favorite songs. Virginia's favorites right now are "Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus" and "Victory in Jesus".
Next is time for scripture memory. We currently have ten verses that we review everyday and we are learning Psalm 1. It is amazing how well children can memorize compared to adults. Virginia can hear the verse a few times and quote it. Nathaniel is also good at learning them and can think through to explain what it means. I am really glad Naomi will be hearing these great words from scripture at such an early age.
Then we do devotions as a family. Sometimes this is Daddy picking a random bible story to read through and talk about. Other times Daddy spends time teaching us something he discovered in his personal devotions. Nathaniel and Virginia each have individual devotions books that they do on other days.
I do my devotions by reading an online Bible (Naomi still likes to grab at books). Mark does his own in the morning. As a family we have a lot of discussions about God as we are all in the Word. However, we are reading a book right now that shows the life of a family that spends a great deal of time in the Word. This makes me realize that we could spend more time too. To know God better we need to learn about him more and look for his leading. We could spend all our waking hours reading the Bible and it would still never be enough to understand how awesome God is.
This is speaking to myself. I need to spend more time getting to know my Creator. This should come before all else I do and I need to impart this hunger for knowledge into my children.
sara
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