Devotion, Bible, and Religious Book Recommendations
Hey Parents! I hope each month to have different devotion, Bible, and religious book recommendations for families and different age groups. This month we have a variety of resources for you to check out! Click the blue title to be taken to the Amazon page or other purchase location for each book. If you wish to see each book in person, we have a copy in the family library in the Cry Room.
Family Devotions
Little Visits for Families -Little Visits for Families helps your family spend valuable time together focusing on God's Word and its meaning for life. Created for families to read together, these devotions show God at work in everyday life. (A copy of this book is in the Cry Room if you wish to check it out).
Featured Prayer Book
Thirty-One Days of Prayer for Kids! (Journal & Cards) - Each day of the Thirty-One Days of Prayer Journal includes a different prayer prompt. These are designed to be used as a tool to prompt prayer throughout the month. Choose one that corresponds with the day of the month and pray for that request.
Each day includes Scripture to pray and several prompts to guide your prayer. Each day also includes journaling space for prayer requests, and a coloring activity.
The journal is perfect for family devotions, mornings over breakfast ,or in the carpool line. This can be done as a family or older children can work through the journal on their own.
Prompts include prompts to pray for family, friends, neighbors, wisdom, contentment, unbelievers, missionaries, and more.
This set of cards includes 31 cards plus a cover card.
Designed to be used as a tool to encourage prayer throughout the month, each card highlights a different topic to pray for. Choose one that corresponds with the day of the month and pray for that request. Each card includes Scripture and three prompts to guide your prayer.
These are perfect for family devotions, mornings over breakfast, or even the carpool line.
Cards include prompts to pray for family, friends, neighbors, wisdom, contentment, unbelievers, missionaries, and more.
(A copy of this resource is in the cry room).
Ages 0-5
Sweeter than the Sweetest Honey - This board book is all about teaching little ones to love God's Word. It teaches basic facts about the Bible, and seeks to establish a love for the Word of God by teaching that the Bible is true and the way that God speaks to His people. This book seeks to teach children of all ages that God's Word is sweeter than the sweetest honey! (A copy of this book is in the Cry Room if you wish to check it out.)
Elementary
Symbols of Salvation: The Story of Jesus Birth- Travel with Mary and Joseph as they make their way into Bethlehem, to the Inn, and as Jesus is born. Then walk with the Shepherds to see Jesus. Count the sheep as the story moves along and watch for the opportunities to join in. In this interactive and illustrated children's Christmas book, showcase the true story of Christmas in rhyme. (We have a copy of this in the Cry Room if you wish to check it out!)
Middle School
99 Thoughts for Jr. High Students - Life for a typical junior higher is awesome. And hard. And fun. And exciting. And boring. And crazy, right? Basically, it’s a blur of all those things—and more!
Junior high truly is a season of ups and downs, of possibilities and confusion, of amazing memories and embarrassing moments. To survive it all, you sometimes just need a little help—or 99 bite-sized bits of help!
Mark Oestreicher and Brooklyn Lindsey—youth pastors who’ve worked with people your age for a long, long time—have teamed up to create this insider’s guide for this wild ride.
They’ll help as you examine the changes in your life, figure out what you believe, see where God and church fit into the picture, choose how to interact with family and friends, and decide what matters most in life. And you’ll read some true stories about the authors’ own junior high years!
99 Thoughts for Junior Highers will entertain, engage, and encourage you during this crazy season of life! (We have a copy of this in the Cry Room if you wish to check it out!)
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