Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:1, 21-23 As she sat on the porch swing with her grandmother, Reese watched the first stars appear in the sky. “I love spending the weekend here,” Reese said. “I enjoy having you visit,” Grandma replied with a smile. “In a little while we’ll go in for hot cocoa and a Bible…
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 5:8-11 “Mom, wait!” Sienna called as she hurriedly tied her shoes. “I’ll come too.” Mom smiled and waited as Sienna ran to catch up with her. “I enjoy having you walk with me,” said Mom. “I like it too,” Sienna replied. “It’s peaceful on Saturday morning.” “Why don’t you come with…
Bible Reading: 1 John 4:3; Jude 1:3-4, 12-13 “It’s fun to stay with you here in Florida every winter,” Asher said as he and his grandpa walked to the ocean. “Just think! My friends are wearing coats and boots and tromping through the snow back home, but I can wear shorts and sandals and go…
Bible Reading: Psalm 19:7-11 “What smells so good, Mom?” asked Rylee as she put her school books on the kitchen table. “It smells like…” She sniffed the air. “It smells like Grandma’s backyard when the lilacs are blooming.” Mom nodded. “You’re right, Rylee. Aunt Lisa gave me perfume for my birthday. It’s called ‘Lilac Love.’…
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:33-38 “Can we please skip family devotions tonight?” Anson asked after dinner. “Max is at Wyatt’s house, and they said they’d wait for me before starting a video game. Besides, we already learned about God this week—we were just at church yesterday. So can’t we skip devotions this one time?” Dad looked…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17; Hebrews 4:12 “It wasn’t my fault, Mom!” Devon exclaimed as they drove home from school. His mom had just picked him up from the principal’s office. “I had no choice! Jared called me a loser. I couldn’t let him talk to me that way! He deserved to be pushed down!” His…
Bible Reading: 2 Peter 1:16-21 “Avery!” Freya exclaimed. “Do you remember the book Miss Clemens read to our class a few weeks ago—the one about an orange elephant?” Avery nodded. “Sure, that was a really funny book!” “Well, guess who’s coming to my house for dinner tonight?” said Freya, bouncing up and down on her…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14; 2 Peter 1:20-21 “Oo-ran-os,” eighteen-year-old Bryson muttered, pacing around the kitchen with a thick book in his hands. “Oo-ran-os, theog-no-sia.” “Whoa!” exclaimed his younger sister Adele as she came into the kitchen. “What language is that? Swahili?” “Oo-ran-os,” Bryson repeated, pronouncing it slowly. “It’s Greek for heaven.” “Mom’s teaching you…
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 2:21-24 “Mom, tell Elijah to stop,” Bri said as she came into the kitchen with her little brother following her. “Elijah, are you teasing your sister again?” Mom asked. “No,” Elijah said with his thumb in his mouth. “He is too! Every time I move, he moves the same way I…
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:97-105 Jeremy and his cousin Eric stretched out beside the campfire. “I don’t usually like fish, but the ones we caught today were good!” Jeremy declared. Uncle Bob nodded. “Fish always taste best when you catch them yourself.” He took his phone from his pocket. “Now let’s have some spiritual food before…
