Instead, those stories fit together into the most incredible story-God’s story! The Bible is not a compilation of stories we can cherry-pick our morals from. I’m here to tell you family Bible studies that reach the hearts of our kids are possible! But you may need to tweak your strategy as I did.īible Studies to Help Kids to be Anchored in Christ God’s Story: Old Testament Family Bible StudyĪre your kids learning “Bible stories,” or are they learning all of God’s Story? Why is talking about the Bible with our own kids so hard? Though these difficulties aren’t impossible to overcome, they are so discouraging when we face them over and over.

Maybe a spilled drink cuts you short or a small child tumbling off the couch derails your train of thought. Maybe you share awesome truths for 20–30 minutes, only to have silence greet you when you ask a review question. You sit down with grand intentions of imparting deep spiritual insight to your kids, but then a bad attitude or vacant stare bursts your bubble. Maybe you’ve felt the same way about family Bible studies.

Why was this not working? How was I supposed to train up my children and teach them the Word of God when they were distracted and I was upset with them? My youngest just wanted to color, my oldest was bored, and the ones in between were busy poking each other! I was frustrated and discouraged. As I sat on my couch, surrounded by my little and not-so-little kids, I was ready to give up on family Bible studies.

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