Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer Family Bible Devotional

This is a brand new devotional that teaches kids ages 5-11 about prayer! It's based on the storybook by Laura Wifler, but it's not necessary to own the storybook in order to enjoy this devotional. Each day the devotional begins with a brief prayer and then a Bible passage and questions to help your child dive deeper into that passage. There are also bonus questions and activities as well as prayer prompts at the end of each devotional! I love how the different types of prayers are focused on: prayers of praise, of repentance, asking for help. The gospel is ...woven throughout this devotional, starting with the garden on day 1 and ending with the topic of "God's Nearness" on day 15. This is a great resource for the whole family to grow deeper in their prayer lives!

I’m super excited about this book because our family is a huge fan of the Tales That Tell the Truth series. The family Bible devotional is a great companion to the storybook. You can read the storybook first and then spend time digging into the topic of prayer for 15 days, or you could do the devotional first and then the storybook. Or both at the same time. There’s really no wrong way to use them together.

I really appreciate that this devotional can be used with younger kids because I feel like solid Biblical devotionals for this age is really lacking.

Each day contains:
Opening prayer
Starter questions
Scripture
Questions to explore what the verses were about
Extra questions for personal reflection and application
Closing prayer prompts

There are also a few additional activity pages throughout the book.

Each day can be done in 15 minutes or less. It would be a great bedtime or mealtime devotional. If you’re child is also able to independently read and write, it would be a great quiet time devotional for them to work through on their own. I’d say about age 8 and older. There is space on each page for writing the answers, or you can also use the book and discuss with your child if you don’t want to write in it.

I appreciate that the full Scripture is included each day. You can also have your child(ren) look up the passage in their own Bibles if you want. The questions also give hints to which verse to find the answer for younger kids who may need a little extra help. I also like the prayer prompts at the end of each day. It’s not just a simple read the following prayer, but gives prompts to come up with your own prayer. What a wonderful way to help cultivate a good prayer life for youngsters!

I’m hoping they come out with even more devotionals that match up with the Tales That Tell the Truth storybooks because this is a gem! And it fills the void of quality devotionals for this age range.

We love this series of Good Book Company kids books, and the devotionals now being created alongside are superb for encouraging family discussions about faith and embedding what the children are learning in their lives. Each daily devotion includes:
- An opening prayer
- A question to get you thinking about the topic
- A Bible passage to read together, printed in the book
- Some short questions about what you read
- An explanation to read together
- Some questions to apply the passage
- A prayer or idea for a prayer activity
- Some extra questions or activities ...for going a bit further, which would be best for older children or parents

These are great ideas for supporting parents and families who want to think about faith together, and this particular book on prayer is a really helpful introduction. For those younger (e.g. 4-5), there would need to be a bit more parental support as some of the language might be a bit tricky.