Part of the Tales that Tell the Truth series.
Based on the passages referred to in the award-winning storybook, The Friend Who Forgives by Dan DeWitt, these 15 flexible, engaging family devotions explore what the cross means to us today through the story of Peter. Children will learn that Jesus is the friend who always forgives.
Ideal for Lent and Easter, these devotions can also be used whenever you want to explore during family discipleship Jesus' sacrificial love and what it means to follow him.
Each session can be done in under ten minutes and is easy to lead. The sessions include a Bible study, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. There are also optional extras designed to engage older children, plus bonus puzzles and coloring activities for younger children. This resource is suitable for children from age five upward.
| Age range: | 5 - 11 |
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| Contributors | Katy Morgan, Catalina Echeverri |
| ISBN | 9781784988524 |
| Format | eBook |
| First published | February 2023 |
| Case quantity | 50 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 80 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
The story of Peter is one of the core relationships Jesus has in the gospels and is a big picture of the forgiveness that he offers to his followers. We have a copy of the storybook and loved it, so were really interested in the devotional that can go with it. The discussion questions are really helpful, a good level for our mid-primary school children, and the illustrations are brilliant too (Catalina Echeverri illustrates this whole series and they're superb).
It's the sort of book I could recommend to any of our families who come along to church, because it's a good level of detail for those children who have an understanding of the Bible story as a whole, but could also work as a standalone resource for those who are newer to faith.
This family devotional book is designed to go with The Friend Who Forgives by Dan DeWitt. However, this works perfectly well as a standalone, as Katy Morgan takes readers through the biblical story of Jesus's friendship with Peter. This is a nice supplement to the storybook, but it is a completely independent resource that features fifteen devotional readings. Each one involves a scripted opening prayer, an icebreaker discussion prompt, a Bible passage and discussion questions about it, and a prompt for a closing prayer. The readings all include some optional, more complex questions for older children. There are also occasional activities like coloring pages and a wordsearch.
This is an exceptionally well-designed devotional. The discussion questions that Katy Morgan wrote are concise and practical, with some of them asking comprehension questions about the text and others prompting children to consider possible applications in their lives. The vibrant illustrations from Catalina Echeverri are expressive and appealing, and the coloring pages share black-and-white outlines of her drawings that kids can color in.
This is a great choice for family devotions, and the additional material for older children makes this a practical option for families with multiple kids spanning different ages. This is also an appealing, fun, and age-appropriate choice for an elementary-aged child to use for their personal devotions, and Sunday school teachers can adapt this to a classroom setting if desired. I am very impressed with this book's quality, and hope to see other devotionals in the future from the Tales That Tell the Truth series.
Note: I received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
