Kids' Devotionals: Reading with Parents

By Nancy Petrey

Perhaps the most important way a parent can have an impact on their child's spiritual life is by spending time with them reading about spiritual things. It's beneficial to both mind and spirit, while drawing parent and child closer.

Nancy Petrey is a writer and a grandmother of 17. In this book she draws treasures from her store of biblical knowledge and personal experience to provide an opportunity for parents and children to read and learn together. While written for children, the stories and lessons are deep and serious.

The enemy of our souls goes after those who are the most vulnerable, seeking to destroy God's plan for happy families whose priority is to glorify God and advance His kingdom as we await the return of our Lord and Messiah Jesus. These devotionals make good weapons against the enemy's attacks by arming the children with God's truth and love from His Word.

The book was written primarily for children, ages 8 to 11. It is to be read by parents or grandparents to their child/children, or the child could read it in their presence. It contains 18 devotionals, 76 pages, and Memory Verses. The questions at the end of each devotional are designed for educational and spiritual growth.

These devotionals will be helpful to any parent, and are a good tool for use in homeschooling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eudokia Enrichment Library
• Release date: Oct 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9781631998805

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KIDS DEVOTIONALS

Reading with Parents

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men (Luke 2: 51-52).

Nancy Petrey

Energion Publications

Gonzalez, Florida

2023

Copyright © 2023 by Nancy Petrey

Unless otherwise identified, Scripture is quoted from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. 

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. lockman.org

All references to deity have been capitalized. All emphases and all words inside brackets within biblical quotations are the author’s.

Original Cover Art: Justin Jacobs (southluvernebc.com)

Art Credits: Unless otherwise indicated, images are licensed from Adobe Stock. Images on pages 31 & 37 are in the public domain. The image on page 46 is licensed from iStock. The image of the girl with suitcase on page 52 is licensed from Dreamstime.com, and the globe is downloaded from Pixabay.com.

ISBN: 978-1-63199-879-9

eISBN: 978-1-63199-880-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023947131

Eudokia Enrichment Library — An imprint of Energion Publications

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to all my friends, including those on social media

and my email list of prayer warriors,

who have encouraged me and prayed for me,

as I was writing these devotionals.

Their positive comments on the devotionals

I posted on Facebook spurred me on

to complete this book.

There are too many to call names,

but I thank the Lord for their very real participation,

and I lift them up in prayer to the Father for blessings.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, I want to acknowledge and thank my publishers, Henry and Jody Neufeld of Energion Publications, for accepting this book for publication and placing it in their launch of home school resources for elementary school children. This will be the ninth book they have published for me. Working with them is always a good experience, and they do excellent work.

My reviewer and proofreader is my son, Jim Petrey. He began this service for me with my Family Secrets Trilogy two years ago. I really appreciate his time and viewpoint as a well-read adult. His help has been invaluable, and I am very grateful to him.

It has been a special blessing to me that my pastor, Justin Jacobs, provided the artistic rendering of his family photo – wife Andi and children, Harper and Carter – for the cover. The goal of this book shines forth in his picture. Justin took time out from his busy schedule as a pastor to do this, and I am so thankful.

Not finally, but foremost, I acknowledge the Holy Spirit who gave me the theme of each devotional, the Scripture selections, and the guidance to put it all together. He motivated me to write for children, and this is my first effort to do so. My brother Ben and his wife Valerie are about to try it out on their grandsons as part of their home schooling.

My prayer is that children will be inspired by the teaching and biblical examples in each devotional, and it will be a part of molding their young lives and keep them from having to learn things the hard way. I also pray that parents will be sensitive to their children’s needs and will not cut short the suggested prayers and questions at the end of each devotional. May their discussions be led by the Holy Spirit, and may both parents and children feel that it’s not a duty, but a joy, to read together.

Table of Contents

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv

NOTE TO PARENTS 1

1. Only One Rule 3

2. Honor and Obey 5

3. Thanks and Praise 8

4. Substitute 11

5. Messiah 14

6. Children at the Cross 17

7. Parents Know Best 21

8. Listen 24

9. The Greatest 27

10. Weakest and Youngest 29

11. Size Doesn’t Matter 32

12. The Boy Samuel 35

13. Jesus Loves Babies 38

14. The Boy King 41

15. The King Who Got Rid of Idols 44

16. Keep Yourselves from Idols 47

17. Go into Your World 50

18. Life! 53

Living The Christian Life 56

Memory Verses 60

NOTE TO PARENTS

Bringing up children in the society we are living in today is quite a challenging job. I pray this book will be helpful to parents as they