Kids need wisdom. Wisdom is best learned in the context of family. The source of wisdom is the Bible.
I hope parents want to have family devotions. Family devotions are a structured place where parents can fulfill the command of Deuteronmy 6. In that passage, we are reminded to have unstructured and structured times when we teach our children the Scriptures. I’m speaking here about our structured times.
The practical question arises: “How should we do family devotions?” Well there is no prescription for it. There are many ways and it doesn’t really matter what format we use. I think it’s more important to just try something and then learn and grow from there. So many people don’t know how to do something and so refuse to try. Just try. But let me suggest a starting point. It’s quite simple and seemingly mundane.
