Have you ever wished for a way to spark spiritual conversation over dinner with your younger kids?
Wish no more. Because Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions is here.
Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions is designed to give you short, yet powerful, table topics to discuss with your kids. And if they are familiar with Adventures In Odyssey, they’ll enjoy these devotions, too.
Each devotion is broken down into several sections: Mealtime Prayer, the Appetizer, the Main Course, Table Talk, and Vitamins and Minerals.
The Mealtime Prayer is a simple suggestion, taken from the devotion for that day. We encourage each of our kids to participate by praying along these lines.
The Appetizer is introductory in nature, asking questions or telling a story to get your minds thinking.
The Main Course is just that… the Main Course. Here is where you’ll dig into the Bible story, and discuss it.
Table Talk is a series of questions designed to help you digest what you just read and discussed.
Vitamins and Minerals is a brief memory verse to remember.
With day to day devotions as well as special themes and holidays, Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions is an excellent dinner table resource.
While these are simple devotions, and our kids, from ages 2 to 13, all enjoy them, they do require a bit of preparation. For example, one devotion requires that you eat as much of your meal together without drinking anything. The point is that we need water, and Jesus is the living water. But if you wait until dinner to find this out, it may be too late. We had to use this devotion the next night instead. Read through the devotion beforehand, just to make sure you know what is involved.
All in all, our family likes these simple devotions. It is sometimes a stretch to make it fit a wider span of ages, but it’s doable.
Give it a shot, and spice up your mealtime devotions.
Do you do devotions at mealtimes? If not, when does your family do them? You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
If you are interested in utilizing Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions, by John Avery Whittaker, you can purchase it at Amazon.com in print or for Kindle.
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