The book includes 31 devotions to help parents entrust their children to God’s love and care, in way that you would not normally expect. Each devotion has a Scripture verse, thoughts from the author about a specific area to pray about for children, a suggested prayer, and an area to answer a question or reflect on what you have learned. It also includes a discussion starter to use with your children such as, in devotion #11 which speaks about loneliness and finding intimacy with the Lord, "Have you ever been lonely?" and "How do you see God around you?"
The devotions are good and thought-provoking. They are not too long and give good insights to various ways we need to have a deeper trust in the Lord. However, on a scale of 1-5 (5 being excellent), I would only give this book a 3. The reason is because I don’t care for the way the book words its introductory titles/prayers (at the beginning of each chapter). For example:
- I pray you’ll get caught doing things wrong - and find the good and true path.
- I pray you’ll fail in things that don’t matter - and learn to seek what matters to God.
- I pray you’ll get lost - and discover you'll find the Compass within...
- I pray you’ll experience unanswered prayers - and you'll find a deeper trust in Him.
- I pray you’ll know fear - and find courage in living with God beside you.
- WHEN you do things wrong, I pray you will get caught.
- WHEN you fail...
- WHEN you get lost...
- WHEN you experience unanswered prayers...
- WHEN you are fearful...
NOTE: I received this book free of charge from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own.
Set to be released on February 19th.
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