Our kids are spending more time at home during these times. This provides us a perfect opportunity, as parents, to really teach them how to live. The constant, on-the-go living, robs our kids of really being able to understand how to live. Now that the pace has slowed, it’s the perfect opportunity to implement a daily God Time routine for your kids.
When we began homeschooling due to the coronavirus pandemic, it put me in the position of really being able to determine the lessons I wanted our kids to learn. We did complete the school assignments, but we also did more. As parents, we must remain engaged with our kids. We must grow in understanding them so we better understand the lessons they really need to learn.
One lessons that all of our kids need to learn is how to develop a relationship with God. If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time for you to create a daily God Time routine for your kids.
5 Tips for Creating a Daily God Time Routine for Your Kids:
1. Worship.
Start your day with worship music. Not only will this help your kids, but it will also shift your heart and mind toward the Lord. When implementing a daily God Time routine for your kids, maybe let them pick a worship song or play one of their favorites.
2. Prayer.
Our kids need to understand how important prayer is, and one way that they learn this is by us modeling it for them. By implementing a daily prayer routine, they understand that just as they brush their teeth when they wake up, they pray. This can be a family prayer time when everyone circles up and prays as they start their day.
3. Word Time.
A Daily God Time routine won’t be complete without the Word of God. Take some time each morning to read a Bible story with your kids. This will help them to learn about God, learn about others who have followed God, and whether they realize it or not, their hearts will be purified.
4. Declarations.
Declarations truly make a God Time routine complete, as this allows your children to speak God’s truth over themselves. Tailor these for your kids and their needs. You can tailor them to focus on how they treat their siblings and family since they are spending more time at home with each other now.
5. Expectations.
Expectations are a great way to close out a daily God Time routine, as this allows you to communicate clear expectations to your children. Let them know what you expect out of them: Enjoying this blessed day, loving each other, working together. Let them know the consequences of disobedience so they know what to expect.
I pray that these 5 tips assist you as you Create a Daily God Time Routine for Your Kids.
You’ll be amazed, like I was, at the difference it makes in the behavior of your kids. God Time is necessary for kids and adults, alike. As we teach them at a young age how to spend time with God, they will grow in their faith and experience an intimate relationship with Him. This should be one of our top priorities as parents.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
– Proverbs 22:6
With love,
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