3 Reasons to Consider Using a Devotional with Your Family

Three Reasons to Use Devotionals with Your Family There is no single right way to spend time in God’s word. Charles Spurgeon advocated for one method but knew it was one among many good options: Some people like to read so many chapters every day. I would not dissuade them from the practice, but I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses all day than I would, as it were, rinse my hand in several chapters.1 John Stott said that he had one “Bible reading method that I have found most helpful, although there are many . . . which I also recommend.”2 In sum, when it comes to your personal time in the Bible, Donald Whitney says, “There’s not just one way to meditate on Scripture.”3 Similarly, there’s also not one single way for opening God’s Word with your family. But there are some good reasons for using a special kind of resource: devotionals. Sometimes it helps to use resources that someone else has written. Here are three reasons why. 1. Devotionals offer a familiar format. As a parent you have a lot to think about. And sometimes keeping up with the next topic or passage you’re going to talk about with your family is life-giving and wonderful. Other times those details g...