It seems like ages ago that David Murray began to create devotionals for children and to release them through his blog. I quickly realized their unique value and began to give them to my own kids. In their first form these devotionals were just basic Microsoft Word documents—so basic that I would actually reformat them and make them look prettier before printing them off and handing them to my kids. In that way my children’s earliest devotional habits were formed around Murray’s work and they continued to use it until they got too old and had to move on.
I was glad to see Murray eventually team up with Crossway and artist Scotty Reifsnyder to create Exploring the Bible. That volume has now been joined by a second titled Meeting with Jesus: A Daily Bible Reading Plan for Kids (and will soon be joined by a third that is geared toward family worship and titled Exploring the Bible Together). As with its predecessor, Meeting with Jesus is intended for children aged 6-12 and offers short, 5-minute devotionals that will help children build a life-long habit of reading Scripture and praying.
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