{"id":13398,"date":"2020-03-02T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=13398"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:25:36","slug":"how-to-get-kids-as-excited-about-easter-as-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=13398","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Kids As Excited About Easter As Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week the blog is sponsored by The Good Book Company, publishers of The Garden, The Curtain and The Cross, and written by Carl  and Lizzie Laferton<\/em><\/p>\n

Our children seem to spend their lives counting down the sleeps to something. Birthdays, Christmas, end of term, family vacation… there’s always something for our 5 and 7-year-olds to count down the sleeps to.<\/p>\n

It’s their natural response to a day approaching on the horizon of their young lives which they know will be out of the ordinary. It’s what they do about anything that others around them are talking about with enthusiasm—be it family, friends, or the wider culture. It’s how they look forward to events that they remember from previous years when their memory fuels their anticipation.<\/p>\n

Which should beg the question for parents: as Christians, what do we want our children to be counting down the sleeps to? And, what can we do to kindle our kids’ excitement about the things we want them to love?<\/p>\n

Our answer to that first question is: Easter.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t happen by accident.<\/p>\n

DON’T PASS BY EASTER <\/p>\n

With Christmas, it’s not hard for kids to get excited about it, because our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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