Heroes of the Bible Devotional: 90 Devotions to Help You Become a Hero of God!

by Joshua Cooley

Ask any 12-year-old kid to describe a hero, and you will get some of the following a superstar athlete, a soldier on the front lines, or a guy in a cape who can jump over buildings.

Most of our “heroes” are related to human achievement and glory, but the Bible has a very different concept. The list of people who were great in God’s eyes might shock you. This devotional book is about their stories.

The 90 devotions feature the qualities of Bible characters that made them heroic. From Moses to Esther to Jesus, kids will learn more about how these Bible people pleased God. They will know that qualities like courage, worshiping God, and being a true friend are heroic actions. The devotional features line drawings of the Bible characters to further help youth identify with and learn about the people in the Bible.

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2014

About the author

Joshua Cooley is a New York Times bestselling author who has authored or contributed to 18 books, including Empty!, I Can't Believe My Eyes!, the Heroes of the Bible Devotional, The One Year Devotions With Jesus, and Tyndale's Go Bible for kids. In 2018, he teamed with Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles to co-author the star quarterback’s bestselling memoir, Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds. He lives in Durham, N.C. You can visit his website at http://www.joshuacooleyauthor.com.

Reviews

[Celena Janton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This comicbook style devotional features well-known bible heroes like God, Abel, and Jonathan, as well as some lesser known bible heroes like Joash and Gideon (which I thought was pretty cool). It also features a couple of girls (Ruth and the Jewish Slave Girl); however, I don't really think this book would appeal to most girls. It's quite masculine and I totally love it--for my little guy. My son is only 6, but I'm saving this book for him for when he's a bit older. He's going to love it! It's got a comic book, superhero kind of presentation to it and that will definitely appeal to him. This is such a unique devotional, and it's nice to see a very boyish devo for boys older than... say... 3. Not something I can recall coming across before. It's cool and it reveals an important truth: while Captain America and Wolverine are pretty awesome superheroes, there's no superhero as awesome as Jesus, and the other heroes in the bible not only did great things for God, but they were flawed people just like us. Flawed, but with a faith God could use to turn them into heroes... and He can do the same with us.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heroes of the Bible Devotional is a great study geared for children. This is a 90 day devotional that teaches kids that not only were people in the Bible people like you and me who experienced both success and failures, but that they were also heroes because they loved and served God. This devotional also explains that they too can be heroes just by serving God and it gives great examples of this through telling the stories of people like Noah, Hezekiah, and David. The devotional also tells its readers what important truths they can learn from each of these characters and how those truths can apply to their lives so they can be God’s heroes too. I also like how they used creative titles to encourage kids to apply what they learned from not only the Bible but also the devotional. This devotional is a great study for kids because it not only teaches them how to be heroes for God, but it also is written in a way that they will understand and be entertained too.