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A Jesus Easter: Explore God's Amazing Rescue Plan
Celebrate the awesome, life-changing events of Easter with this family devotional.
Help your family to appreciate the awesome, life-changing events of Easter with this 30-day devotional.
These easy-to-lead devotions start by looking at Genesis and take us through the Old Testament to see how Easter was always part of God’s amazing plan for his people. The remainder look at the Easter story itself, helping families to experience the full joy of our resurrection hope.
Each day there is a passage to read together, questions to think about, an explanation and a prayer. There are also age-appropriate application questions, with some for younger children and some for older children, as well as journaling space so that family members can write or draw their own response to what God has shown them.
So why not set aside a little time each day in the run-up to Easter with this inspiring and innovative resource to celebrate what Jesus has done for us?
Help your family to appreciate the awesome, life-changing events of Easter with this 30-day devotional.
These easy-to-lead devotions start by looking at Genesis and take us through the Old Testament to see how Easter was always part of God’s amazing plan for his people. The remainder look at the Easter story itself, helping families to experience the full joy of our resurrection hope.
Each day there is a passage to read together, questions to think about, an explanation and a prayer. There are also age-appropriate application questions, with some for younger children and some for older children, as well as journaling space so that family members can write or draw their own response to what God has shown them.
So why not set aside a little time each day in the run-up to Easter with this inspiring and innovative resource to celebrate what Jesus has done for us?
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2022
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About the author
Barbara Reaoch
8 books28 followersBarbara Reaoch says, "Nothing thrills me more than to see the great truths of the gospel change kids lives. I love to give adults tools to disciple the next generation. I want every parent and teacher to know that God's Word has power to enable their children to discover the joy of loving God."
Teaching cross-culturally changed Barbara’s perspective. She says, "Living overseas I learned in a new way that God's Word can reach children in every situation. No matter what reasons people think they cannot disciple their children - they can! I've seen the power of God's Word help children around the world — from Africa to Asia, India to the Alps, poor or rich. Whatever the challenge - God has given parents the privilege and power to reach their children with the transforming truth of his Word."
Barbara and her husband lived in Michigan before moving to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. They also worked with the Rafiki Foundation to train young women in job and life skills. With her grandchildren far away, Barbara began to write Bible studies for them to bridge the distance. She drew her first two books, “Why Easter” and “Why Christmas" from those studies. Barbara’s most recent book is “A Jesus Christmas.”
After returning to the US, Barbara directed the Children’s Division of Bible Study Fellowship International. Barbara now lives in Minneapolis, MN, where she is learning to love snow again! She and her family are privileged to be a part of the wonderful body of believers at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Teaching cross-culturally changed Barbara’s perspective. She says, "Living overseas I learned in a new way that God's Word can reach children in every situation. No matter what reasons people think they cannot disciple their children - they can! I've seen the power of God's Word help children around the world — from Africa to Asia, India to the Alps, poor or rich. Whatever the challenge - God has given parents the privilege and power to reach their children with the transforming truth of his Word."
Barbara and her husband lived in Michigan before moving to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. They also worked with the Rafiki Foundation to train young women in job and life skills. With her grandchildren far away, Barbara began to write Bible studies for them to bridge the distance. She drew her first two books, “Why Easter” and “Why Christmas" from those studies. Barbara’s most recent book is “A Jesus Christmas.”
After returning to the US, Barbara directed the Children’s Division of Bible Study Fellowship International. Barbara now lives in Minneapolis, MN, where she is learning to love snow again! She and her family are privileged to be a part of the wonderful body of believers at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
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April 27, 2022
We really enjoyed journeying through these 30 days of devotions as a family (with a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old). The devotions explore the big story of God's rescue plan with chronologically-ordered passages from the Old and New Testaments. Each day has a Bible reading, some explanatory comments, a "Jesus is..." summary statement, some questions (with writing space!) for older or younger readers, a prayer, and some journaling space (a blank box with drawing prompts).
There's enough flexibility within that for families to adapt if needed, especially for younger children. As we went through, I often summarised the explanatory comments because they could be quite long. And I normally adapted the prayer to make it easier to "repeat after me." But it was a blessing to us as a family, and I will definitely recommend to other families for future Easters!
There's enough flexibility within that for families to adapt if needed, especially for younger children. As we went through, I often summarised the explanatory comments because they could be quite long. And I normally adapted the prayer to make it easier to "repeat after me." But it was a blessing to us as a family, and I will definitely recommend to other families for future Easters!
April 25, 2022
Read through this with my kids and we all enjoyed it! It is written in a way that works for a wide range of ages and has discussion questions throughout to help them listen and stay engaged. Each chapter has a journaling page, but I preferred finding printable activities and coloring pages that correlated to that chapter since my kids are younger. I deducted a star because some of the questions could have been better. Overall I would recommend and we plan to read it again next Easter (Lord willing).
February 21, 2022
How can you experience the Easter story with your children? In A Jesus Easter, Barbara Reoach helps you explore God’s amazing rescue plan. The first 10 days take you through the Old Testament, explaining the background and why Jesus had to come. Days 11-30 are about the Gospel and walk you alongside the life of Jesus.
Explore, Explain, Engage, and Enter In
This is an Easter workbook that can be used for families during Lent. Made for ages 3 - 12, it is adaptable to fit the needs of your family. Each day has four parts: Explore, Explain, Engage, and Enter in. To summarize each day, Reoach writes a simple true statement about Jesus. Family journaling space is also included.
What I love most about this book is how reading the Bible passage together as a family is the key activity. The explanation sections are brief, but will help you find your focus in the Biblical text. And the engagement questions are simple, yet personal, allowing you to truly reflect on Scripture.
Our Great Rescuer
What I most appreciated about this book was how it shows what Jesus gives us by his death and resurrection. For instance, Jesus gives us light and life, peace, life with him, and forgiveness. While we often think of Christmas as a time for giving presents, this book shows that Jesus gives us gifts during Easter. This is a wonderful way to read God’s Word.
This book is an excellent resource for families. Work through it during your family devotions, or give it to your older children to use during their own personal quiet times. With activities and questions to help keep you engaged, you will experience Easter and give worship to our great Rescuer.
I received a media copy of A Jesus Easter and this is my honest review.
Explore, Explain, Engage, and Enter In
This is an Easter workbook that can be used for families during Lent. Made for ages 3 - 12, it is adaptable to fit the needs of your family. Each day has four parts: Explore, Explain, Engage, and Enter in. To summarize each day, Reoach writes a simple true statement about Jesus. Family journaling space is also included.
What I love most about this book is how reading the Bible passage together as a family is the key activity. The explanation sections are brief, but will help you find your focus in the Biblical text. And the engagement questions are simple, yet personal, allowing you to truly reflect on Scripture.
Our Great Rescuer
What I most appreciated about this book was how it shows what Jesus gives us by his death and resurrection. For instance, Jesus gives us light and life, peace, life with him, and forgiveness. While we often think of Christmas as a time for giving presents, this book shows that Jesus gives us gifts during Easter. This is a wonderful way to read God’s Word.
This book is an excellent resource for families. Work through it during your family devotions, or give it to your older children to use during their own personal quiet times. With activities and questions to help keep you engaged, you will experience Easter and give worship to our great Rescuer.
I received a media copy of A Jesus Easter and this is my honest review.
April 2, 2022
A Jesus Easter is the latest family devotional by author Barbara Reaoch and it's one that my family particularly enjoys! The book is divided into readings for families to go through in the thirty days leading up to Easter. Each devotional is broken up into the following three sections: Explore, Explain, Engage, and Enter In. The Explore section includes Bible verses to look up and read as well as a few simple questions about the verses. The Explain section contains brief devotional content and each devotion concludes by pointing to Jesus' death and resurrection. The Engage section includes simple questions for parents to ask their children about the Bible verses and devotional content. Each devotion concludes with the Enter In section which contains a brief prayer prompt.
My husband and I generally read children's Bibles with our girls who are three and six but we especially enjoyed going through the content of A Jesus Easter with them because it had us opening up the actual Bible and reading from it. We love our children's Bibles have but recognize that they are paraphrases of Scripture so it was nice to do something different for our family worship time and it was neat to see the girls engage with it. We really enjoyed A Jesus Easter and look forward to reading more by Barbara Reaoch in the future! I received A Jesus Easter compliments of The Good Book Company in exchange for my honest review.
My husband and I generally read children's Bibles with our girls who are three and six but we especially enjoyed going through the content of A Jesus Easter with them because it had us opening up the actual Bible and reading from it. We love our children's Bibles have but recognize that they are paraphrases of Scripture so it was nice to do something different for our family worship time and it was neat to see the girls engage with it. We really enjoyed A Jesus Easter and look forward to reading more by Barbara Reaoch in the future! I received A Jesus Easter compliments of The Good Book Company in exchange for my honest review.
May 18, 2022
Very good!
Read with my children at lunch
2022 A book about theology
Read with my children at lunch
2022 A book about theology
May 11, 2022
My endorsement: Barbara Reaoch has created a deep, Christ-centered Easter resource that keeps families where children's ages and attention spans vary in mind. She doesn't hide the difficult parts of the story—Christ's suffering, the injustice of his death, and the miracle of his resurrection—but she provides helpful tools (a glossary, different questions for older and younger kids, and family journaling space) to keep every child in your family dialed in.
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