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The God of Amazing Gifts: Family Devotions For Advent
Advent devotional to help the whole family get even more excited about God’s greatest Christmas gift. As you wrap, give and receive gifts over Advent and Christmas, use this devotional to focus your whole family on the reason behind it all—the generous and gracious character of God and the goodness of his greatest gift, Jesus. These 25 devotions use Scripture to explore the other amazing gifts we receive through faith in Jesus and how we can be generous too. This step-by-step guide is perfect for families who want to dig deeper into the Bible this Advent. It includes study and application questions for children and teens at various ages and stages of faith, simple prayers and extra creative ideas.
128 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2022
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October 17, 2022
How can you lead your children to our God who gives good gifts? In The God of Amazing Gifts, Lizzie Laferton helps you lead your family devotions for Advent.
This 125-page book is a resource for families who want to focus their gaze on the Gift-Giver. Featuring 25 devotions, it is a full guide to discovering God. The book is divided into four parts: (1) God the Gift-Giver, (2) God’s Christmas Gift, (3) God’s Gifts to Us, and (4) Our Gifts to Give. Two sets of questions are provided for different ages, with questions for application and sample prayers.
Generous and Gracious
I was most happy to see that this book stresses the idea that God’s is generous and gracious. The devotion on Day 13 focuses on Ephesians 2, recognizing the fact that we cannot earn and we do not deserve God’s gifts. I also appreciated how the book asks you to make applications together as a family, thinking through how you can pray and make plans together.
Definitions to help you explain Scripture are included throughout, and extra ideas are included at the back for family activities and encouraging conversations. This book will help your kids see that we are all children who are grateful for God’s good gifts.
I received a media copy of The God of Amazing Gifts and this is my honest review.
This 125-page book is a resource for families who want to focus their gaze on the Gift-Giver. Featuring 25 devotions, it is a full guide to discovering God. The book is divided into four parts: (1) God the Gift-Giver, (2) God’s Christmas Gift, (3) God’s Gifts to Us, and (4) Our Gifts to Give. Two sets of questions are provided for different ages, with questions for application and sample prayers.
Generous and Gracious
I was most happy to see that this book stresses the idea that God’s is generous and gracious. The devotion on Day 13 focuses on Ephesians 2, recognizing the fact that we cannot earn and we do not deserve God’s gifts. I also appreciated how the book asks you to make applications together as a family, thinking through how you can pray and make plans together.
Definitions to help you explain Scripture are included throughout, and extra ideas are included at the back for family activities and encouraging conversations. This book will help your kids see that we are all children who are grateful for God’s good gifts.
I received a media copy of The God of Amazing Gifts and this is my honest review.
November 30, 2022
The God of Amazing Gifts is an Advent devotional for families by children’s book author, Lizzie Laferton. In this devotional, Laferton helps families focus on God, the greatest Gift-Giver. The book’s introduction guides parents on how best to use the book and states that it is designed for families with children ages 7-14. Each devotional begins with a prayer and then questions to engage children in the Bible reading. I really enjoyed seeing Laferton’s thoughtfulness and creativity in reading the questions she created.
An example of this is found in the content for Day 1 which focuses on Psalm 63. The intro states, “What is the best Christmas present you can imagine receiving? Now picture yourself hiding in a cave in a dry and lifeless desert, on the run from someone who wants to kill you. What would be at the top of your gift list then? As we open the Bible today, We’ll find ourselves hearing from someone who knew exactly what that is like: King David. As we read the first verse of Psalm 63 together, listen out for what David thought is the best possible gift,” (pg. 13).
Each devotional has the Scripture text for that day’s reading printed out which is really helpful. The content also includes a variety of questions about the Scripture reading with some questions for younger children and some for older ones so parents can choose which ones best suit their families. Although The God of Amazing Gifts is intended for families with children who are a bit older than mine, I’m thankful for it and believe it will benefit my family even now while our kids are younger.
I received The God of Amazing Gifts compliments of The Good Book Company in exchange for my honest review.
An example of this is found in the content for Day 1 which focuses on Psalm 63. The intro states, “What is the best Christmas present you can imagine receiving? Now picture yourself hiding in a cave in a dry and lifeless desert, on the run from someone who wants to kill you. What would be at the top of your gift list then? As we open the Bible today, We’ll find ourselves hearing from someone who knew exactly what that is like: King David. As we read the first verse of Psalm 63 together, listen out for what David thought is the best possible gift,” (pg. 13).
Each devotional has the Scripture text for that day’s reading printed out which is really helpful. The content also includes a variety of questions about the Scripture reading with some questions for younger children and some for older ones so parents can choose which ones best suit their families. Although The God of Amazing Gifts is intended for families with children who are a bit older than mine, I’m thankful for it and believe it will benefit my family even now while our kids are younger.
I received The God of Amazing Gifts compliments of The Good Book Company in exchange for my honest review.
December 26, 2024
It's often hard to find an advent devotional that is good for families with teenagers, but this was wonderful! I loved the options they had for questions to tailor it to your family whether you have younger kids or older kids. We had lots of great and deep conversations this Christmas.
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