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Friday, February 15, 2013

Lent & Easter


These last few years with our kids we have done some basic Lent devotions that we hope will be building blocks for them to understanding Christ, His death, & Resurrection.  This year again we will be doing these as a family & have reserved each Thursday night through Lent to make no outside commitments and spend the evening eating dinner together & going through our devotions as a family.  Outside of that, we try to read the nightly stories as much as possible.  

Lent & Easter

Weekly Night Devos-Jesus Storybook Bible
1. Washed with Tears-Mark 14, Luke 7, John 12
2. The Servant King, Last Supper-Mark 14, John 13-14
3. A Dark Night in the Garden-Luke 22, Mark 14, John 18
4. The Sun Stops Shining, Crucifixion-Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
5. God’s Wonderful Surprise, Resurrection-Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20

Week of Sunday, February 17
 Memory Verse: “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  John 1:5
 Words to Know: Light, Darkness
 Ideas: Jesus is the light, hiding

Week of Sunday, February 24
 Memory Verse: “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  John 1:5
 Words to Know: Sin, Holy
 Ideas: Holy/sin (Clean vs. Dirty)

Week of Sunday, March 3
 Memory Verse: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
 Words to Know: Remembrance, Repentance
 Ideas: Last Supper

Week of Sunday, March 10
 Memory Verse: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
 Words to Know: Crucifixion, Sacrifice
 Ideas: Death, Suffering, Christ’s Sacrifice/Punishment

Week of Sunday, March 17
 Memory Verse: “I am the Resurrection and the Life, he who believes in me will live & not  die.” John 11:25
 Words to Know: Forgiveness, Resurrection
 Idea: Crucifixion/Resurrection, Death/Life

Week of Sunday, March 24-Palm Sunday
 Memory Verse: “I am the Resurrection and the Life, he who believes in me will live and not  die.” John 11:25
 Words to Know: Salvation
 Ideas: Salvation/Redemption, Savior/Rescuer

Thursday, March 28-Maundy Thursday
 Words to Know: Remembrance, Repentance
 Ideas: Last Supper

Friday, March 29--Good Friday
 Words to Know: Crucifixion, Sacrifice
 Ideas: Death, Suffering, Christ’s Sacrifice/Punishment

Sunday, March 31-Easter
 Memory Verse: “I am the Resurrection and the Life, he who believes in me will live & not  die.” John 11:25
 Words to Know: Forgiveness, Resurrection
 Idea: Crucifixion/Resurrection, Death/Life, Rejoice

1 comment:

Katie Rogers said...

I love how simple yet deep this is - Ben and I did an abbreviated version of this last year when you posted, but this year I think we're going to try for the "full" version. I'm not sure who got more out of it - Ben or myself! Such a great way to lead up to the celebration of Easter.