FREE KINDLE CHILDREN'S BOOK: SUMMER WITH THE MOODYS BY SARAH MAXWELL

ANOTHER FREEBIE!!! Download it now because it's only available for free until May 9th!

Sarah Maxwell, (the daughter of Steven and Teri Maxwell from Titus2.com) is graciously offering her book Summer With the Moody's (Book 1 of the Moody Family Series) for FREE for the next couple of days!  My family owns the hard copy of this book and we love it!

This book is about the Moody family and the events of their everyday life.  This is a Christian, conservative, homeschooling family who make decisions based upon what is glorifying to God.

One of the biggest issues our family finds with Christian entertainment is that often bad attitudes and actions have to occur in order for you to get to the moral of the story.  The problem?  The bad attitudes and actions are often throughout the book and the moral of the story is simply a short insert at the end of the book/movie.  I noticed that my own children will copy and mimic whatever they see the most.  So even though I was trying to show these actions were bad, they still focused upon the things I was TRYING to steer them away from!

What I love about this book is that this family is encouraged to follow God.  The children do not fight and bicker, but they are encouraged to be each other's best friends!  This book is an encouragement to my family because it glorifies HOW to behave instead of glorifying foul actions and a short correction at the end.

You can click here and download your free Kindle version (also works on all computers, tablets, and phones that have downloaded the free Kindle app) of this book!  Make sure you share this with your family and friends and download it before it's no longer free!  You can share this post via social media by clicking on the social media links below this post!

Also, I'm sure the family would be encouraged by your review on Amazon.  I think when someone offers something free, it is always a good way to tell them "thank you."  I hope you are as blessed by this encouraging series as we are!

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Family Bible Time

Below, I want to show you a video of how my family has Family Bible Time.  This is in no way the only way to do it, nor is it a typical day for us.  We just hope that it will encourage you and your family to begin reading the Word of God together as a family.  Individual time in the Word is very important, but we believe that we will not regret having this time together as a family. 

We did forget to say our Weekly Bible Verse together as a family.  I guess with all of the hustle and bustle and transferring everything outside on the spur of the moment threw us off.  But I love that my husband found a beautiful day and decided to take Bible Time outside today!  :)  And no, I haven't had a shower yet...but honestly, I don't most days before Bible Time.  But that's life.  We do not always accomplish the goals we want to every Bible Time.  We forget things, make mistakes, and sometimes have fussy children.  The point is that we do it consistently, regardless.  What are some ways your family reads God's Word and prays together as a family?  Any tips or tricks that have proven to be effective for your family?

 

Since we began Bible Time as a family, we have noticed an even greater closeness amongst one another.  A big benefit is that my children are learning to sit still when needed (although there is still quite a way to go).  This helps when we're at church, at an event, or anywhere where I need 30 minutes or so of being "relatively" still (we had a short Bible Time today). We also include the children in the Bible Time (Hence, the name FAMILY Bible Time).  Araylah is in charge of keeping all of our Bibles and getting them out and putting them away.  Each child gets to pick a song that we sing during worship time (Brea always wants to sing "This Little Light of Mine.")  There are days when we have long discussions about what we read, and there are days when there is little discussion.  Right now, the children are young, so we don't have many questions from them.  Usually it's just a discussion between Mark and I, and we include the children when possible.  However, this will change over the years....so we'll adjust to our family's needs.  No two family's Bible time will look the same. 

I just hope this video encourages you in what you're already doing or if not, to BEGIN having that time together as a family.  If you don't know where to start, I highly recommend Feed My Sheep by Steve Maxwell (it's for Dads/Husbands and is only $10.00).  I receive no monetary benefit from recommending it, but we think it has been really good for your family and may be for yours as well.

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Jesus loves the little children of the world

We are still working on keeping our finger on the same line (we have the same trouble with counting).  She ends up reading two different sentences together because of this, but it's a start :)

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