Exploring Grace Together: 40 Devotionals for the Family
Ebook
Children need more than behavior modification—they need the gospel. But sometimes it’s hard to communicate the truth of God’s Word in a way that engages the hearts, minds, and affections of the little ones we love so much. Assisting parents with this high calling, Jessica Thompson, coauthor of the popular parenting book Give Them Grace, offers an alternative to merely telling kids what they must do to please God and be a “good Christian.” The book’s 40 short devotionals help parents point their children to the transformative grace of God through engaging stories, key memory verses, simple reflection questions, and suggestions for prayer that can be read together. Designed for families with children ages 6 to 10, this collection helps kids understand and experience the grace of God while bringing together the whole family.
“I can’t think of a better subject to walk through with my
family or a better person to walk through it with than Jessica
Thompson. Exploring Grace Together has a treasure trove of
grace reflections and questions at the end of each lesson so that
the treasure may be found. Read each devotional, and you will love
the Savior in greater ways.”
—Trillia Newbell, author, If God Is For Us:
The Everlasting Truth of Our Great Salvation
“Exploring Grace Together brings the gospel to bear on
real-life issues that kids face such as loneliness, jealousy, and
failure. Along the way it also calls us as parents to believe that
the gospel—not our rules or expectations or kids’ good behavior or
accomplishments—is truly the power of God for salvation in our
kids’ lives. That means this book is good news for the whole
family.”
—Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher; author, Even
Better than Eden
“My wife and I have enjoyed journeying through Exploring
Grace Together with our kids. These forty short, fun
devotionals have been kid-tested and proven by the Montgomery boys
and girls and by two grateful parents who have often lamented the
shortage of books that teach the gospel of God’s grace rather than
the ‘gospel of rules and behavior modification.'”
—Daniel Montgomery, Lead Pastor, Sojourn
Community Church, Louisville, Kentucky; Founder, Sojourn Network;
author, Faithmapping, PROOF, and Leadership
Mosaic
“This book is a special gift to children, parents, and
caregivers of children. These brief devotions are packed full of
the doctrines and message of the radical, compassionate, and
comforting grace of God. They are also deeply practical and
applicable to real-life experiences of six- to ten year olds. We
wish this book had been available when we were children, but we are
very thankful that we will have it for our daughters.”
—Justin and Lindsey Holcomb, authors, God
Made All of Me, Rid of My Disgrace,
and Is it My Fault?
“Finally—a collection of family devotions centered on the only
hope for joy and change that moms, dads, and children have: the
gospel of Jesus Christ. In Exploring Grace Together
Jessica Thompson shares engaging stories, explains key theological
concepts, and asks revealing, heart-level questions, all to help
your family get beyond therapeutic moralism and powerless
application and right to the heart of the Christian faith: the
finished work of God’s only Son.”
—Jared C. Wilson, Assistant
Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Midwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary; Director, Pastoral Training Center, Liberty Baptist
Church, Kansas City, Missouri
“There’s nothing I long more to talk with my children about than
the life-giving gospel of Jesus Christ. But sometimes I just don’t
know where to start! Exploring Grace Together is a
resource for parents and kids—creatively and plainly
presenting gospel truths. In these devotions Thompson holds up the
multifaceted jewel of the gospel and turns it every which way to
show off the brilliance of God’s grace to us in Jesus Christ. I’m
so thankful for this book that leads parents to worship Jesus
together with their kids.”
—Gloria Furman, author, Alive in Him and
Labor with Hope
“Jessica Thompson has written the children’s devotional I’ve
been searching for! This is not a book of morality lessons that
will leave your kids looking to themselves to do better. Instead,
Jessica extends her heart for the freedom of the gospel to your
kids as she points them away from themselves and to the lover of
their souls. Parents can confidently use this grace-drenched
resource with their children, knowing that as they wade through the
challenges of the growing-up years they will daily be encouraged in
the gospel.”
—Kimm Crandall, author, Christ in the Chaos:
How the Gospel Changes Motherhood; mother of four
“In this one-of-a-kind devotional, Jessica faithfully points
parents and children alike to the good news that Jesus is bigger
than all our mistakes, and his love covers all our sins. Through
wise and wonderful storytelling, Jessica helps us discover the free
grace available to us in every situation because of
Jesus’s finished work on the cross. Find fresh mercy waiting for
your family every day in Jessica’s consistent message that we love
because he first loved us, and there is absolutely nothing we can
do to change God’s love for us in Christ Jesus. Give your family
the priceless gift of reading this liberating devotional. Our
family will be reading it over and over again.”
—Jeannie Cunnion, MSW; author, Parenting the
Wholehearted Child
“Start this devotional tomorrow with your children if you want
their hearts comforted, challenged, and compelled to trust Jesus’s
love to cover all their struggles. Each page leads the whole family
to the cross of Jesus—where all of our needs are met.”
—Trisha R. Wilkerson, author, Everyday
Worship; biblical counselor
“Kids have problems too. We often try to ‘help’ our children by
minimizing their problems, telling them that things will get better
or that they will have bigger issues to deal with when they are
older. The truth is that we need to help our children assess and
address their hearts from the early years. Their problem may not be
that significant, but their heart attitude in response to their
problem is of vital importance. Jessica uses simple, real-life
issues that adolescents can readily relate to, helps them to see
any sinful responses that may exist in their heart, and unfolds
gospel truth and the love of Christ in a nurturing way. This is a
wonderful book to read as a family to explore together God’s
amazing grace provided through Christ our Savior!”
—Kristie Anyabwile, wife and mom; editor, His
Testimonies, My Heritage
Product Details
- Title : Exploring Grace Together: 40 Devotionals for the Family
- Authors:
- Thompson, Jessica
- Fitzpatrick, Elyse M.
- Publisher: Crossway
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781433536946
Jessica Thompson is a wife, a mother of three, and a member of an Acts 29 church. She also cowrote Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus with her mother, Elyse Fitzpatrick.