Month: March 2019

Do you have children in your life? My children are now grown but I have grandchildren. I’m always thinking of ways to gently impact my grands for the Lord, adding to the teaching and guidance of their parents. Kids are amazing, taking in so much information around them every day. There is more of that external influence on them today than when I was a child, and much of it we don’t want them to know. I’ll bet you’ve noticed that too. Well, I’ve discovered a source of good information for those young minds and I want to share it with you.

Recently, I was introduced to a children’s devotional written by fellow blogger and author, Susanne Maynes. A few years ago I reviewed her devotional book Unleashing Your Courageous Compassion, a 40-day devotional especially for women who work in life-affirming ministries such as pregnancy centers.

Now Susanne has written and published a 40-day devotional workbook geared for children ages 8-12 years. Releasing Your Brave Love: Helping Kids to Change Their World builds from the ground up to do just what the title says: help kids to change their world. But first, they must understand why they and their world need changing. Here is life-influencing information we want our children to have!

Susanne Maynes, like a master builder, starts her devotional for children at the foundation level: God created you in his Image. Every person has worth and value because of that. Humans are a unique creation of God and Susanne slowly builds the walls of biblical truth, using Scripture, one brick of truth at a time in each of her daily two-page lessons.

Susanne starts with the foundational truths and as she builds on them she works her way to the crucial matter of children putting God’s truth into action in their lives. She brings up numerous everyday examples where a child can enact God’s way to bring change to his or her world. Knowing truth doesn’t help us or others if it isn’t acted upon and the author gently leads the way to the practical application of God’s word.

Susanne enhances the learning process by asking thoughtful questions creating teaching points parents can expand upon as they discuss the issues with their child. In this devotional, parents have been given a tool to use as they disciple their child. Since discipling our children is a tremendous responsibility for every parent, each tool is an asset!

There is much to appreciate and applaud in Susanne Maynes’ devotional for children, Releasing Your Brave Love. I highly recommend it for parents of children ages 8-12 years. I purchased one for my 8-year-old granddaughter and look forward to her working through it with her parents or even us, her grandparents.

Releasing Your Brave Love may be purchased online here. I encourage you to take a look at Releasing Your Brave Love for your 8-12 year old child, relative, or friend.