Imaginative Prayer
A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How do we help our kids connect with God?Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It's hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation in the presence of God.Jared Patrick Boyd discovered that children's spiritual formation is rooted in the imagination. When we lead our children through guided times of imaginative prayer, they can experience a connection with God that transcends mere Bible knowledge or doctrinal content. This unique resource provides six units of weekly guided imaginative prayer, themed around core topics: God's love, loving others, forgiveness, God as king, the good news of God, and the mission of God. Each unit has six sessions, providing a yearlong experience of spiritual formation for children ages five to thirteen.Through imaginative prayer, you can help your child connect with God. As you do so, you may find yourself connecting more closely with your child, and your own formation as a parent will deepen into greater awareness of God's work in your lives.
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Table of contents
- contents
- Imaginative Prayer Creedal Poem
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Part 1
- God loves so many things
- He loves me
- When I am lost, he will look for me
- When I am sick, he wants to heal me
- When I make mistakes, he will always have grace on me
- There is nothing that can separate me from the love of God
- Part 2
- God invites us to live a life of love
- Love is patient and kind, and does not make a list of people’s mistakes
- Love invites people who may be left out
- Love takes care of people when they need help
- We love others with the love that God pours into us
- People will know that we are followers of Jesus because of our love for each other
- Part 3
- Forgiveness means we can have peace with God
- Forgiveness means God welcomes anyone
- Forgiveness means God takes away our sin
- Forgiveness means we can forgive the sins of others
- When we forgive, we will be forgiven
- Love and forgiveness make room for reconciliation
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- Part 4
- Jesus is the King who came to undo the power of death
- Jesus is the King who came to defeat the power of sin
- Jesus is the King who came to defeat the power of the Accuser
- Jesus is a faithful King, even when his people are without faith
- We have life with God through the faithfulness of Jesus the King
- Love and forgiveness: this is how God became King
- Part 5
- God made a new promise and it comes to us through Jesus
- The good news of God comes to us through the words of Jesus
- The good news of God comes to us through the life of Jesus
- The good news of God comes to us through the death of Jesus
- The good news of God comes to us through the resurrection of Jesus
- We receive the promises of God when we choose to follow Jesus
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- Part 6
- When we follow Jesus, we join the mission of God to bring his love into the world
- The mission of God is to make everything in the world good again
- The mission of God is to bring all things under the reign of king Jesus
- The mission of God is to bring peace and reconciliation to everything
- The mission of God is to take away the veil that covers up the presence of God
- God is at work all around us: open your eyes and join God in his mission to the world
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Scripture Index
- Praise for Imaginative Prayer
- About the Author
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