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Sword Fighting

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This is a fun and easy way for kids to not only learn and memorize the scriptures, but understand what they really mean and put them to use. My 7 year old, whom I have to fight with to do simple math or other lesson, LOVES doing it every night. I have seen a lot of growth in him. His abilities to deal with the, uh, challenges of an older brother have greatly improved. There is less bickering and nitpicking in the house since we started this. Even for families that don't read the scriptures on a regular basis, this is really a good thing for the youth of today to fall back on when given the pressures that they can come across. The lessons refer to passages in the bible and really put them into an understandable context. There are hands on types of things to help to reinforce the lessons. I would recommend this book to any family that is concerned about the moral strength of their children.

This is the best devotional for boys I have seen! (I have no doubt girls would enjoy it too, I just have no personal experience to share). Lots of fun ways to memorize scripture and apply it to daily life. Not a lot of prep. time on parent's part to use this book.
However, instead of cutting out paper swords for each lesson, I made one cardboard sturdy one for each child. We laminated it with clear contact paper, & the boys had fun decorating the handle with old jewelry etc. Then each week they wrote the verse on a strip of paper & taped it to the "blade". One side always had the verse from last week, with the current verse on the other side. Laminating the "blade" made it last longer & made it easy to remove old verses to add new ones. Highly recommend this book!

Highly recommend this book!! Weekly devotions are well-organized and easy to work with whether you have a lot of time to develop the themes or are usually on the run! My boys, 3 & 7, are memorizing like champs and look forward to our weekly "sword." My favorite part is that you memorize scripture to combat the regular temptations we all face daily--exs: "When I am tempted to lose my self-control I remember I Peter 5:8," "when I am tempted to feel sorry for myself I remember Psalm 121:2," etc. This opens wonderful discussions during Teachable Moments... It's my favorite family resource, for sure.

You do not need the Day by Day Kid's Bible - BUT - we love that too so with that said - we are enjoying reading the Word (sWord,) memorizing a key sWord verse each week, and then doing some of the activities it suggests. Our children at home are 14, 13 and 8 so it brings some good discussion about how to use the sWord.

We used all of the devotions in this book. It was a great tool to get us start on regular devotionals. After we finished the book, we had developed good habits and are continuing our family devotionals just using the bible now.

This has been a great family devotion to use with my boys 5 & 7. It guides us in applying scripture to our lives and fighting the temptations we all battle. My boys do struggle with "what do you think about..." type questions, largely due to their young age. It opens up opportunities to talk about all kinds of temptations to sin like being stubborn, or rude, or prideful to mention just a few.

A great book that helps kids learn the importance of memorizing scripture (after all, Jesus did!)and how and when they can apply it to their life.