The winner of the Princess Bible is:
Melinda T!! Check your email. 
Hope your sweet girl enjoys to the fullest.
Since the day we opened this Bible last week, my sweet Tarah, who is 3 yrs. old, has not gone a single night without sleeping with it!
The old mommy in me might have made her place it somewhere special so that it doesn’t get ruined. (crazy!)
But you know what I love? The fact that she’s probably going to get this Bible all dirty from dragging it around everywhere with her,and it will be well-worn. A sign of love.
And my hope is that drive will carry on throughout her life…that every Bible she owns will always be well-worn, never sitting on the shelf collecting dust.
Tonight before she went to sleep, after prayers, she said, “Mommy, I want to read my Bible.” She’s only 3; she can’t read just yet. But she is loving every second we read to her and she is learning what the words mean. She’ll be “reading” in no time.
God’s Little Princess Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh is Storybook format and includes actual International Children’s Bible® text.
I know you want to win one of these Bibles for the princess in your life! So if you’ll leave a comment with the best way you’ve found to establish a routine devotional time for your children or an idea you have to accomplish that goal, you’ll be entered to win!
Giveaway open until Wednesay, July 25,2012, 11 pm.
Disclosure: Product provided by Tommy Nelson in exchange for review. All opinions are my own.
So far the most consistent we’ve been doing since December last year is have Bible story time right before bedtime. I tried doing it in the morning, but it always gets pushed down. So at bedtime, my husband is home, and he’s the one who’s more consistent, so 99% of the time we get to do our Bible reading/devotions.
I have been doing a bedtime story routine with my daughter since she was about 6 months old, we read a story from her baby bible every night followed by prayers! She has just recently started saying “MEN” after I say “In Jesus Name” then I say Amen and she has lots more “Men’s” to follow!!! She’s 18 months old and it just melted my heart to pieces! I also let her see me reading my bible and doing devotions so that she will see it as an important start and ending to a day!!!:)
would love to win her a new bible!!!!
Thanks for the opportunity!!
Much love and support,
Kadee Kidd
Make it an enjoyable time. Be sure to have age-appropriate devotions with some kind of interactive activity to help make the Bible point stick.
Just do it. It’s like exercising. You make an effort to do it every single day. Eventually it comes as natural as brushing your teeth. It becomes something you need and miss if you don’t do it.
My little princess loves to “read” the Bible along side the others in the family. She sees it as normal and something that you do when you are “big”. We make it special with lots of cuddles and snuggles. We encourage her that it is a special book from a King that loves her very much.
The little princesses in my life is my granddaughter Karli Rae. I am wanting to win this so I can have devotion time with her when she comes to my house where her daddy lives. My son and daughter-in-law have separated and looks like no reconciliation is going to happen unless God moves. So I want to bring Karli some joy through Gods word.
We have a couple of devotion choices and let the girls take turns picking what devotion they want to read.
We do a devotional time right after breakfast with the kiddos and then again after dinner with the family!
We have a bedtime Bible-reading routine, too. We’ve also tried reading the Bible as a family at dinner and memorizing verses, but haven’t been nearly as consistent there,
My little girl loves when I sing to her. She is 2.5 yrs and a wiggle worm, but with a good book she will sit still. We have found a few books that rhyme prayers or God’s word and promises. I introduce them to her in a sing-song fashion and she loves it. I feel so overwhelmed when I hear her repeat them at random times throughout the day. It may be silly, but she it taking in God’s word and He promised that it would never come back void.
My daughter is more of a Merida than a princess, but lately she has expressed an interest in Princess Pea of SuperWhy… I’ve tried explaining that she is God’s Princess. We’ve even been exploring HomeschoolCreation’s Princess Preschool Pack, but a bible with kid-centered stories might help me make the message more clear. Although my daughter nearly always remembers to pray at meal times and never forgets bedtime prayers, we struggle with establishing a regular devotional time. Maybe it’s because she’s 3? We read our bibles twice a week together, but hopefully once I get a curriculum more well established we’ll be able to commit to every day!
As a new foster mom, I think I’ll try to make it part of the bedtime routine. We do a story now, sometimes a bible story sometimes not. I think we could make it a permanent part of the bedtime routine. I’ve been “out of the swing” for a looong time (my kids are grown) I’ve GOT to be a good example and set good habits while I can. I always pray that they will learn good things and learn to seek/trust God while they are here and that the good habits will stay w/them, regardless of how things are at “home”….
Our routine happens at bedtime. For us there’s no better way to calm down and be at peace at the end of a long day.
We do it at night when we are getting ready for bed. Everyone is home and it is a good way to wind down for the night plus have Jesus on their mind.
I have to confess that I am not consistent in this area. But bedtime seems to be the best time to read to my kids, and I would like to incorporate more Scripture into that time.
my lo is still little.. she is only 2 but we try to have some quiet time together in the morning when she wakes up and we also sing jesus songs and pray at bedtime..
I am not a morning person so for me its at bedtime. First a story and then a prayer. We each try to think up anything we did during the day we are sorry for. (like fighting with my sister, mommy yelling at the man who cut her off in traffic etc.) We pray for everyone in the family. I do this individually so each child has at least a few minutes a day alone with mommy. My kids are now older (24, 14 and 13) so I haven’t been doing it as much as when they were little but hope to win the bible for my oldest child so she can start a routine with her daughter like I did when my girls were little.
We just started this morning reading Bible stories after breakfast. I read from My Princess Bible by Andy Holmes for my 2-yr-old and from My Own Book of Bible Stories by Pat Alexander for my 4-yr-old. The second book is a book from my childhood. I hope we can be consistent in continuing this!
I live with my daughter & her family. During the school year, we read from The Early Reader Bible while they eat their snack after school. During the summer, regular Bible reading is more difficult, but whenever the kids are sitting together at the table eating, we read a story, ask questions & pray. So far the 4 yr. old’s attention span prevents her from sitting still that long…but she’s starting to join us sometimes. I think the Princess Bible would be right up her alley, as she LOVES princesses.
The way we make it special was to give my kids their “own” Bible. (Both were used that were handed down to them and coming apart from love already) We read it every night to them and ask them questions about it. My daughter now has my old Bible carrier that she carries hers in and keeps on her bed (under the pillow) as well. She’d love her very own Princess Bible that’s just for her!
I must admit, that our devotion times are not what they should be. We do try and read a bible story from a toddler bible (which is too young now for my girls 6, 8, and 10) but they still love to hear it. I love the fact that they always like to ask questions after. They are yet to accept Christ into their hearts, but my middle daughter is yearning for something, just hasn’t made the decision yet. I look forward to the day she says, “I’m ready!” I believe that is whom the Bible would go to, as she loves to read her bible now (precious moments njkv, hard to understand for her). She is better at reading and studying than me. :/ Glad she is inspired to learn what she can!
My 3 1/2 year old daughter would love this devotional. Her and her 2 younger brothers LOVE to listen to me reading scriptures during morning breakfast time. I think this would be an excellent addition for them.
Making things relate-able to the child is what I have found best. Not only regular reading times but also using life moments to teach values.
I would love to start following you and have a chance to win the Bible for my Down Syndrome daughter. She needs a new Bible to carry to church.
We read the Bible to our girls(2, 6) before bedtime every night. And 2-3 a week, I’ll have an activity for us to do that (hopefully) re-enforces what we’ve read. I’m working on her memorizing scriptures, but haven’t really been consistent in that. My daughter would definitely love this and will love to read it on her own!
We just do it. We read, have children read to us, discuss what we’ve read. We don’t have a set time of the day, it just naturally happens when they decide it’s time to read.
Our church sells flash cards that have a picture on one side and a scripture that corresponds on the other side. We talk through one each night and try to do the same one for a week to remember it.
My daughter (6) and I find time to do devotional before bedtime. She loves reading and enjoys the Bible too. It is our special time together sharing and learning more about God and His love for us. Thank you for the opportunity to win such a special book…..my daughter is all princess.
I love reading these comments. Honestly, we need to be more consistent with our devotionals. These are great suggestions.
We have our designated devotional times each evening but I also take cues from incidents that happen daily in our lives that require some thought or reflection on how we acted and what we could have done differently. I find these times bring some of the most profound and memorable talks about Jesus and how we can walk in His footsteps.
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