At the recent Transform Conference in Abbotsford, BC, Jon Imbeau (Director of Awana Canada) spoke during a breakout session about how to use everyday moments as a chance to teach your kids something. The conference focused on bringing faith into your home and Transforming the lives of your kids by transforming your own faith and life and how you bring God into your home.
For those of you who couldn't make it, here's a tidbit from Jon's breakout session.
Teachable Moments
As parents, some of our best spiritual teaching experiences with our kids come in unplanned, everyday moments. We need to learn to recognize those vital opportunities and know what to do with them. This means developing a knack for recognizing God’s work in our kids’ lives!
Here are 3 principles for creating everyday, natural discipleship in your home:
- It starts with being READY for the moment. What are you doing to fill up your basket so there is something to give when the moment arrives? This means your own Bible study and prayer life need to be a priority.
- Start to build a knack for recognizing teachable moments so that they don't slip away. This means practice, practice, practice! Look for potential moments and seize opportunities!
- The best way to reinforce these moments and the teaching you hope to instill in your children's hearts is to LIVE IT OUT in your own life and character.
Awana has some great resources to help you as you work to bring faith into the home.
- Raising a Modern-Day Joseph
- How to Raise a Modern-Day Joseph
- Awana at Home
- God's Grand Vision for the Home
- and so much more!
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