Resources for home-based discipleship

For those dealing with the unexpected and unimaginable suspension of weekend church services, including Sunday school and midweek activities, consider at least two opportunities that this situation provides.

1. This is an opportunity to instruct our children and prepare them for a lifetime of inevitable uncertainties and adversity that they must face. Inspired by Psalm 78:7, our goal is to faithfully disciple our children in the truth about God, His works, and His ways “so that they should set their hope in God” and not in those things that are more vulnerable than we think. Truth78 has several resources available to help prepare our children for such a time as this.
2. Without access to regular church programs, this gives parents an opportunity to lead their children in worship and increase their discipleship efforts at home. Who knows what new habits and routines may be established during the disruption of a pandemic, which will continue after life returns to “normal.”

Free resources

• Free home devotional series focused on the truths included in the recent article 7 Biblical Truths to Teach Children about Disease and Disasters. These devotionals will be posted each Thursday at the Truth78 blog and ” will address many of the fears that go with a pandemic, pointing parents to Scriptures that speak comfort and hope and pointing children to their greatest need: forgiveness of their sin. Sign up for the weekly e-newsletter to have these delivered to you each week (and to get a free download of the book Indestructible Joy for the Next Generations).
• This overview of family devotions provides vision and practical tips for any home-based worship.
• Scripture memory tools: Bible memorization tips | Bible memory with children | Songs for learning Foundation Verses | Free weekly devotions on memory verses.
• Free devotional from Glorious God, Glorious Gospel, "Knowing God's Word."
• The Making HIM Known books are like Sunday school for the home, as each book is based on a specific Truth78 curriculum and makes a wonderful home devotional companion to its corresponding curriculum. For example, God's Providence is a book that corresponds with the curriculum My Purpose Will Stand.  Here’s a sample chapter from God’s Providence, which teaches the entire family about God's sovereignty over all things.

Resources available at discounted prices

A family devotional to help all ages know who God is and what He is like.

Glorious God, Glorious Gospel devotional only $9.99.

The Glorious God, Glorious Gospel devotional includes 15 lessons for family discipleship designed to ground children in the essential and glorious truths of the gospel.

Also available:
• Notebook — Help students stay engaged and apply the lessons ($4.00 for print/$3.50 for electronic).
• Coloring Book — Engage the littlest minds by keeping their fingers busy ($4.00 for print/$3.50 for electronic).

A book to help children embrace the life-transforming truths of the gospel.

The World Created, Fallen, Redeemed, and Restored for only $9.99.

Through the use of key Scriptures and child-friendly, compelling narrative, children will encounter the greatest realities in all the universe—and in their own lives. Sample

A booklet to help present the gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner.

Helping Children to Understand the Gospel for only $5.99 (or $5 each for 25 or more). Also, available on Kindle for $5.99.

This resource covers: preparing the hearts of children to hear the gospel, discerning stages of spiritual growth, communicating the essential truths of the gospel, and presenting the gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner. Includes a 10-week family devotional. Sample

A book that helps introduce children to their need for a Savior and lays out God's plan of salvation.

God's Gospel is only $10.99.
The Kindle version of this book is also on sale now for $7.99.

A coloring book to help children focus on scriptural truths

The Fighter Verses Study: Set 1 Coloring Book is only $6.00 for print or $4.00 for electronic.

This coloring book gives children of all ages a visual representation of each of the 52 verses in the Fighter Verses study along with a key truth statement to focus on.

A book to encourage children to look to God when they are fearful.

When I Am Afraid is only $9.99 (or $8.99 each for 25 or more).

When I Am Afraid encourages young children to look to God for courage and strength as it weaves together stories about everyday fears, promises God has made us in Scripture, and truths about our all-powerful and all-knowing God. Sample