03/30/2026
Hey Calvary Parents!
If you were able to attend our Palm Sunday Service yesterday and your kids took part in the Easter Egg Hunt, Thank you for coming out.
We want to encourage you to keep up the good work with spending time in God’s word and the devotional time with your children. The devotional we gave out is just a tool to help guide you into deeper discussion. If you already have a family devotional that you’re doing, that’s great. Please continue to do that.
You as a parent are the most influential person in your child’s life. What’s important to you, will ultimately be important to them.
That’s why a quiet time, devotional, spending time in God’s word (teaching them at home) is so crucial for your child’s faith formation.
Here is a short video from Focus On the Family that talks about the importance of family devotional that we thought was great and wanted to share with you. We are praying for every single one of you.
A little take away from the video that I copied and pasted - The family and the home can never exert their proper influence while ignoring the biblical standard. The Bible calls for discipline and a recognition of authority. If children do not learn this at home, they will go out into society without the proper attitude toward authority and law. There is always the exceptional child, but the average tells us that the child is largely what the home has made him. The only way to provide the right home for your children is to put the Lord above them, and fully instruct them in the ways of the Lord. You are responsible before God for the home you provide for them.
Our guests today on Focus on the Family are Jonathan and Kanika Evans. Jonathan and his father, Tony Evans, co-authored a book, Kingdom Family Devotional, wh...