Welcome back to our weekly linkup.
Summer can be a lazy time with hot weather that can dull and drain your energy levels, but you can use the time to build and connect to your faith. Here are some ideas to help turn you family time this summer into faith development times:
- Use the summer nights to play fun Bible trivia games. You will learn more about God and His word in the process. Christianity.com has a great Family Bible Trivia site with free membership.
- Have a weekly, ice cream Bible study social in your home with friends. Have each friend bring a tub of their favorite ice cream. You provide the toppings and bowls. To facilitate the Bible studies, you could have your participants go to the following sites and have them print out the Bible Study that you select and then divide the lessons up into manageable one-week sections. Here are some great free resources to creating home Bible studies:
Ann Graham Lotz’s Free Bible Studies site.
Back to the Bible Free Bible Studies and Broadcasts
Thoughts about God Bible Studies
3. Take a Spirit-filled, inspired vacation. Here are some great sites to visit in the United States:
The Creation Museum and Noah’s Ark in Kentucky
The Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla.
4. Attend a Christian Musical Festival. Check out The Christian Festival Association website to find the one near you this summer.
5. Read some Christian Books over the summer. It is a great way to connect to your faith but you can also enjoy reading in nature on a nice day and connect with God’s creation as well.
6. Invite some Christian friends over and host a faithful family movie night, with your favorite snacks, and an inspirational Christian movie for all ages.
What are some ideas that you have to build your family’s faith this summer? Please share in the comments below!
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This quote was my favorite in this post:
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“I don’t know what this chapter of your story looks like.
But I do know that we can trust the Author.
Even when the fog rolls in and the mountains go missing, even when we can’t see beyond the next right step, even when there are far more questions than answers.”
We all need reminders sometimes that God knows all. He knows how our lives will progress, and He has us in His hands. I hope if you haven’t read this post you click over. It will truly bless you.
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These are all great ideas for faith building! It’s important that we learn how to build our faith not only in the summertime, but at all times!
Hello, I have never visited here before, and I don’t know your view on abortion. But have you read #25 in the link-up above (the “Lifenotes” one)? She criticizes Christian crisis pregnancy centers for “tricking” women into keeping their babies, instead of giving them all their “reproductive health-care options”. She says she doesn’t advocate abortion, but she is defending it on the basis that it’s not loving to make someone feel worse when she’s already facing an unexpected pregnancy or to encourage her to keep children she can’t afford. She says “love others” is the greatest commandment. It’s not. It’s “Love God.” I am just letting you know in case you didn’t want a link like this on your blog. God bless!
Thank you for letting me know about this post. I commented on her post with scripture and the truth about abortion and Christian Crisis Pregnancy Centers. I do not agree with her stance, and am praying over the situation. I agree that we are to help women who face unwanted pregnancies find out the truth about abortion and the terrible consequences abortion can cause. Abortion is murder period and is sinful. I also stressed, however, that a woman sinned and aborted an unborn baby can find forgiveness in Christ if she sincerely seeks it. Crisis Pregnancy Centers state in their mission statements that they want to help women facing a crisis pregnancy to seek life-affirming alternatives to abortion. They provide help and resources to mothers that want to keep their children, and they also provide adoption resources to mothers who cannot afford to keep them. I praying about this post. It does not represent the #LMMLinkup community’s viewpoint of abortion. What do others think? Thanks again.
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I read your comment on her blog. Thank you for being another voice against abortion. We are a dwindling number, making it even more necessary to be bolder. I also posted a response on the next post, encouraging you to keep writing. God bless you!
Susan Mead is away in Africa for another week where she’s experiencing very limited and slow internet access. She asked me to comment and let you know how grateful she is for featuring her article in this week’s Linkup. Blessings!
Janis, thanks so much.
On our last vacation with our grandkids, we read a passage of Scripture about God’s world each morning at breakfast. The kids looked for whatever the passage focused on and kept a written or picture list to share at dinner.
Great emphasis! It’s easy to fall into a pattern of coasting through the summer! This is a great push to dig in!
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These are great summer ideas. My grandkids love playing Bible trivia and let me tell you, they give us a run for our money!
These are all great ideas.
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Thanks Maree Dee. 😉
Mary Hill recently posted…#LMMLinkup: Building Your Faith in Summertime
Great ideas for summer time!
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