Parents often contact me to ask me what devotionals or Bible studies for young adults I would recommend doing with their teenage children. When our children enter adolescence, our responsibility as parents is to help them develop good habits of interaction with the Bible. approach and? Manageable? Because age is fundamental. My encouragement is simply reading the Bible with your teen to model and train?Literacy? From the Bible? No special resources are needed for adolescents.
Your teen will be exposed to devotional content and current studies every step of the way and probably won’t need a resource specifically targeting his “demographic class. “Most teens lack basic tools to help them read and learn the Bible in their Guiding Them through some basic methods of study, it can guide them to use devotional and thematic materials for better understanding and much greater benefits, as these kinds of resources provide a “first-hand” knowledge of the Bible, which many teens have not yet developed.
Here are some simple approaches you can adapt to your teen’s age
If you have never studied together, start with a shorter book, like Jonas or James. If possible, try longer books, such as Genesis or Hebrews, while you still have the opportunity to guide and shape your method of study. is exposing your teen to the value of studying an entire book from cover to cover, rather than studying solely for topic or devotion. If your church conducts a series of sermons through an entire book of the Bible, you can align your discussions with the preaching program. to add another level to what you are already learning.
You can create this by copying one chapter at a time from Bible Gateway [i] to a document. Set wide margins and spacing to 1. 5 to have space to write. Or you can buy ESV Scripture Journals [ii], if you want something ready, usable and attractive Get one copy for you and one for your child.
Use a reading plan to help you divide text into increments that are easy to read and understand. Most reading plans are developed for daily reading of the entire Bible over a specific period of time. Simply adapt the daily portions to the weekly portions for the book of your choice. For example, this reading plan covers James’ book in eight days, but you can cover it in eight weeks using the same text divisions. Create a calendar for your conversation hours, type dates and passages to discuss A Tiago calendar might look like this:
1 Introductory Questions
2 James 1
3 James 2. 1-13
4 James 2. 14-26
5 James 3. 1-12
6 James 3: 13-18
7 James 4. 1-10
8 James 4. 11? 5. 12
9 James 5. 13-20
In your first conversation, ask your teen to answer the following questions about the book you’ve chosen:
A good study Bible can provide these answers as well as an online resource like Gateway Bible. Do I also recommend the series? Explore Bible Project’s [iii] excerpt, which provides an overview of The Books of the Bible (here’s Tiago’s page [iv], to give you an idea of how and what they communicate).
As you read the chosen book together, help your teen think about how answers to these questions shape understanding of the book’s message.
Each week before the meeting to discuss the text, you and your teen should prepare as follows:
Consider what each of you noted in your copy of the text during your personal study period. Compare your answers, observations, and questions. Look for answers to your questions in an accessible commentary or study the Bible. You can also search for answers after the meeting and discuss them the following week.
Then explore the following questions together
Or Is there a sin to confess?
o Is there a cause of thanksgiving or praise to God?
o Is there a promise or truth to trust?
o Is there an attitude to change or a reason to consider?
o Is there an order to obey or an example to imitate?
o Are there any mistakes to face or avoid?
(Note that you have a great opportunity to practice and give your teen an example of vulnerability in these topics. )
Finally, ask the Holy Ghost to help you apply what you have learned.
Adolescence is an essential years of discipline for our children, during these years they are eager to enter adulthood, but this is often accompanied by a lack of clarity on how to do it, to give them tools?To browse their Bibles and help them learn how to use them. Encourage them to use devotional and topical material as supplements, but not as a substitute for direct bible study itself. Make them have a good Bible. Enjoy especially the shared learning that results when a parent and a teenager sit down to open the Word together.
[i] NT: There are Portuguese versions on the site, including NVI-PT
[ii] NT: In Brazil, there are Bibles in Portuguese with a space for notes.
[iii] NT: It has some resources in Portuguese.
[iv] NT: In English.