If your son is still living at home and is able (and willing) to read Scripture with you, then by all means, this resource will be of value to you. Blessings to you and your son.

Terry

This is a great question and one I pray more parents ask! As for devotionals for a father/son (6 1/2 year old), I would recommend not doing devotionals per se. Let me explain.

I have 5 children. My oldest will be 7 at the end of August. We started when he was 2 reading from The Jesus Story Book Bible and The Big Picture Story Bible. After we alternated between those two for about a year, we moved on to The Children’s Story Bible by Catherine Voss and are now currently working through the NKJV Greatest Stories of the Bible. We have added children along the way and have they have simply dropped in wherever we are. I have reviewed each of these story book bibles here at Christian Book Notes and would recommend them all.

If your husband has not regularly read to your son, then I would start The Jesus Storybook Bible or The Big Picture Story Bible and build up to the more text-oriented story Bibles. The NKJV is simply the narrative stories from the Bible compiled together apart from the prophetic, apocalyptic, and wisdom literature.

Also, beginning with the first two, he would easily be able to adapt that into a devotional of sorts on the fly. The best encouragement I can give is to keep it simple and short and allow your child to “chart the course” so to speak.

I hope that helps. If I can be of any further help, please do not hesitate to ask. God bless and may the Lord bless you and your husband as you raise His child.

Terry Delaney