Ages 3-9 · Book 6, Faith · 4,299 places
Bedtime Devotional for Kids
The last ten minutes of the day, used well. A chapter, a question, and a child who goes to sleep thinking about someone who kept going.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Disciple — “Difference isn't weakness. It's a gift.” The story carries the value; your church supplies the doctrine.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Read one chapter at bedtime, no questions the first night
- Session 2
Second night, ask what part they would change and why
- Session 3
Third night, tell them a time you kept going when it was hard
- Session 4
Fourth night, they pick the family's one step for the week
- Session 5
Fifth night, come back to it and say out loud what changed
Questions leaders ask
Does bedtime devotional for kids in your area teach a particular denomination?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series built on named values — belonging, courage, accountability, self-mastery, empathy and faith. Book six treats faith as the choice to move forward while it is still hard. The story carries the value; your church supplies the doctrine. That is why the same material is used across traditions.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 3-9. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is still fully in it, and the discussion questions are written in two bands so one leader can hold a mixed-age room.
We have started family devotions in your area before and stopped. Why is this different?
Because it is ten minutes and it survives a missed night. There is no streak to break and no catching up — you pick up at the next chapter.
What if my child asks a question I cannot answer?
Say so, and go and find out together. The book models a child who does not have the answer and keeps going anyway, which is the entire point of the volume.
The rules that make it work
The story carries the value, the church supplies the doctrine
Ellis Abel is a character series. It teaches faith as perseverance and stops where doctrine begins, so a parish, a Baptist club and a co-op can all run it beside their own teaching.
Difference isn't weakness
The line on the cover of book six is the operating policy, not a slogan. A child whose participation looks different is participating.
Faith is a decision, not a mood
Children are told to feel confident and cannot make themselves. They can decide to take one more step, and that is teachable, repeatable and honest.
Volunteers are the constraint
Every session is written for an adult who was handed it the night before. Questions written out, timing in the margin, and a note for when nobody answers.
Nobody is diagnosed, labelled or fixed here
This is character material, not a clinical or counselling service. Leaders share what they did and what happened. They do not assess children.
One step, said out loud, followed up by name
A value a child cannot attach to an action they took is a word they memorised. The follow-up the next week is what turns it into something they own.
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