Lectio for Families is free devotional for families to do together
Lectio for Families is a free devotional for families to do together. It features daily Bible readings, a weekly memory verse, engaging questions to pause and talk about, and prompts for reflection and prayer.
Families can choose to either listen to the audio content together, wherever and whenever they are together, or they can read it as they pass the device to each other.
Like Lectio 365, Lectio for Families follows a simple P.R.A.Y. pattern each day:
P: Pausing to be still
R: Rejoicing with, and Reflecting on, verses from the Bible
A: Asking for God’s help
Y: Saying YES to God’s ways.
On Sundays there is a special Sabbath prayer, and occasional pauses of the regular pattern to celebrate heroes of the Christian faith.
Lectio for Families has been designed for families with children aged between 7-11 years old, but is likely to be suitable for those who are younger and slightly older too!
The Lectio for Families team includes adults and children who are part of the 24-7 Prayer movement around the world.
We would love to make Lectio for Families easy to share in your church community, and we’ve created a church promo pack to help you. Inside you’ll find the promo video, slides to use in church, graphics for emails and social media, as well as ways to talk about the resource in your church services.
Download: Church Pack
You can also use 24-7 Prayer International's daily Bible readings and weekly memory verses to plan your children’s work, either for Sunday morning children’s groups, or anywhere else you work with children. Let parents and carers know that they can follow these readings and memory verses in the devotional with their children.
Please note that some of the verses or readings may change up until each day’s devotional is posted.
Lectio for Families is free devotional for families to do together
The Praying in Color podcast series, hosted by Tyler Staton, explores rich prayer practices handed down through church history with Pete Greig, Katia Adams, John Mark Comer, Rich Villodas, Jon Tyson, and more incredible guests.
Discover the full palette of prayer through practices like silence and solitude, adoration and lament, listening and prophetic prayer, intercession, petition, and many more.
After you watch each podcast episode, the companion guide invites you to further explore each week’s prayer practice through reflection questions, tips, Scripture meditations, and a weekly exercise to try. Explore questions like “How might you grow in using your imagination to hear from God?” and “How can you create space in your life to behold or contemplate God?”
