Reading plan · 36 days · 48 min read

Family Devotions: Heroes Who Trusted God

Five weeks of five-minute family devotions: true stories of three people who trusted God for everything, read aloud one short chapter a night — George Müller and his orphans, Hudson Taylor on his way to China, and Amanda Smith, born into slavery, who prayed for a pair of shoes. Each ends with a prayer and three questions to talk about together.

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In this plan

Days 1–12 The Life of Trust (For Children) 12 days · 16 min read
About this book
Week 1 Days 1–7
  1. The Coin in the Shoe 1 min Today
  2. The Open Door 1 min
  3. Praying His Friends to Tears 1 min
  4. No More Wages, Only God 1 min
  5. A Knock at the Door 1 min
  6. Open Your Mouth Wide 1 min
  7. The Girl Who Gave Everything 1 min
Week 2 Days 8–12
  1. The Baker's Present 1 min
  2. Three Sacks of Potatoes 1 min
  3. Milk for Breakfast 1 min
  4. The Bank That Cannot Break 1 min
  5. A House on the Hill, Built by Prayer 2 min
Days 13–24 A Retrospect (For Children) 12 days · 15 min read
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Week 1 Days 13–19
  1. The Little Book in the Basket 1 min
  2. Mother's Locked Door 1 min
  3. The Last Half-Crown 1 min
  4. The Forgotten Wages 1 min
  5. "You Shall Not Die" 1 min
  6. The Storm by the Rocks 1 min
  7. Praying for a Wind 1 min
Week 2 Days 20–24
  1. Dressing Like the People He Loved 1 min
  2. The Night on the Temple Steps 1 min
  3. Forgiving the Thief 1 min
  4. One Coin Left, and a Cup of Cocoa 1 min
  5. Two Words on the Sands 2 min
Days 25–36 The Story of Amanda Smith (For Children) 12 days · 17 min read
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Week 1 Days 25–31
  1. The Day Father Bought Us Free Galatians 5:1 · 1 min
  2. Grandmother’s Prayers by the Dairy James 5:16 · 1 min
  3. The Man Hidden in the Bed Matthew 25:35 · 1 min
  4. Learning to Read by the Window Proverbs 4:7 · 1 min
  5. Praying in the Cellar John 6:37 · 1 min
  6. The Money on the Kitchen Floor Luke 16:10 · 1 min
  7. Trusting God with the Baby Psalm 56:3 · 1 min
Week 2 Days 32–36
  1. The Shoes She Prayed For Mark 11:24 · 1 min
  2. Afraid of the Deep Water Isaiah 43:2 · 1 min
  3. The Stolen Trunk Proverbs 16:32 · 1 min
  4. The Cart That Would Not Go Psalm 91:11 · 1 min
  5. The Boy at the Gate Matthew 18:5 · 1 min

Authors

George Müller · Hudson Taylor · Amanda Berry Smith

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