Disciple-making starts at home—here’s a simple framework to help your kids experience and know Jesus.

Disciple-making starts with our families and in our own homes. If the gospel reality is not affecting our own souls and own families first, we will not likely give it away to others freely.

For those that have primarily engaged the church through a weekend experience with great kids programming, you might feel a sense of inadequacy in discipling your own children. You might think, “I could never pull off what I’ve seen on Sunday morning.”

For those that have met Jesus later in life and don’t carry preconceived notions about what it means to disciple your children, you might be thinking, “I don’t even know where to start! I have a hard enough time understanding Jesus and the Bible myself!”

You might even feel some combination of these two, but in your soul, you know you want your kids to know Jesus and experience a fully alive life with him.

You can help them get there. And, it’s probably “easier” than you think it might be. We want to offer you a helpful framework and a few

suggestions that will help you move from merely entertaining your kids to engaging them with Gospel truths.

You can begin today.

EXPLORE THE BIBLE TOGETHER

A Discovery Bible Study in your own home is a great way to make disciples within your family or network of relationships. There is no need for experts or training - you just need to be willing to open the Bible, share and discuss questions and be ready for what God wants to teach you. Here are simple steps:

DBS MAP:

CONNECT

Ask:

What can we say “thank you” to Jesus for?
What’s been hard that we need Jesus’ help with?
Have you followed what God showed you last week?

BIBLE STORY

Choose a Bible Story (see possible Scripture lists). Read the passage out loud.

Ask:

What happened in this story?
What do we learn about God in this story?
What do we learn about people in this story?

GO

Ask:

1. What will you do in response to what we read?

2. Who will you tell this about?

Make it fun!
Keep the DBS short and sweet. Allow the kids to lead!
Let them read the story and ask the questions.
Let them be creative!
• As the story is read, have the kids draw what they hear or create the story with legos or playdough
• After the story is read, have the kids act it out like a play
Better together!
If multiple families are together, try reading The Jesus Storybook Bible and going through the questions with the kids, and then afterwards going through the same passage (with a regular Bible) with the adults.