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A note to parents
This Quiet Time is a great opportunity to help your child
develop a relationship with God. Enjoy having fun with
your child as you explore the Bible together. Each day lists a
Scripture passage for you to read to your child. Next, you share
the instructions for one of the many learning activities that will help
your child develop key skills as they learn. Finally, you read the I
Can Pray section to your child as you begin to teach them how to
pray. What a wonderful time you will share with each other as you
have a quiet time together.
Here are some tips to help your child with their quiet time:
1. Have a pencil and crayons available for activities.
2. Sit down together at a regular time each day.
3. Use the Bible to look up references with your child.
4. Talk through the activity and personal application.
5. Complete the week by documenting how many days were
completed and writing an encouraging note.
Family Devotions
Word of Life publishes a Quiet Time for all age groups. Each
Quiet Time uses the same Scripture passage for the week. This makes
it easier for your whole family to discuss the Word of God together.

God loves you and wants to spend time

with you!
Parent’s Note: Read this section to your child.
A quiet time is a special time that you have each day to
learn more about God and how He wants you to live. During
this time, God speaks to you through His Holy Word, the
Bible, and you speak to God through prayer. What an exciting
adventure! Having this time every day with God will help you
grow closer to Him.
Your Quiet Time will help you have this time each day with God.
Every day you will have a Bible verse read to you. After you listen to the
verse, there is a fun activity for you to do. Then you can spend a special
time with God in prayer.

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Your Daily Quiet Time
Begin by reading
the Scripture passage to
your child.
Psalm
31:21

s shown you His

Give praise to God. He ha
wonderful love.

t His Son
d sh ow ed yo u His wo nderful love when He sen
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your sin. Draw a —
Jesus to die on a cross for de . Next, read the
Co lor the pic tur e tha t you have ma
to 12. “I CAN KNOW” text and
discuss it with your child.

Then, read the

instructions for
“I CAN LEARN”. On
Saturdays,
count the days
completed for the
week and write the
Lastly, read the number in the circle.
“I CAN PRAY” statement Write encouraging
to your child and pray comments (and read
together. them to your child).
Take time to award
a sticker.

sin.
ing on the cross for your
Tell Jesus thank you for dy 20

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 1 Samuel 10:1

God had a job for Saul. He was to be king.

God has a job for you, too.

Follow the path to a job you can do.

Ask God to help you do your job well.

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 1 Samuel
12:23

Samuel’s job was to pray for the people.

You can pray for your friends.

   5 things that are different in the bottom picture.

Thank Jesus for your friends.

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 1 Samuel
13:13

Sometimes Saul made bad choices in his job.

Write 1 beside what happened first. Write 2 beside what happened next.
Write 3 beside what happened last.

Ask God to help you make good choices in your jobs.

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 1 Samuel
15:11

God was sad when Saul did not obey.

You need to obey God. Draw a line from the word OBEY to the people you
should obey.

Tell God that you want to obey.

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 1 Samuel
15:29

God always makes good choices. He does not lie.

God wants you to be like Him and always tell the truth. Truth begins with
the sound Tr.    the pictures that begin with the Tr sound. Write the letters
Tr.

Tr

Praise God that He always tells the truth.

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 1 Samuel
16:23

David played the harp for Saul

to make him feel better.

You can help people feel better.    the thing that does not make people
feel better.

Ask Jesus to help your friends

feel better when they are sick.
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 1 Samuel
17:15

David took good care of the sheep.

David counted the sheep to make sure none were missing.

Add the sheep.

Ask God to help you do your job well.

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Meet Your Gopher Buddies

Introducing the Gopher family! Dad, Mom, Andy and Emily want to go
with you on your adventure this year. Together, you can dig deeper in
God’s Word.

Spending time with God in prayer

Keeping a personal prayer diary will help you to remember to pray for people and
their needs. It also reminds you to thank God and to tell others when He answers
your prayers.
Use the spaces on the prayer pages to draw pictures or write the names of special
people you want to pray for. Don’t forget to include the things for which you are
thankful.

Things You Need

for Your Quiet Time

Your Bible
Your Quiet Time
Crayons
A Pencil
A Quiet Place

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 Christian Service Activities
The following activities are for you to accomplish with your child to help them develop
selflessness and a Christ-like concern for others. These activities can also be used for
family enrichment.

1. Goodness Basket: You will need: the ingredients for your favorite
cookies. Bake cookies with your child and take them to someone you
know who is a shut-in, or has a special need. This is teaching your child
to help others who are alone.

Date Completed: _____________ Initials: _________

2. Love Coupons: You will need: paper, markers or crayons, stickers, scissors,
and stapler. Have your child think of helping jobs that he or she can do for
someone else. Work together to design coupons with these jobs on them. Have
your child give the coupons to people and then perform the task for them when
asked.

Date Completed: _____________ Initials: _________

3. Special Messages: You will need: paper, stickers, markers or

crayons, and a treat. Make special notes with your child to give to people
who need encouragement. Deliver them with a smile and a little treat to
make it extra special. Be a messenger of kindness to someone else.

Date Completed: _____________ Initials: _________

4. Tracts: You will need: colored paper, markers or crayons, and stickers.
Make a tract from the colored paper. Help your child write the story
of Jesus. Write in the tract “Jesus loves you,” “Jesus Died for you,”
and “Will you ask Him to be your Savior today?” Give this to someone
this week.

Date Completed: _____________ Initials: _________

5. Act out a Bible Story: You will need: Bible costumes or paper,
markers or crayons. As you read a story from the Bible, involve the
whole family in acting out the story. Or help your child draw pictures of
the story and allow him or her to tell the story to the family.

Date Completed: _____________ Initials: _________

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My Prayer Diary
These pages are where you can draw a picture or write words to remind
you to pray for special people or things that you care about.

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To Gopher Buddies Club Members
So that all club and family members will be on the same passages, the
following dates correspond to the weekly passages. These dates are used for
all Word of Life Quiet Times and daily radio broadcasts.

Week 1 Aug 29 – Sep 4 Psalms 104:1-105:45

Week 2 Sep 5 – Sep 11 Psalms 106:1-108:13
Week 3 Sep 12 – Sep 18 Psalms 109:1-113:9
Week 4 Sep 19 – Sep 25 2 Corinthians 1:1-4:18
Week 5 Sep 26 – Oct 2 2 Corinthians 5:1-8:24
Week 6 Oct 3 – Oct 9 2 Corinthians 9:1-13:14
Week 7 Oct 10 – Oct 16 1 Samuel 1:1-9:27
Week 8 Oct 17 – Oct 23 1 Samuel 10:1-17:16
Week 9 Oct 24 – Oct 30 1 Samuel 17:17-20:42
Week 10 Oct 31 – Nov 6 2 Samuel 5:1-23:7
Week 11 Nov 7 – Nov 13 James 1:1-3:10
Week 12 Nov 14 – Nov 20 James 3:11-5:20
Week 13 Nov 21 – Nov 27 Proverbs 21:1-23:25
Week 14 Nov 28 – Dec 4 Proverbs 23:26-25:28
Week 15 Dec 5 – Dec 11 1 Peter 1:1-3:7
Week 16 Dec 12 – Dec 18 1 Peter 3:8-5:14
Week 17 Dec 19 – Dec 25 Luke 1:1-2:14
Week 18 Dec 26 – Jan 1 Luke 2:15-4:15
Week 19 Jan 2 – Jan 8 Luke 4:16-6:26
Week 20 Jan 9 – Jan 15 Luke 6:27-8:15
Week 21 Jan 16 – Jan 22 Luke 8:16-9:50
Week 22 Jan 23 – Jan 29 Luke 9:51-11:28
Week 23 Jan 30 – Feb 5 Luke 11:29-13:9
Week 24 Feb 6 – Feb 12 Luke 13:10-15:32
Week 25 Feb 13 – Feb 19 Luke 16:1-18:43
Week 26 Feb 20 – Feb 26 Luke 19:1-21:4
Week 27 Feb 27 – Mar 5 Luke 21:5-23:12
Week 28 Mar 6 – Mar 12 Luke 23:13-24:53
Week 29 Mar 13 – Mar 19 Ezekiel 1:1-11:25
Week 30 Mar 20 – Mar 26 Ezekiel 12:17-20:16
Week 31 Mar 27 – Apr 2 Ezekiel 20:17-33:20
Week 32 Apr 3 – Apr 9 Ezekiel 33:21-37:14
Week 33 Apr 10 – Apr 16 Ezekiel 37:15-47:12
Week 34 Apr 17 – Apr 23 Philippians 1:1-2:23
Week 35 Apr 24 – Apr 30 Philippians 2:24-4:23
Week 36 May 1 – May 7 Isaiah 1:1-9:7
Week 37 May 8 – May 14 Isaiah 10:16-26:21
Week 38 May 15 – May 21 Isaiah 28:5-35:10
Week 39 May 22 – May 28 Isaiah 40:1-44:24
Week 40 May 29 – June 4 Isaiah 45:5-49:26
Week 41 Jun 5 – Jun 11 Isaiah 50:1-57:21
Week 42 Jun 12 – Jun 18 Isaiah 58:1-66:24
Week 43 Jun 19 – Jun 25 Psalms 114:1-119:8
Week 44 Jun 26 – Jul 2 Psalms 119:9-119:64
Week 45 Jul 3 – Jul 9 Psalms 119:65-119:120
Week 46 Jul 10 – Jul 16 Psalms 119:121-119:176
Week 47 Jul 17 – Jul 23 Romans 1:1-3:20
Week 48 Jul 24 – Jul 30 Romans 3:21-6:23
Week 49 Jul 31- Aug 6 Romans 7:1-9:33
Week 50 Aug 7 – Aug 13 Romans 10:1-12:21
Week 51 Aug 14 – Aug 20 Romans 13:1-16:27
Week 52 Aug 21 – Aug 27 Hosea 3:4-14:19