Hello, families,
Our journey with God is the adventure of a lifetime. With this book, your family gains a valuable tool for the journey. It’s like having a flashlight, a harmonica, a camping stove, a Swiss Army knife, mosquito spray, and UNO all wrapped up into one awesome family adventure pack.
As you soak up God’s Word in song—week after week—you will have so much fun together, but you will also confront the edges of your faith. When we keep God’s Word before us, it forces us to ask ourselves, “Can I really trust him—with everything?” Again and again, God’s Word resonates inside us with assurance: “Yes! He is good. He is faithful. He is here.”
And what an immeasurable joy to journey as a family! As you sing and pray together, you’ll remember and celebrate the love of God and the gift of Jesus. You’ll prepare your hearts for the Holy Spirit to mold and shape you and your family for his glory.
And because of the mysterious power music has to take root in your memory, you and your children will carry a soundtrack of God’s Word with you for the rest of your lives! That’s really why this book exists. Through a short and easy daily routine, parents and children have a chance to sing, discuss, pray about, and learn to live out God’s Word. You can learn these 52 Slugs & Bugs Scripture songs throughout the year, and keep them for a lifetime.
I also have to say—you can’t mess this up! You can start in the middle, skip around, take three years to get through the whole thing, or only get through the first few weeks. When our kids were little, there’s a 100 percent chance we would have never finished this whole book.
And that’s not the point, anyway. The point is, God is real. He loves us, and he wants us to walk with him together. I hope and pray this book helps.
Grace and peace and music,
Randall Goodgame
Week 1: Freedom
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
Day 1
In families, there are both privileges and boundaries. God sets boundaries in his Word to keep us safe and to prevent us from being trapped by sin. But we also get all the perks of being God’s children! We can be joyful and generous because Jesus died on the cross for us and God loves us as a faithful Father.
Talk About It: What are some of the privileges in your family?
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, thank you that because Jesus died on the cross for us, I am adopted into your family. Thank you for all the blessings that come with being your child.
Day 2
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Think About It: Sometimes, choosing the wrong thing looks fun. But in the end, choosing the wrong thing will harm us. God gives us boundaries to protect us from bad choices.
Talk About It: What boundaries do you have in your family? How do they keep you safe?
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, thank you for setting boundaries in the Bible that keep me safe and keep me from sin.
Day 3
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Do Together: Go around the table and share something you love about being in your family. Make a drawing about what you love; then make a poster or collage of all the drawings and put it somewhere you can see it often.
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, thank you for all the wonderful things about my family. Thank you that I am a part of your family too.
Day 4
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Think About It: Freedom means that we get to make our own choices. But all of our choices have consequences—either good or bad. God wants us to be free to make good choices that help us live a beautiful life.
Talk About It: Can you think of a time when a bad choice you made had a bad consequence?
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Thank you for always loving me, even when I sin. Help me to make good choices so that I can be free and not a slave to sin!
Day 5
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Think About It: Standing firm means we are determined to follow God’s ways and instructions. It can be tempting to disobey his Word or do what we want, but standing firm means following him.
Talk About It: Can you think of one way you can stand firm and obey Jesus?
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, thank you that being part of your family means that I have the freedom to make choices that bring me joy!
Day 6
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Do Together: Do an image search with your family for a “yoke.” This is a heavy tool farmers sometimes use around the necks of animals to help plant crops. When we don’t follow God’s ways, hard consequences can be like a heavy weight around our necks, taking us where we don’t want to go.
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, sin always makes things worse. I don’t want to carry the heavy weight of sin in my life. Help me to walk in your way, with your freedom instead.
Day 7
SING THE BIBLE! Practice this week’s verse.
Live the Bible! The best way to get to know God—and all his privileges and boundaries—is to read the Bible. When we make reading the Bible a regular part of our lives and follow what it says, we can live joyfully as God’s children.
PRAY TOGETHER: Dear God, I want to know you as my faithful Father. Help me to learn how to study your Bible regularly so I can know you better.
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Sing the Bible, by Randall Goodgame, is a family-friendly devotional that sets 52 Bible verses to music. Based on the popular Slugs & Bugs songs, books, and show, it helps children sing their way to learning and memorizing key Scripture throughout the year.
Each week, you and your kids will encounter a new Scripture verse set to music, with corresponding devotions that help you dig deeper into God’s Word. Each colorfully illustrated chapter also includes a QR code leading to a video where your family will learn the song that goes with each verse.
This is a great tool for incorporating Scripture into your family’s weekly routine and for your children to remember the verses they’re learning each week. Start singing the Bible today!
Learn more about the book and how to purchase here.
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