Devotions for a Revolutionary Year with Lynn Cowell (and a giveaway!)
Know a teen girl? Then you are gonna LOVE today’s guest post and giveaway by my good friend and ministry partner Lynn Cowell.
Here she is now, sharing from her heart and about her new devotional for teens:
Sometimes I’m motivated to action by statistics. Like this one: 70 – 75 % of teen youth walk away from their faith after high school (see data from Barna ). As a mom of three young adults and teens, this is way more than a startling statistic. It is a fact I have to face it and choose to be actively doing something about it. As my friend, Erin Bishop of The Whatever Girls says, “I have to teach God’s word with intention and not hesitation.”
But that is easier said than done! Commitments and schedule gobble up my family’s time. Energy at the end of the day is all but gone, leaving me a mom who just wants to crawl in bed and call it a day. How can I make what is truly important a real priority?
I have to be intentional. I have to look for and take any opportunity to share God’s truth with my kids. On the way home from practice, while making dinner, and even waiting in line at the store; any time can be turned into a good time to talk about Jesus.
While making the most of those spontaneous times are great, I’ve learned that structured time to read God’s Word with my kids is a must.
Yet a look at our family’s schedule makes it appear impossible. I’ve found the morning is one of the rare open spaces in our days so I choose to read God’s word to my kids while they eat their breakfast.
The year I started this, it didn’t go over well too well! As teens, the last thing they wanted to do was get up earlier so that we could all be at the table at the same time. But with a little compromise here and a tweaking of the alarm clock there, we made the commitment and followed through.
Pouring small amounts of truth into my daughters before they hit their school halls has become a big priority. Am I fitting in a chapter of the Bible each day? No. But speaking even just a portion of God’s unfailing love helps prepare my daughters for the trials and temptations they face each day. My girls can’t quote large chunks of Scripture but, little by little, truth is sinking in; their lives are reflecting change. And God’s truth is sinking into my heart too!
You can teach a young person in your life God’s Word, too. It’s doesn’t take half an hour a day, but just a few minutes. Start with texting all of your kids a verse a few times a week. Keep a devotional book in the car, having one of your children read out loud on the way to school. Create a habit of reading right after you all brush your teeth. The time of the day isn’t important. What is important is finding time and making it a priority.
To help you get started, I am offering a free 7 Day Faith Builder. These devotions are straight out of my new book, “Devotions for a Revolutionary Year; 365 Days of Jesus’ Radical Love for You.” When you sign up, each day you will receive a short devotional to read to your girl. It only takes 2 – 3 minutes!
Should you find you want more than 7 days, you want 365, just send me your receipt for “Devotions for a Revolutionary Year” before October 1st to [email protected] and you’ll receive a link with over $75 in free resources including three sessions from my “His Revolutionary Love” conference never before released!
And, one of you who comments on this post will get a copy of Devotions for a revolutionary Year. Just tell us about a teen girl you’d love to give the book to. Winner announced Monday. :-)
I would give the book to my daughter, she will be 13 next month.
I would love to give this book to my daughter. It will be on her Christmas list this year!
I have 2 nieces and a daughter. I have already ordered one copy for my niece and would like the other to have a copy also. The one I bought for is in college. Eventually I’ll buy for my daughter, she’s 11. My nieces are 18 and 16. They love the Lord but struggle with typical teen issues and pressures. Thanks for such a great and easy way for teens to stay connected to God!!
Id love to share this book with my girls Sunday School class.
My grandchildren live with me. My granddaughter will be twelve on Saturday. She has been in and out of my home for the past couple years due to her mom’s addictions. Her dad was just recently released from prison for domestic abuse. Unfortunately, she has not had parents that are good role models. She has complained about my church as it is very small. The past couple weeks she has finally seemed to mesh with the children at church. They range from her 3 year old brother to older teens. That has become a plus as most of them are homeschooled and make good choices. I would give the book to her. Thank you.
I’d give it too my daughter to encourage her & strengthen her faith. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am so glad to know that Lynn is finding ways to reach our teens. Each person that can use their godly gifts is to be blessed for sure! Thanks for the opportunity to get the book!
I would love to give this to my best friends daughter, Ashley.
I would love to give this book to my tween daughter. She is hitting the finding yourself stage and I want to purposely remind her that she is beautifully made.
Thank you so much for sharing. My husband is a youth pastor and these tips are great to pass on to our parents. I lead our jr high girls Sunday school class, I would use it with them.
I would give it to my daughter.
I would Love this book for my daughter & would love to read it with her as well!
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book. I have one daughter (& 3 boys) and she loves God and she still asks me to read to her. She turns 13 on October 1st and I would love to read this with her.
I would love to give the book to a girl at my church. She just lost her mom to cancer and I’m sure a year of devotions would be a huge blessing for her.
Thank you for doing this I would LOVE a copy for my 18 year old daughter!! She is finished with High School and now trying to find her place in this world as a Christian young lady trying to stay PURE in every area of her life and finding it difficult to relate to others whom just don’t seem to cherish these values any longer!! God Bless you for the work you are doing!!!
I have a niece who will be 16 at the end of October. She is like a daughter to me. I would love to give this to her for her birthday.
Thank you for caring about our girls. My oldest daughter is in 7th grade and it breaks my heart to see the struggles that she deals with every day. These kiddos need hope in such a difficult world.
Bless you!
I would love my daughter to read your Devotions for a Revolutionary Year. She is 12 turning 13 in November. I believe this would be a great help for her in middle school and all of her life. Thank you!
I would love this book! I have 2 tween daughters…it would be used now and be a great resource in the years ahead.
I love hearing your hearts to pour the truth that Jesus is wild for them into the precious girls in your lives!
I would love to give this to my daughter who has been estranged from myself and my whole family. She has walked away from all of us thinking she knows what is best and has gone to live with her dad. I am a women of Christ who has to the hardest thing a mother can do and that is let go. I now know what God fills like when His children walk away from their faith and into living a life for themselves. How His heart aches for all of His children. And just like the prodical son I will wait and will celebrate when that time comes for her to come home again. First and foremost I want her to know the depth of God’s love for her. Thanks.
I have a great neice I would love to give this book too! She is in her last year of high school and I would love to see her take this book to college!
Lynn – this is an amazing way to share God’s word with the young women in our lives. Thank you!
There are so many girls out there that need to know God is there He is the Heavily Father.
My Niece is 12 and she is in that awkward stage of pre-teen and in middle school. I would love for her to have this book. Her dad has walked out of her life and what better way to fill this void but to learn how much Her Heavily Father loves her. She can go to him in times of fear, frustration, angst, and in return receive his love, his comfort. When she runs in to mean girls and insecure situation he is there to pull her through.
Thanks
I would give the book to my beautiful niece, Nikki, she loves our Lord!