Tuesday, December 9, 2025

7 Practical Ways to Cultivate Faith in Children from a Young Age

Standing in the toy and picture book-strewn dining room, I stared out our third-floor apartment window. The sun cast a shadow across the rocky, empty lot across the alley. Unsettledness crept across my heart.

How do I teach my preschooler and toddler to follow Jesus?

Discipleship felt like such a daunting task—even though I was the children’s ministry coordinator for my city church.

I wasn’t more qualified than anyone else, but my job description involved encouraging parents in our church to teach their kids how to follow Jesus.

I couldn’t come alongside other parents if I wasn’t doing it myself.

God gave me two kids, and it was my role as a parent to point them to Jesus.

So I embarked on a journey to figure out what intentionally training my kids to follow God looks like for my family.

Almost a decade later, it’s still a learning curve to coach my kids in following Jesus through the different ages. But I’m convinced that teaching the next generation about God’s faithfulness means laying a biblical foundation before the teenage years arrive.

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