The One Year Sports Devotions for Kids - Paperback

by Jesse Florea (Author), Jeremy Jones (Author), Joshua Cooley (Author)

Yes, you can catch spiritual truths from sports, games, and crazy competitions!

This devotional is perfect for kids who love sports, fun facts about sports, trivia about sports heroes, and stories about sports figures who overcame odds and performed the extraordinary. This devotional for kids covers a large variety of sports, including sports both girls and boys will enjoy reading about. From the Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day swim to football to yo-yo records, the stories will encourage budding athletes to connect their interests to faith.

Each reading in this daily devotional features:

• What's the Score: A spiritual lesson that connects sports trivia to Scripture
• On the Ball: A quick question or activity to help children remember the point of the devotion
• Coach's Comment: A Bible verse to help kids get into God's Word for themselves

Through these 365 devotions, young sports fans will be inspired to be champions on the field and in their walk with Jesus.

Back Jacket

Can you really learn more about God and find out about fun activities like

• football
• cup stacking
• fencing
• hockey
• yo-yo competitions
• WNBA basketball
• pancake flipping . . . and more?

Author Biography

Jesse Florea has worked at Focus on the Family for nearly twenty years. For more than fifteen, he's been the editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse (for boys and girls ages eight to twelve). He's also worked as the associate editor of Breakaway magazine (teen boys) and developed and edited the Growing Years Edition of Focus on the Family magazine and the Focus on Your Child's Tween Ages newsletter. He earned bachelor and master's degrees in communications from Wheaton College, Ill. Additionally, Jesse has written or co-written seven books (including The One Year Sports Devotions for Kids, Adventures of Average Boy: Growing Up Super Average, The One-Year Devos for Sports Fans and The One-Year Everyday Devotions with Tyndale House Publishers). He lives with his wife, Stephanie, and two teenagers, Nate and Amber, in Colorado Springs.

Joshua Cooley is a New York Times bestselling author who has written or contributed to more than twenty books for kids, teens, and adults. His titles include Heroes of the Bible Devotional, The One Year Sports Devotions for Kids, The One Year Devotions with Jesus, and two picture books, Empty! and I Can't Believe My Eyes. He is also a contributor to Tyndale's Go Bible for kids and Crossway's ESV Study Bible for Boys. Joshua lives in Durham, North Carolina. You can visit his website at joshuacooleyauthor.com.