Bible Drill

Did you ever do Bible Drill growing up in church?  I grew up Baptist so Bible Drill was always a nervous/fun experience.  As well as performing "Father Abraham" on stage with an audience.  Eek.
Well, on most mornings when I have my devotional after the kids are up, we have a "Reading Time".  I read the Bible and the kids read books quietly ( quietly is key) in the room next to me.
Well that almost always bombs.
They are always interested in my Bible and coffee.  Or they want to sit in my lap and draw in my journal.
So a way to help them to obey and stay in the other room, AND get to join in what I was doing, I started a Bible Verse box for Ella Reese.

If there is something that we are working on that day or week.  Like being patient, or kind etc....we would find what the Bible says about it.  Then on some index cards I would write out the verse and then she would draw a corresponding picture to help her remember the verse.
We do not do it every morning.  It becomes boring to her if we did it every day.
But here are some of the ones we did.

And as the day continues, or later that week...I will remind her of the verse we studied and I have found that it has helped her to remember God's word better.  As opposed to it just coming out of my mouth.

 This is Ella and Dean in the picture.

 Whenever I draw people or Bible people, I will draw a cross on their heart to help explain that when you Love God Jesus is in your heart.
So Ella Reese put crosses on our hearts.  That is our family if you can't tell.  We all look more like zombies....