I have something I need to say right now, up front.
I’m a sucker for glossy pages. Oh, and I love a great colorful design. It’s the flame to my inner moth.
What else must I confess? Oh, yes. I really like family-oriented books that are broken into daily chunks for family worship or devotions.
Also, I need to tell you that I think praying for the world is really, really important. Vital.
Now that you know my book-lovin’ secrets, I’m disqualified from jury duty. Or you’ve got a good idea of the way this review is going to go.
Of 40 Days 40 Bites: A Family Guide to Pray for the World by Trudi Parkes (CF4K, 2014), I actually found myself really disappointed. It was so…
short.
I know it will take us two months to get through (because we can only maintain daily structure on the weekdays, it seems). But I wanted more to pray for. More countries, more religious groups, more world issues.
That’s why, instead of a review, I decided to write a plea.
Dear Christian Focus 4 Kids and Trudi Parkes:
Please write sequels to this prayer guide. With more things to pray for. And please make them super awesome looking like this one.
Respectfully,
Danika (2014)
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Kids Praying for the World
These are great books!
Here’s a little more information about the original 40 Days 40 Bites!
- Trudi Parkes is a missionary, formerly serving in Thailand, now mobilizing other missionaries from England. She has six kids and a husband (Rob).
- Each of the 40 2-page spreads gives families an opportunity to pray for a country, a religious group, or a world issue (child labor, clean water, war, etc.).
- Each spread explains the plight of the country, religious group, or world issue, tells a story about a real person and their experience, has a fact or two, a photo or detailed map, and two points to pray for.
- The middle of the book contains a map of the world, a map of Europe and Asia, and a map of Africa.
Ok. Those are all the facts. Here’s what I really want you, my friends, to take away from this little post:
- This book rocks.
- There need to be more books. Just like this one. But different.
- You probably want one. Look below. Love you all.
Since the original writing of this post, Christian Focus Publications put out 40 Days 40 More Bites. The third book, 40 Days 40 Extra Bites, is also written by Trudi Parkes and published by her mission, WEC International. The pages of the third book aren’t glossy, but the volume is just as colorful, and it will give your family an extra 40 days of prayer topics!
Purchase 40 Days 40 Bites and 40 Days 40 More Bites and even 40 Days 40 Extra Bites
I’d like to thank Christian Focus 4 Kids for sending me 40 Days 40 Bites in return for my honest review! Thanks to Trudi Parkes for sending me a copy of 40 Days 40 Extra Bites.
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We love studying the world, in the context of missions!
It’s always nice to learn who else we can pray for. Looks like this book may have some new ideas for us.
To give us a focused way to pray.
Anything structured and in small bites really works for our family and our prayers, too.
It would help me actually remember to pray for others with my daughter!
It would be a fun way to share praying for others with the children and hopefully develop a habit of praying for the world. 🙂
Last month a small group out of our large homeschool group started studying missionaries and are now doing different things each month to help people. I love this, it would be a great addition to our studies!!
Focus to pray around the world.
I love that the book helps our prayer time be more intentional. I also appreciate the fact that we are focusing on worldwide current issues and emphasizing the needs of others before ourselves. Another great feature our the maps and mini geography lessons incorporated throughout the devotional. I would LOVE to win and utilize this resource. Thank you for the opportunity!
Congratulations to our winner, Katrina S.!