Tonight's Family Devotion in 5 Minutes (Passage, Question, Prayer)

**A family devotion tonight needs three things: one passage, one question, one prayer.** That is the whole format. It takes five minutes, it works from age four upward, and it survives tired parents — which is the only test that matters.

If you want tonight's reading already chosen for you, open /tonights-family-devotion. The passage, the table question and the 30-second prayer are written out for today, and they change every evening.

The 5-minute format

1. **Read** the passage out loud, twice. Slowly the second time. 2. **Ask** one question with no wrong answer — "where did God take care of you today?" 3. **Pray** for thirty seconds. Let a child do it.

That's it. No curriculum, no lesson plan, no craft supplies. The point is contact with Scripture at a moment your family already shares.

Anchor it to dinner

The habit survives when it rides on one you already have. Dinner plates still on the table is the highest-completion moment of the day in most households — far better than bedtime, when everyone is negotiating.

Five passages to start with

Psalm 23 (God takes care of us), John 3:16 (why Jesus came), Genesis 1 (God made everything on purpose), Proverbs 3:5-6 (trusting when we don't understand), Philippians 4:6-7 (what to do with worry). Rotate one per evening and you have your first week done.

Keep a streak, not a schedule

A missed night isn't failure. Pick it up the next evening. Children remember the count of nights you did it, never the nights you skipped.

Where to get tonight's reading

Open tonight's family devotion for today's passage, table question and prayer, take the 3-question quiz to find your family's starting point, and we'll email the quest to you each evening. If you want the wider list of formats by age, read family devotions for kids or browse /family-devotions-for-kids.