This story is featured in a collection of Bible stories for kids about Lent called Take Up Your Cross and the book Pray without Ceasing: Bible Stories for Kids about Prayer. The Parable of the Persistent Widow Luke 18:1-8 In this parable about prayer Jesus encourages his disciples to be persistent. Too many times we stop…
Bible Stories
40 Years in the Desert: A Bible Story for Kids
This story is featured in a collection of Bible stories for kids about Lent called Take Up Your Cross. Forty Years in the Desert Numbers 13-14 Why did the Israelites wander the desert for forty years? The season of Lent lasts for forty days, but the Israelites wandered the desert for forty years! God freed his…
The Temptation of Jesus: A Bible Story for Children
This story is the first in a collection of Bible stories for kids about Lent: Take Up Your Cross: Lenten Bible Stories. The Temptation of Jesus Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-12 The season of Lent lasts for forty days and forty nights, the same amount of time Jesus spent in the desert after his…
Dust to Dust: A Bible Story for Kids about Ash Wednesday
This story is the first in a collection of Bible stories for kids about Lent: Take Up Your Cross: Lenten Bible Stories. Dust to Dust: A Bible Story for Kids about Ash Wednesday We begin each season of Lent with a day called Ash Wednesday. It is common to have our foreheads marked with ashes…
God Calls Samuel: A Bible Story for Kids about Prayer
1 Samuel 3 Our God is not far away or silent. He speaks to us, but how can we hear him? This is the story of the first time the Prophet Samuel heard the voice of the Lord. He was young, but that didn’t stop him from seeking to serve God. As you read this…
