Bible Reading: Acts 16:22-31</a > Aaron sighed and flopped onto the couch. “This weather is the worst! We can’t ride bikes or play basketball or even go outside.” “Hey!” said Dad. “This rain may dampen everything outside, but we don’t have to let it dampen our spirits.” “But how can we help it?” Aaron asked….
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:5-8; 1 Corinthians 13:12</a > As Grady, Calvin, and Eleanor waited for their father after church, they looked out at the parking lot through the stained glass windows near the back of the auditorium. “I see our car,” said Calvin. “It’s green.” Eleanor disagreed. “No, it’s not,” she said. “It’s yellow.” “You’re…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:17; Ephesians 1:7-10 “Hurray, we’re getting burritos! We’re getting burritos!” Bailey skipped gleefully as she and her mom and sister, Adeline, walked into their favorite Mexican restaurant and got in line. They’d been running errands all morning, and Bailey had been in a bad mood and had started several arguments with her…
Bible Reading: 1 John 4:7-11 “I know the Bible says God loves everybody, but I don’t really see how He could love Gianna,” Amber told her older sister as they raked leaves in the backyard. “Is she that girl in your class who cuts in the cafeteria line?” Heidi asked as she filled a large…
Bible Reading: Romans 8:18, 28-31 Aiden tried to stay out of the movers’ way as they carried furniture into the apartment, so he stood in the corner and frowned. “Why the long face?” asked one of the men who was helping. “I don’t like this apartment,” said Aiden. “I don’t get my own backyard.” He…
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 31:8; Matthew 28:20 Riley stopped in front of the Build-a-Friend shop at the mall. The white tiger in the display had a pink ballerina tutu and little pink toe shoes that laced around its ankles with sparkly pink ribbon. “Mom, look!” called Riley. But when Riley looked around, Mom was nowhere in…
Bible Reading: Romans 12:9-11 Editor’s note: This story’s subject matter may not be appropriate for some children. “It’s not that I don’t love you,” Beth told her parents. “It’s just that all adopted kids wonder why their birth mothers gave them up.” “I know, honey,” said Dad. “But I’m afraid we don’t know much about…
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 31:7-8; Joshua 1:5 Mae, I’d like you to put Matt down for his nap today,” said Mom. “I need to make an important phone call.” “Okay,” said Mae, smiling at her little brother. “Nap time!” she announced to the energetic little boy. Laughing, Matt toddled away, wanting his sister to chase him….
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 5:2-7 Everett stood at the window, watching dark clouds disappearing into the distant sky. “Those clouds sure weren’t any help,” he said. “I was hoping it would rain so I wouldn’t have to mow Mrs. Smith’s lawn today.” “I was hoping those clouds would give us some rain too—we sure do need…
Bible Reading: Joshua 1:1-9 The sick feeling in Micah’s stomach got worse as the plane lifted off the ground and lurched into the air. Everything below him was the size of ants. Not only did he feel sick to his stomach, his chest felt tight too. Dad sat next to him and tried to smile…
