Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 13:5-14 Marie studied the instructions for how to cook a meal over a campfire, the final project in her club manual. It didn’t seem too hard. “Hold on!” Mom called. “I’ll be right down!” Marie waited impatiently. Finally, she headed out the door. I’ll just get everything set up, she thought….
Bible Reading: Matthew 24:35-39 “This is quite a storm!” Grandpa said, watching from the front porch as the rain poured down. His house was right next to a large river. Ellen and Elijah came out to stand beside him. Wide-eyed, they watched the trees blowing in the wind. “Grandpa,” said Elijah, “there was a news…
Bible Reading: Luke 11:37-39 “Sean, the homeless shelter downtown needs donations. I’ve collected some items. How about donating some of your toys?” Sean knelt in front of his toy box. “I don’t have any toys I want to give away, Mom.” “What about this?” Mom asked. “I’m sure any little boy would love to have…
Bible Reading: Psalm 46:1-7 “I.miss our old house,” said Tomás. He sighed as he thought about the reason they had moved into a trailer on Grandpa’s farm. First his little brother, Felix, was seriously injured in a car accident. Then the company Dad worked for went bankrupt, and it took quite a while for Dad…
Bible Reading: Numbers 13:25-33; 14:6-9 “Slug bug blue!” Brandon exclaimed when he spied a blue Volkswagen. As he spoke, he slugged his brother, Teague, who was sitting beside him. The boys were playing their favorite game on the way home from school—seeing who could spot a Volkswagen first and slug the other guy. They kept…
Bible Reading: Psalm 40:1-3; John 14:4-7 Allison slammed the keys on the piano. “This is impossible!” she grumbled in frustration. “What’s wrong, Allison?” Mom asked as she came into the room. “I just can’t play this song! It sounds okay in some places, but other places are way off. It’s impossible!” “Let me see.” Mom…
Bible Reading: John 14:25-29 “Dad, why does God allow war?” Brent asked after hearing a news report on TV. “That’s a hard question—it’s one people have been asking for centuries,” said Dad. “It’s hard to—” He paused as the door opened and Mom came in carrying Thea. Dad jumped up, took the little girl, and…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 40:28-31 Liam looked out the window of his friend Kyle’s house as they finished their snack. “Look at those trees,” he said. “They’re bending over from the wind.” “So were we, a few minutes ago,” said Kyle. “It’s too hard to play ball with this much wind. I’m tired. We’ll have to…
Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:8, 15-18 “What a mess!” Kiera said as she and her parents walked into Grandma’s living room. “This is terrible!” There had been a fire in Grandma’s house, and three rooms had been damaged by the smoke and flames. Kiera’s parents had come to clean up and get anything worth keeping….
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:5-12 Tyler sat up in bed. What’s that noise? he wondered. He and his family had moved to a new house, and now he slept in a strange new room. Somehow he didn’t feel safe the way he had back in his old, familiar home. Tyler heard the noise again. I don’t…
