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Bible Stories for Kids: Building a Strong Foundation of Faith in God
from: Maxx Family LifeOne way of teaching your kids about God is by reading bible stories appropriate for them. This is also helpful in shaping their spirituality in relation to loving God and their neighbors. The stories are taken from both the old and new testaments starting from creation up to the coming of Jesus.
The stories depict particular events in the bible suitable for children. Important values are emphasized in the stories which God wants to portray to his people. Parents should discuss with their children the truth behind these stories avoiding conflicts on moral and spiritual issues.
Some popular bible stories for kids include:
The Story of Creation: God created everything including man and woman within six days resting on the seventh day.
The Fall of Human Kind: The first disobedience by man and woman to God and the consequences they have received in retribution to this sin. It shows how God was displeased by their wrongdoings. The story also tells about evil disguising itself as a serpent that tempted eve to commit disobedience.
The Broken Family of Cain and Abel: God's punishment to Cain for committing the murder of his brother's because of jealousy. God was pleased with Abel's form of offering making Cain angry. It triggered in him the jealousy that drove him to kill his own brother.
Noah and the Great Flood: God saves a righteous man named Noah, his family and the animals from the great flood by staying inside the ark they built. The Great Flood was God's plan of destroying mankind due to their sinfulness.
The Tower of Babel: God differentiated languages so that people could stop building the tower of arrogance designed to reach the heavens in disobedience to God's plan of filling the earth.
The Birth of a Nation from Abraham to Joseph: The generation of Abram turned to Abraham becoming the father of all nations starting from his son Isaac, Isaac's son Jacob and Jacob's son Joseph.
Joseph the Dreamer: This is a story about Jacob's favorite son named Joseph, who is hated by his brothers. Joseph never showed any anger or vow of revenge towards his brothers instead loves them with all his heart and later on saves them from hunger and slavery.
Joseph Interprets Dreams: The part of Joseph's life after he was being sold by his brothers to the merchants and trading him to the Pharaoh's officer named Potiphar. Joseph was able to determine the meaning of Potiphar's dream, by doing so he was elevated from being a slave.
The Exodus: Israelites slavery in Egypt and how God shows his love to the chosen people by saving them through Moses.
The Ten Commandments: God has given the Ten Commandments written in stone tablets to Moses after their liberation from Egypt.
The Prophecy of the Prophets for the coming Savior: The generations after the liberation from Egypt has divided the people into two – the believers and the contrary. In this context the Prophets chosen by God foretell the coming of savior who will save mankind from sins.
The Ministry of Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ's life starting from the angel Gabriel's annunciation to Mary, ending up to his public life of teaching and preaching.
The Betrayal and Crucifixion: Jesus Christ's sufferings on the cross and its impact on the entire human kind.
The Resurrection and Eternity: Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and he conducted the church for continuous propagation of his teachings.
Parents should let their children understand the bible's teachings to build a strong foundation of their faith in God through good examples.
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