May you always know you have my hand to hold. Devotion The Bible tells us that nothing in the whole universe can ever separate us from God’s love. In fact, God is love! God uses people like your parents, grandparents, teachers, neighbors, and friends to show His love to you. God also uses nature—like the beautiful blue sky and butterflies and trees—to show His love to you too. God is so good to love us in so many different ways! Question Who or what makes you feel most loved

May the living light inside you be the compass as you go. Devotion Have you ever walked outside in the dark? Or down a dark hallway? What do you use to see better? A flashlight! The Bible tells us that Jesus is the Light of the World. When Jesus lives inside us, we have His light to guide us—just like a flashlight in the dark! Jesus also helps us shine light wherever we go as we show His love to others. Question What is one way you can shine the light of Jesus for others toda

May you never lose the wonder in your soul. Devotion When Jesus walked on earth, He loved spending time with children. He even said that the kingdom of heaven belonged to children! Maybe one of the reasons Jesus loved being with kids is that they are curious about the world God made. Sometimes grown-ups stop being curious. They stop realizing how beautiful trees are or how good blackberry jam tastes! They stop wondering about what God is like. But when we wonder about God and

May the good Lord bless and keep you and fill you with his peace. His face will shine upon you even as you sleep. Devotion Are you able to do anything while you’re sleeping? Climb trees or play games or count to ten? No! When we sleep, we simply have to rest. But God tells us that even when we’re sleeping, He watches over us. We can have peace because we know that God never sleeps. He is always with us: loving us, protecting us, and keeping us safe. Question What does it mean

Stars are made for counting and for wishes coming true Sleep is made for dreaming, and I have dreams for you. Devotion Have you ever tried counting the stars in the sky? God created more stars than we can even see. The Bible tells us that God can count every star in the sky and knows each one by name! The same God who made every star made you! God created you with a purpose: to love Him and show others His love. It’s exciting to think about what that will look like in your li

“And may you know [God’s] love, even though it can’t be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you.” —Ephesians 3:19, NIRV You can love others in your own special way. You can bless others with joy every day! Hold this promise down deep in your heart: God has blessed you right from the start. How do I know that all this is true? The blessing of God is the blessing of you. Devotion Did you know that you are one of God’s biggest blessings? You bl

“Then God’s peace will watch over your hearts and your minds. He will do this because you belong to Christ Jesus. God’s peace can never be completely understood.” —Philippians 4:7, NIRV God’s blessings look different every day, Though maybe it doesn’t feel that way…. It’s the feeling of peace down deep in your heart That you can reach for when things fall apart. Devotion Do God’s blessings mean we never feel sad? No! Do they mean nothing ever goes wrong—like you don’t get the

“Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the person who goes to Him for safety.” —Psalm 34:8, NIRV So many blessings all around. Can you taste them, touch them, hear them in a sound? Devotion Have you ever played with glitter? Even when you try to keep it on the table or on your paper, it gets everywhere. No matter where you look—on your shoe or the floor or in your cereal bowl—you find more glitter! That’s kind of like God’s blessings. No matter where we look, wh

“I am sure that your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life.” —Psalm 23:6, NIRV You can go east. You can go west. Either way, you are blessed. If you travel as far as Kathmandu, God’s goodness and mercy will always find you. Devotion The Bible tells us that God is love. Since God is always with us, that means His love is always with us. The Bible even says that God’s love and blessings follow us! Therefore, you can never, ever, ever, ever do anything or go a

“God is on my side.” —Psalm 56:9, NIRV Whatever you do, wherever you go, There’s something important that you need to know. God is with you. God is for you. The blessings of God are all around you. Devotion The most important thing for you to know for your whole life is that God is for you. What do you think that means? It means that God is with you, God loves you, and God is in you. No matter what! When you know deep down in your heart that God is for you, it changes eve

God is able to do far more than we could ever ask for or imagine. He does everything by his power that is working in us -Ephesians 3:20 NIrV We know that God can do amazing things because He created the world and everything in it. He put the sun, moon, and stars in the sky. He keeps the planets in space as they revolve around the sun, creating seasons and years. He keeps the earth spinning, so we have both day and night. God puts glowing rainbows in the sky and paints orange

“Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” -Genesis 18:14 NIV Abraham was one of Noah’s distant relatives who loved God very much. One day, he was sitting under a tree when he saw three visitors walking toward him. He bowed to greet them and offered water to wash their feet. In those days, people wore sandals and walked along dusty roads, so their feet were often dirty. Abraham told his wife, Sarah, to

“Come on! Let’s build a city for ourselves. Let’s build a tower that reaches to the sky.” -Genesis 11:4 NIrV After the flood, Noah’s sons had more children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Many people lived on the earth and settled in a land called Babylon. One day, someone said, “Let’s build a city and a tower to reach into the sky. Then we can all live in one place and be famous!” Everyone thought that was a good idea. At this time, the people all spoke the same lan

“This is my promise to you: All life on the earth was destroyed by the flood. But that will never happen again. A flood will never again destroy all life on the earth.” -Genesis 9:11 ERV It must have been exciting for Noah and his family to finally come out of the ark after being inside for more than a year with all those animals. The animals were probably happy, too! The lions and zebras could run across the dry land. Donkeys had room to kick their legs. Birds could fly from

We can trust God to do what he promised.-Hebrews 10:23 ERV God’s promise to Noah is great. Even more promises in the Bible help us understand how much God loves and cares about us. No one knows exactly how many promises there are, but some people have counted more than three thousand! In Isaiah 41:10, God says, “Don’t worry. I am with you. Don’t be afraid or scared because I am your God. I will help you. I will make you strong. I will hold you with my steady hand.” There’s mo

Noah had faith. So he built an ark to save his family. He built it because of his great respect for God. God had warned him about things that could not yet be seen. . . . Because of his faith he was considered right with God.-Hebrews 11:7 NIrV The story of Noah’s Ark is a well-known story from the Book of Genesis. You may have heard it at church or read it in one of your Bible storybooks. Perhaps you drew a picture of the ark with giraffe heads peeking out of the windows. God

The Lord God gave the man a command. He said, “You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden. But you must not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you will certainly die.”-Genesis 2:16-17 NIrV God named the first man Adam, who was different from the rest of God’s creation. Unlike the animals, Adam could talk to God, and God talked to Adam. God made Adam perfect in every way. But being alone wasn’t good for him, so God created the first wo

He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down-Psalm 104:19 NIV When God put the sun, moon, and stars in the sky and made the planets start turning, that was the beginning of days, months, and seasons. As the whole solar system revolves and rotates, temperatures change, and our days get longer or shorter. In places like Japan and Canada, the four seasons bring a wide variety of weather. Summer months can be warm and sunny when kids go for hikes and sp

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the tame animals, over all the earth and over all the small crawling animals on the earth. - Genesis 1:26 NIrV The story of creation tells us how our world began. On the sixth day, God said, “Let us make human beings in our image and in our likeness.” Did you notice the word us? Who was God talking to since there were no p

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth didn’t have any shape. And it was empty. There was darkness over the surface of the waves. At that time, the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. - Genesis 1:1-2 NIrV The book of Genesis is the Bible's first book, and this is where everything begins. We don’t know what the earth looked like, but we know it was dark, empty, and had no shape. Maybe it looked like a giant blob! No matter what it looked lik