Bible Stories for the Young

Stories

Your Big Plan

A Poem to God

 

The Bible

Adam

Made in God’s Likeness

 

Genesis 1

Adam

Loses a Rib

 

Genesis 2:18-25

Adam & Eve

Walk With God in the Garden

 

Genesis 2-3

Adam & Eve

Blaming Others

 

Genesis 3:1-24

Abel

The Faith To Give Your Best

 

Genesis 4:1-4 Hebrews 11:4

Cain

The Farmer Who Planted Bad Seeds

 

Genesis 4:1-16 1 John 3:11-12

Noah

The Man Who Obeyed When It Didn’t Make Sense

 

Genesis 6-9 Hebrews 11:17

Job

Has To Man Up

 

Job 2-42

Babel

Building Without God Gets Confusing

 

Genesis 11

Abram

God’s Plan To Bless the Nations

 

Genesis 12

Abram

Looks Forward to Foundations

 

Genesis 12-13 Hebrews 11:8-12

Abram & Melchizedek

Two Men Who Understood Each Other

 

Genesis 14

Sarah

The Woman Who Said, “Laugh With Me!”

 

Genesis 16, 18, 21

Isaac

The Boy Who Trusted Both His Daddies

 

Genesis 22

Rebekah

The Pretty-Hearted Lady

 

Genesis 24

Jacob & Esau

Two Nations in One Tummy

 

Genesis 25:19-26

Esau

The Man Who Made a Foolish Trade

 

Genesis 25:27-34

Jacob

The Tricky Man Who Stole a Blessing

 

Genesis 27

Jacob

Dreams the Best Dream While Sleeping on a Rock Pillow

 

Genesis 28

Jacob

The Tricky Man Gets Tricked

 

Genesis 29:1-30

Jacob

Grabbing Hold of God

 

Genesis 32 Hebrews 11:21

Joseph

The Man Who Was Not Too Emotional

 

Genesis 39-45 Genesis 37

The Ten Brothers

Get Another Chance To Love

 

Genesis 42-45

Benjamin

The Little Brother and His Weird Day

 

Genesis 44-45

Moses

God’s Future Plan Escapes in a Basket

 

Exodus 2:1-10 Hebrews 11:23

Moses

Must Take Off His Shoes

 

Exodus 2:15-24 Exodus 3:1-10

Moses

The Reluctant Postman

 

Exodus 3:11-4:17

Moses

The Great Big Whammies

 

Exodus 4-13

A Trap

Leads To Singing and Dancing

 

Exodus 13-15

Day By Day

Nothing To Worry About

 

Exodus 15-17

The Ten Commands

God’s Deal of Rules

 

Exodus 20

Aaron’s

Cowardice Cow Making

 

Exodus 32:1-6

Moses

Stands Between God and the People

 

Exodus 32:7-35

Moses

Gets a Peek at God and Glows in the Dark

 

Exodus 33-34

Moses

Gets the Perfect Blueprint

 

Exodus 25-27, 30

Aaron

The Temporary and Imperfect Priest

 

Exodus 28-29 Leviticus 9 Leviticus 17

Moses

Wishes All God’s People Could Connect to God

 

Numbers 11

Miriam

Grumbles and Rots

 

Numbers 12

Joshua & Caleb

The Men Who Said, “We Can Do It!”

 

Numbers 13-14

Korah

Disrespects Moses and Gets Eaten

 

Numbers 16:1-40 Jude 1:10-11

Aaron’s

Walking Stick Blooms

 

Numbers 16:41-50 Numbers 17

Moses

The Consequences of Frustration

 

Numbers 20:1-13

Balaam

The Man Who Thought He Could Obey “Just Enough”

 

Numbers 22 2 Peter 2:15 Jude 1:11 Revelation 2:14

Phinehas

Anger for God’s Holiness

 

Numbers 25

Moses

Says Goodbye to the Family

 

Deuteronomy 1-33

Moses

Delivers to the Promised Land Door

 

Deuteronomy 34

Joshua

The Courage of a Brave Leader

 

Joshua 1

Rahab

The Woman Who Sinned but Then Obeyed & Became Part of God’s Family

 

Joshua 2 Joshua 6:20-25

Joshua

Says, "Follow God’s Holy Box"

 

Joshua 3-4

Jericho

Weird Obedience Pays Off

 

Joshua 6 Joshua 5:13-15

Achan

The Man Who Tried To Hide His Sin

 

Joshua 7

Caleb

The Man Who Chose the Biggest Battle

 

Joshua 14:6-15

Judges

Help the People to Not Wander

 

Joshua 23

Ruth

The Lady Who Wouldn’t Leave God

 

Ruth 1

Boaz

Family Redeemer and Brother’s Keeper

 

Ruth 2-4

Deborah & Jael

Show That Ladies Are Warriors, Too

 

Judges 4-5

Gideon

Chosen to Be the Answer to His Own Question

 

Judges 6:1-24

Gideon

First Steps of Obedience

 

Judges 6:25-32

Gideon

Winning for God Doesn’t Need Man’s Ideas

 

Judges 7

Jephthah

Faith To See Forever

 

Judges 11 Hebrews 11:32-34

Samson

The Man With Superpower Strength

 

Judges 13-15

Samson

Power but No Wisdom

 

Judges 16

Hannah

Keeps Her Word

 

1 Samuel 1-2:11

Samuel

The Boy Who Was a Listener

 

1 Samuel 3

Dagon

Can’t Stand Up to God

 

1 Samuel 5-6

Samuel

Leads Without a Title

 

1 Samuel 3:19-21 1 Samuel 4:1

The Rock, Ebenezer

The Lord Got Us Here

 

1 Samuel 7

Samuel

Learns True Leadership Is From God

 

1 Samuel 8

Saul

Hiding Behind Bags Is Fear Not Humility

 

1 Samuel 10

King Saul

Gets Rain on His Parade

 

1 Samuel 11-12

King Saul

The Man Who Said, “I Can Do It All by Myself”

 

1 Samuel 13

Jonathan & His Armor Bearer

With God, Two Can Be an Army

 

1 Samuel 13-14

King Saul

Finds Out Obeying Is Better Than Sacrificing

 

1 Samuel 15

David

The Boy With Oil on His Head

 

1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalms 133

David

Worships God as Daddy

 

Psalms 23 Psalms 89 Psalms 103

David

Values Lambs More Than His Life

 

1 Samuel 17:34-37 Psalms 23

David

Serves While Waiting His Turn

 

1 Samuel 16:14-23

David Fights Goliath

Stepping up for God’s Lambs Again

 

1 Samuel 17

Jonathan

Recognizes Faith and Finds a Kindred Heart

 

1 Samuel 18:1-5

Jonathan

Gives Up His Turn

 

1 Samuel 20 1 Samuel 23:16-18

David

Won’t Touch the Man God Picked

 

1 Samuel 24, 26

Abigail

Tames Man’s Tendency To Overreact

 

1 Samuel 25

King David

First at Hebron, Then on to Zion

 

2 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 5

Uzzah’s Bumbling

Leads To Humbling and Doesn’t Get God’s Glory Back

 

2 Samuel 6:1-10 1 Chronicles 15

Michal

Unjustly Judges David, so Can’t Have Children

 

2 Samuel 6:16-23

King David

Finds Out God’s House Is To Be Built in Stages

 

1 Chronicles 17 2 Samuel 7

Mephibosheth

Gets Carried to the King’s Table

 

2 Samuel 9

Amnon

Being Yucky Feels Yucky

 

2 Samuel 13

King David

Didn’t “Count” On Hurting His Father-God

 

1 Chronicles 21:1-19 2 Samuel 24:1-19

King David

A Man After God’s Heart

 

Psalms 23 Psalms 89 Psalms 131

Abishag & Solomon

Get New Jobs in God’s Household

 

1 Kings 1

King Solomon

Asks for God’s Most Powerful Gift

 

1 Kings 3 1 Chronicles 23

King Solomon

Builds God’s House

 

1 Kings 5-8

King Asa

Chops Down Grandma’s Idol

 

2 Chronicles 14-16

Elijah

Gets Food From Heaven

 

1 Kings 16:29-17:6 James 5:16-17

A Widow

Values Elijah More Than Food

 

1 Kings 17:7-24

Elijah

Puts It All on the Line

 

1 Kings 18:1-40

Elijah

A Man Just Like Us

 

1 Kings 18:41-46 James 5:17-18

Jezebel

Still Sits on Her Throne

 

1 Kings 19:1-8

Elijah

The Man Who Heard God in the Whisper

 

1 Kings 19:9-18

Elijah

Finds a Kindred Heart

 

1 Kings 19:19-21

Jezebel

The Ugliest Woman Ever

 

1 Kings 21

Elijah

Calls Down Fire From Heaven Again, and Again

 

2 Kings 1

Elijah

Rides to Heaven in a Fire Chariot

 

2 Kings 2:1-18

King Jehoshaphat

Even the Babies Bow Before Battle

 

2 Chronicles 20

Mean Boys

Learn Making Fun of People Isn’t Funny

 

2 Kings 2:23-25

Elisha

Mouth to Mouth, Eye to Eye, Hand to Hand

 

2 Kings 4:8-37 Galatians 4:19

Naaman

Feeling Silly Opens God’s Doors

 

2 Kings 5

Elisha’s Servant

God Opens His Eyes To Unseen Realms

 

2 Kings 6:8-23

Jehu Rides Toward Peace

And Jezebel Falls off Her Throne

 

2 Kings 9:1-37

King Jehoash

When It’s Your Turn To Step Up—Pound It!

 

2 Kings 13:14-25

Jonah

Eaten by a Fish To Learn His Lesson

 

Jonah 1-3

Jonah

Needs To Love, Not Just Obey

 

Jonah 4 Matthew 12:38-41 Luke 11:29-32

Amos

Tells How God’s Justice Rolls On Like a River

 

Amos 1-9

Hosea & God

Hurt by Their Brides

 

Hosea 1-2

Hosea

Breaking Up the Hard Ground

 

Hosea 6-14

Puzzle Pieces

Don’t Create Pictures by Accident

 

2 Timothy 3:16

Isaiah

The Man Who Had a Burning Coal on His Lips

 

Isaiah 6

God's Poetry

Isn’t Just Poetry

 

Isaiah 7-9

King Hezekiah

The Man Whose Clock Went Backwards

 

2 Kings 20

Isaiah Sees

A Baby Tree and a Changed World

 

Isaiah 11-12

Micah Sees

A Mountain and a King

 

Micah 1-7 Isaiah 2:2-4

Isaiah Sees

A Runner, a Road, and a Champion

 

Isaiah 35 Isaiah 40

Isaiah Sees

Oh No! The Rescuer Goes Unrecognized

 

Isaiah 52-53

Isaiah Sees

A Reason To Sing and a Promise

 

Isaiah 54-55

Letting Go

An Invitation to Better Plans

 

Isaiah 55-56

Isaiah Sees

A Shining Rescuer, a Shining City, and Nations Drawn to the Light

 

Isaiah 59:16-61:9

Isaiah Sees

The Champion Who Brings Freedom

 

Isaiah 63-65

Joel Sees

A Mighty Army Coming

 

Joel 1-2:14

Joel

Blow the Trumpet, Drop Everything, and Come Together

 

Joel 2:15-32

King Josiah

Good Leaders Find Truth and Life Buried in the Rubble

 

2 Kings 22-23 2 Chronicles 34-35

Nahum's Poem

God’s Justice, Just in Time

 

Nahum 1-3

Habakkuk

Living by the Right Attitude—Faith

 

Habakkuk 1-3

Zephaniah Sees

A Mighty Warrior Shouts for Joy

 

Zephaniah 3

Jeremiah

The Young Can Do Great Things

 

Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah

A Sad Heart Because of Disobedience

 

Jeremiah 8-9 Jeremiah 14 Jeremiah 20

Daniel & His Friends

Say “No Thanks” To Cheating God

 

Daniel 1

Ezekiel

By the Rivers of Babylon

 

Ezekiel 1-2 Ezekiel 13

Jeremiah’s Letter

A Message to God’s Children in Babylon

 

Jeremiah 29

Ezekiel

The Man Who Ate a Book and Lay on His Side for a Really Long Time

 

Ezekiel 2-5

Nebuchadnezzar

Tears Down God’s City

 

2 Kings 24-25

God’s Children

Singing the Sad Song by the River

 

Psalms 137

God's Holy Box

Missing, but a Better Throne Is Coming

 

Jeremiah 3:16-17 Psalms 99:1

Daniel

Reveals the King’s Secret Dream

 

Daniel 2

Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego

Thrown in the Hot Fiery Oven

 

Daniel 3

Nebuchadnezzar

The Proud King Who Said ”Look at Me”

 

Daniel 4

Belshazzar

The Writing on the Wall

 

Daniel 5

Daniel

Gets Pet Lions, Instead of Getting Eaten

 

Daniel 6

Daniel

Loved and Treasured by God

 

Daniel 7-9 Jeremiah 25:11

Daniel

Made Strong and Calm by His Touch

 

Daniel 10-12

Ezekiel

Talks to Mountains

 

Ezekiel 36

Ezekiel

Talks to Bones

 

Ezekiel 37

Ezekiel Sees

One Shepherd, One King, and One Kingdom

 

Ezekiel 34-37

Ezekiel Sees

God’s Plans for a New House

 

Ezekiel 40-46

Ezekiel Sees

A Life-Giving River

 

Ezekiel 47

Zerubbabel & Jeshua

Say “No” to the Pretenders

 

Ezra 4

Haggai

Returning to the Work

 

Haggai 1

Zechariah Sees

God Gives Jeshua New Clean Clothes

 

Zechariah 2-3

Building God's House

Not by Strength or Power, but by God’s Spirit

 

Zechariah 4

Haggai Sees

The Return of God’s Glory

 

Haggai 2 Ezra 6:13-22

Esther

Queen for a Reason

 

Esther 1-4

Ezra

Returning to Zion to Rebuild People’s Hearts

 

Ezra 7-10

Nehemiah

Returning to Zion to Rebuild the Protecting Walls

 

Nehemiah 1-3

God's Family

Stands Together To Defend the Walls

 

Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah

Leads the Family in Love and Oneness

 

Nehemiah 5

Celebrate

The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength

 

Nehemiah 8-9

Try Me

Don’t Hold Anything Back

 

Malachi 1-3

Malachi

Returning to Covenant-Life

 

Malachi 3-4

Mary

Jesus’ Mommy Says “Yes”

 

Luke 1:26-38

Zechariah Sees

The Road of Peace

 

Luke 1:57-80

Joseph

Jesus’ Adopted Daddy

 

Matthew 1:1-25

Jesus

God Becomes a Baby Boy

 

Luke 2:1-21

Simeon

The Man Who Saw His Dream Come True

 

Luke 2:22-35

Anna

The Woman Who Worshipped Day and Night

 

Luke 2:36-38

Joseph & Mary

Learn Where Home Truly Is

 

Luke 2:39-52

Jesus Is Baptized

Covered in Water and Spirit

 

Matthew 3:13-17 John 1:1-39

Jesus

Passes Satan’s Test

 

Matthew 4:1-11 Luke 4:1-13

Peter & Andrew

The Brothers Who Dropped Everything and Came Right Away

 

Matthew 4:18-22 Mark 1:14-20

Nathanael

Nothing Hidden About Him

 

John 1:43-51

Nicodemus

The Sneaky Teacher With Things To Learn

 

John 3:1-21

The Lame Man

Don’t Just Explain or Excuse

 

John 5:1-15

The "Plumber"

Seeing the Son With Heaven-Eyes

 

John 5:16-30

Giving

Do It Quietly

 

Matthew 6:1-4

Don't Worry

He’ll Be There

 

Matthew 6:25-34

The Field

It’s the World, Not the Church

 

Matthew 13:24-43

“Be Still”

Jesus Tells the Storm To Calm Down

 

Mark 4:35-41

No More Ouch

The Lady Who Touched Jesus

 

Mark 5:24-34

Jesus

Didn’t Take a Break From Loving

 

Mark 6:30-34 Matthew 14:13-14

Peter

The Second Man To Walk on Water

 

Matthew 14:22-33 John 6:16-24

Walking Trees

The Blind Man Who Didn’t Pretend

 

Mark 8:22-26

Peter

Seeing the Rock With Heaven-Eyes

 

John 1:40-42 Matthew 16:13-20

The Blind Man

Meets the Light of the World

 

John 9:1-8 1 Peter 4:13

The Kind Foreigner

Love Your Neighbors With No Favoritism

 

Luke 10:25-37

Martha

Relax and Listen

 

Luke 10:38-42

Talking to Daddy

Jesus Teaches Us How To Pray

 

Matthew 6 Luke 11

The Lost Son

Comes to His Senses

 

Luke 15:11-33

Forgiveness

Enough Is Never Really Enough

 

Matthew 18:21-25

“Thank You”

The Leper Who Remembered

 

Luke 17:11-19

Bartimaeus

Asks and Keeps On Asking

 

Mark 10:46-52

Zacchaeus

The Little Man Who Took

 

Luke 19:1-10

The Poor Lady

Gives All Her Grocery Money

 

Mark 12:41-44

The Four-Faced Lion

The Gospels

 

Matthew Mark Luke John

The Two Sons

It’s Not What You Say, but What You Do

 

Matthew 21:28-32

The End Is Coming

Watch, Work, and Love Every Day

 

Matthew 24-25

Stay Calm

Don’t Let Your Heart Be Troubled

 

John 14:1-7

Burning Hearts

The Road to Emmaus

 

Luke 24:13-35

Thomas

The Man Who Wanted Reality

 

John 20:24-29

Jesus Disappears in the Clouds

And His Disciples Wait for Their Present

 

Acts 1

The Gateway of Heaven

Building With God Brings Understanding

 

Acts 2

Peter & John

Normal Guys With Supernatural Courage

 

Acts 3-4:22

Protecting Walls

The Miracle of Holy Spirit Oneness

 

Acts 4:23-37

A Whole New Life

Proclaiming the Message Is Worth the Owies

 

Acts 5:12-42

Choosing Helpers

Overflowing With God’s Spirit, Not Work Skills

 

Acts 6:1-7 1 Thessalonians 5:19

Simon

You Can’t Buy God

 

Acts 8:4-25

Saul

Chosen to Tell Jesus’ Story to Nations and Kings

 

Acts 9:10-31 Acts 9:10-31

Cornelius

Learning God’s Language and Ways

 

Acts 10:1-9

Antioch

The Multiplying of Anointed Life

 

Acts 11:19-30

Prison Doors Open

As God’s Peeps Pray

 

Acts 12

Mount Zion

City of the Stars

 

Acts 15 Hebrews 12:18-29

Time To Change

Searching the Scriptures To See What Is TRUE

 

Acts 17:1-15

Holy Spirit Life

The Only Christianity There Is

 

Acts 18-19

YOU Are the Temple of God

Built Together as One

 

1 Corinthians

Love

Without It Everything Is Just Noise

 

1 Corinthians 13

Messiah Is Coming

Being Delivered From Death to Life

 

Romans 1-5

Messiah Has Come

Conquering Sin and Death, Not Just Washing It

 

Romans 5-8

Eutychus

The Young Man Who Fell Out of a Window

 

Acts 20:4-12

Weakness

Where God's Power Is Made Complete

 

Acts 27:1-28:10 2 Corinthians 10-13

Get in His Rooms

All Three of Them

 

Hebrews

Fight for the Faith

A Letter From Jude

 

Jude 1

The Unveiling

John Sees the Son of Man in All His Glory

 

Revelation 1

The Lamb of God

Worthy To Break the Seals and Open the Scroll

 

Revelation 4-7

The Seventh Seal

Seven Trumpets, Three Woes, and Two Witnesses

 

Revelation 8-11:14

The Seventh Trumpet

A Beautiful Woman, a Baby Boy, a Bad Dragon, a Beast, Another Beast, and Seven Bowls

 

Revelation 11:15-14:20

The Seven Bowls

Seven Whammies and the Fall of a Wicked City

 

Revelation 15-18

Back in Eden

No More Curse!

 

Revelation 22

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