It had been a very long day.  Jesus and his disciples had been out teaching about God and performing miracles.  Many people followed them and Jesus spent the rest of the day teaching and feeding five thousand people.

When the day was over and the crowds were leaving, Jesus told the disciples to go find their boat and go back to the other side of the lake.  When everyone left Jesus went up to the mountainside by himself to pray.

You see, Jesus needs to pray too.  He had a long tiring day and per...

Galatians Chapter 5:16-18,22-26

King James Version

5:16-18

[16] This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

[17] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

[18] But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

(I chose not to include verses 19-21 because of their content for younger children - they may not understand many of t...

Ephesians 6:10-18

King James Version

6:10-18

[10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

[11] Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

[13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the...

This story is about a prophet named Elijah.  Elijah was a regular man who made mistakes, who was afraid sometimes, yet when it really mattered he trusted God.  Elijah did amazing things with God's help and God did amazing things for Elijah.

A few things you should know before we start the story is that the land of Israel where Elijah was going was very evil.  There was a king named Ahab who believed in a god named Baal (the weather god).   He and most of the people worshipped this god and did ...

This story from the Bible is about Jacob.  If you don't remember he had a twin brother named Esau who he tricked out of his blessing from his father Isaac.  Even though they were twins, Esau was born first so he should've received the special blessing from his father, not Jacob.

Jacob and his mother Rebekah tricked Isaac by making Jacob seem hairy like his brother Esau.  Since Isaac could barely see he wasn't able to tell who was who.  In the end Esau was very upset that he didn't receive the ...