Bible Studies for Life | Kids Leader Training Podcast

Kids: King Saul wanted to kill David. But David refused to harm Saul, God’s chosen leader. This session can lead kids to understand that people choose to treat others in ways that follow God or displease and dishonor God (sin). We can help kids know people are responsible for the choices they make. Preschool: David played his harp for King Saul whenever Saul was disturbed. This helped Saul feel be...

Kids: Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent me.” This session can remind kids that God still hears our prayers today.   Preschool: Jesus prayed to God in the garden. People today can pray to God, too. God hears people when they pray to Him. God wan...

When the people returned to Judah, they began to worship God in the place where the temple had been. They began to rebuild the temple. As the new foundation for the temple was laid, the people praised and shouted to God. This session can help kids understand that God’s people should worship and praise Him. God hears the praise and worship of His people. We can lead kids to think about ways familie...

Kids: Elijah had just had the “showdown” with the prophets of Baal. Even as strong a man of God as Elijah was, he became afraid when he heard that Jezebel wanted him dead. God heard Elijah’s cry out to Him. God kept Elijah safe, fed, and gave him comfort and assurance. This session can lead kids to understand that God hears all prayers. God will answer prayers according to His divine understanding...

David built the tabernacle so the people would have a more permanent place to worship God. David brought the ark of the covenant, the symbol of God’s presence, into the tabernacle. David and the people praised and thanked God. David prayed a prayer of thanksgiving. This session can help lead kids to understand that God wants people to thank Him, and God hears those prayers.

This session will focus on Jesus’ growth as part of God’s plan. In His visit to the temple, Jesus said He was about His Father’s business. From an early age, Jesus began to fulfill God’s plan of salvation.

Foreign astrologers recognized a significant birth with the appearance of a star. Prophecy came into play again as Herod’s advisors found the birthplace of the Savior in Scripture (Micah). The focus of this session is Herod’s threat, the flight to Egypt, and God’s protection of Jesus so He could grow and fulfill God’s plan. 

This session will lead kids to focus on the facts of the Christmas story, learning that Jesus’ birth is part of God’s plan to send a Savior. 

This session will connect God’s choice of Mary and Joseph as the family for Jesus with the prophecies about the Messiah. God promised that a virgin would give birth to the Messiah, and He chose Mary. God promised that the Messiah would be part of David’s family and chose Joseph to raise Jesus.

This session will help kids understand that the prophets told about Jesus’ birth hundreds of years before Jesus came. God planned to send a Messiah, His Son, and told that the special child would be born. The prophets wrote this message, and people waited for the Messiah.

God did not just create the universe and leave it to operate on its own. This session will guide kids to understand that God works throughout creation. He provides for His creation. He continues to work His plan in the world today. We can help kids understand that God is at work in creation (even when “bad” things happen). 

Kids: This session will guide kids to understand that even though God created people to have a relationship with Him, Adam and Eve made a deliberate choice to break that relationship through disobedience. They chose to eat from the tree that God had forbidden. Sin resulted in their ejection from the garden. Each person today continues to make the choice to sin and needs the Savior to have a relati...

Kids: This session will lead kids to understand that God created people—man and woman. God created people in His image, unlike anything else He created. God placed people in charge of His creation, to care for it and rule over it.  Preschool: This session will lead kids to understand that God made all the animals to live in the world He made. Guide kids to think about all the different kinds of fi...

Kids: Kids hear lots of different ideas on the beginning of creation. This session will emphasize that nothing existed but God in the beginning. God created everything through His word and His deliberate action. Preschool: This session will emphasize that God made everything in the world and the universe. Nothing existed but God in the beginning. God created everything.

Kids: Elijah called for a showdown between God and Baal on Mount Carmel. God responded in a mighty way. He is the only God, who deserves honor and obedience. This session will help kids think about things that may compete for the attention that God deserves (sports, school, gaming, friends). We can stress that God is the one we should obey, not other things.   Preschool: God stopped the rain, and...

This session will lead kids to realize that the culture and world around them is often hostile to God and His will. Help kids understand that people are tempted to make choices against God. But God will be with His people always, even when they face challenging circumstances. Emphasize that God is faithful.

God called Gideon. Gideon listened to what God said to do. Gideon obeyed God and achieved a great victory for God. This session will guide kids to understand God’s hand in all that happened—the choice of Gideon, choice of the army, choice of tactics. We can lead kids to know that God is over all that happens and nothing happens that is out of God’s control or out of His power. This session will em...

Moses saw a miraculous thing—the burning bush that was not consumed. God spoke to Moses, telling him that God knew what was happening to His people and was sending Moses to free them from Egypt. This session will help kids understand that people can believe and trust the words of God. God fulfills His promises. We can emphasize that God is trustworthy. 

Kids: Paul saw something that Peter did that was not right. Peter chose to act in a way that seemed to exclude the Gentile believers. Paul told Peter the right things to do. This session will help kids understand that they (and all people) will be faced with making choices that honor God or do not honor God. Christians should choose to do those things that are right and honor God. Preschool: Jesus...

A young ruler came to talk with Jesus. Although the Bible does not tell what the rich man chose to do, he went away very sad. People can choose not to follow God, or they can choose to follow God. Each choice has consequences, and people are responsible for the choices they make.

Jesus visited His friends Mary and Martha. Note the two different ways the women chose to respond to Jesus’ visit. Martha worked on preparations; Mary sat and listened. Jesus stressed the importance of what Mary was doing. This session will help kids understand that every day they will be faced with making choices–some which follow God and some which do not. We can help them understand that God he...

Daniel faced a crisis. The king sent food from his table for the men to eat, food that was unclean to Jews. Daniel chose to follow God’s Word, even when it was risky. This session will emphasize to kids that obedience to God is a choice. They can understand what God wants people to do. They can choose to obey or disobey God. We can help kids understand that they will face difficulties, especially...

Kids: Before Moses died, he laid hands on Joshua, signifying that Joshua was God’s choice as the new leader. Joshua listened to God as he became the leader. Joshua continued to choose to listen to God and follow God’s instructions as he led the people into Canaan. This session will help kids understand that God’s people choose to use their abilities to follow God and honor God. Preschool: God made...

Jesus helped His disciples in a miraculous way. Jesus, through His power, showed love for His friends and helped them have what they needed. This session will help kids understand that no matter what our needs are, Jesus has the power to fulfill them.  We can guide older kids to see the miracle of forgiveness and restoration to Peter as Jesus tells him to feed his sheep.  

Kids will learn that Jesus is God’s Son, and He can heal diseases and sicknesses as only God can. In this case, Jesus did not heal Lazarus while he was sick; Jesus came and restored Lazarus to life! Jesus taught through these miracles that He is the Messiah sent by God. This session can help kids know that Jesus has the power to heal people, but not all people are healed physically on earth. That...