Daily Bible for Kids

What a story. The Queen of Sheba was so impressed with Solomon's wisdom. Yet she recognized that it was God who had blessed Solomon with these gifts. And so the Queen praised God for the wisdom that Solomon had. In the book of James, it says that if we lack wisdom, we can ask God because He is all wise and he is generous, and he gives us every good and perfect gift. And he desires to help you. So...

What a story that is. God gives Solomon wisdom, not to show how smart he is, but to help people who are in need, to help to render justice in this world. And that is something that is so good and so important. And that's something that God can give us, wise hearts so that we know the way of justice, and so we too, can help people. Wonderful.  

In this story, we're not told why taking a census was such a grievous sin. And perhaps that's a mystery that we'll never know. It's okay when we read the Bible to not have all the answers. Oftentimes the Bible's asking us to ask good questions. We do you know this from this passage, that David was in relationship with God. And we see  this in the course of David's life, that he discovered that God...

Wow, what an incredible story. And so very sad. Even though Absalom acted so horribly towards his father, his father David never stopped loving his son. And that's one of the most important messages that we have in the Bible, that even though we have sinned, God our Father has never stopped loving us. He has forgiven us, and he still embraces us as father. If you want to see more of how this is so...

You know, sometimes when we get in an argument with others, we want to have the last word. Have you ever done that with your brother or sister or a friend at school? You just can't stand them saying the last thing. But that's not what David did. When he was being insulted, he did not return the insult. When we begin to do that, it never ends. Just one insult after another. But David shows us a bet...

Wow, what a difficult time for David, to be threatened by your own son, being forced to leave your home and your city. This was a really hard time for David. In the midst of these hard times, we see David, trusting God's plan for his future. We don't see it here in this reading. But in the end, we see that God continued to walk with David, even through this most difficult time. And you know what?...

Oh, this story is so sad. Absalom was taking revenge for the terrible thing that happened to his sister. And as horrible and evil as that was. One evil thing shouldn't lead us to more evil. In the end evil will just continue to grow. But Jesus is a far better King and he shows us a far better way. He doesn't satisfy his anger or His justice by trying to bring revenge upon people that have harmed H...

The story is so very sad. Sometimes we make choices in life that are selfish and bad. And sometimes those selfish choices  have ramifications that go beyond us. And they affect people around us. And like this story it is so very sad. But God does not let sadness have the last word. We're told right here and we're going to see later on in David's story, that he was forgiven by God. And that, my fri...

What a story. David was faithful to the promise he had made to his best friend Jonathan. He showed this grandson of Saul, kindness. He showed him grace. He showed him mercy in abundance, grace and mercy and kindness that went far beyond anything Mephibosheth  could ever imagine or hope for. And you know what? There's someone who's even kinder than David. And that is our Lord Jesus. And he offers u...

Wow, what a story. You know, when David was faced with a really hard challenge, and lots of uncertainty in front of him, he did something really smart. He went straight to God to ask for help. And God gave him the wisdom that he needed to face those challenges. And you know what? God will do the same for us. He tells us in the book of James that if any of us lacks wisdom, we just need to come to o...

On this Easter Sunday, one thing we can do is reflect upon how much better Jesus is than David. Even though David did act well here, Jesus goes even farther. He does not treat us as our sins deserve. He forgives us even before we asked him, and he's not coming after us to get us because we've done something wrong to him. No, he's merciful and kind and compassionate. And he forgives, and he knows u...

Wow, what a story. You know, no matter how wrong people's actions are, we don't have the right to act the same way. No, God always gives us a different way, a way of love, a way of peace, the way of Jesus.  And how do we show love to those who hurt us? Well, we don't pay evil, back for evil. We don't retaliate with insults when people insult us. Instead, we pay them back by blessing them. And we c...

Wow, what an amazing thing for God of all creation, the one who made the stars, and the moon, and the earth and the oceans and the mountains and your mom and your dad and you. He actually serves people. He's so humble. And he's so loving. And he asked us to be humble and loving to and we can because he's with us and He loves us. So let's obey His command and love one another  

Sometimes the fathers that we see in the Bible make some pretty bad decisions that hurt their children. Forbidding your son to eat when they're hungry and in need of food, well that doesn't seem like a very good thing at all one of the things we learned throughout the bible is this that God is a good father he's far better than the fathers that we often see in the bible and Jesus has come to show...

Jonathan was bold. And Jonathan was courageous. He was bold to possibly think that the enemy that far outnumbered him, could actually be defeated by him. And Jonathan was courageous too. He had the courage to believe that God could help him do this bold thing. And he was right. Sometimes God is wanting us to be bold and courageous. To believe that he can help us do things that sometimes would just...

Wow, what a story. You know, the Israelites were in battle. And Saul and his men were afraid. We can trust God when we're afraid. But sometimes when we're afraid, it's hard to trust God. It's kind of like a vicious circle. But one of the most important things we can learn in this life is that God desires to be known as a father, a good father, a father that we can trust. Even when we're afraid. We...

Wow, what a story. You know, sometimes it's hard for us to really believe we are who God says that we are. God had chosen Saul to be his king. But when Saul heard it, he went and hid in the baggage. It was hard for him to really believe that he was chosen by God for this special purpose, that he was a king. And the same is true for us. Sometimes we have a hard time believing that we are who God sa...

Wow, what a story. God heard the cry of his people. And he did something about it. He sent them someone who would be their king who would rule them, and who would fight for them. As you read more about the life of Saul, you'll see that there were many things about him that were not good. There were many ways where he failed as their king. But this story,  has drawn a picture for us, of what God ha...