Bible scriptures for kids? Why not Bible Story Books?

If you are wondering if the bible is too difficult for a child and whether it is better to read bible story books to them, I would say it should be the scriptures.

1. The Bible is God-Breathed

Remember, all scriptures is God-breathed.  There is no insignificant words in the bible. The names of the bible characters have meaning. For example, there are reasons why God changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sara’s name to Sarah.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

1 Timothy 3:16 New International Version (NIV)

2. The Bible is never out-dated

Although the bible was written thousand of years ago, our living God speaks to us through His scriptures. There are many prophecies in the bible that has been fulfilled. By reading them, our children learn that God’s words are truth and reliable. There are still many prophecies in the bible that are yet to be fulfilled. Our children need to know especially when they are living in the end-times. They need to know that as believers, we have hope even as the world gets darker and darker.

3. The Bible gives us answer & wisdom to our circumstance

Anyone who has been reading the bible will know that a verse that we had read years before may now bring a new revelation and give a new wisdom when we read it again. Our God is a living God and as believers, the Holy Spirit of God lives in us. The Holy Spirit of God will reveal all truths to us through the scriptures. If you face a problem and if you seek God’s answers through the scriptures, you will be amazed to find the answer there.

I have a friend who shared with me that he was having a girlfriend who was always criticising him. He did not know what he should do until one day he read Proverbs 21:19. A pastor shared that his church was depending on him to make a decision on what to do with a sum of money when he found the answer in Matthew 25:27.

Give the best to your child

Proverbs 22:6 teach us to start our child on the right path so that even when they are old, they will not turn away from it. Children have good memory and when they read the scriptures, they remember them well. These words will be a light to their path in all their life (Psalm 119:105)

As parents, we want to give the best to our children. The best thing you can give to your child, the one thing that you must teach your child is about God. When they have God, they have wisdom, they have every blessings they need.

When is the right time to start reading bible?

You can start singing songs of praise to your child even when he is in your womb. You can start telling him about God and praying with him the moment  he is born. You can read to him the bible stories when he is just able to sit. However, when your child is beginning to be able to read, that’s the right time to read the actual bible scriptures with him.

Start children off on the way they should go,and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Proverbs 22:6 New International Version (NIV)

My own experience

During my school days, my seniors from Campus Crusade for Christ taught me to put God first and to read the word of God before I began each study session. That was the best habit I had built for it actually led me on a journey of knowing God intimately where I experienced miracles, blessings and strengths to go through every trials in life.

So when my child was beginning to read, I make a point to read the bible with him everyday before he began his homework. Though I was unable to get a fully illustrated bible for kids, I read the bible with him. I can remember we had many excellent moments feeding on God’s words and growing together in Him. However, at times,  he got distracted because the scriptures were full of words. It was because of this reason, I set my mind then, that someday, I will embark on a mission to illustrate God’s words. It seems an impossible task initially. You can read my full story of how miraculous the journey is here.

Later, I went back to the workforce and when I was struggling in a broken marriage, I did not continue the bible reading schedule with my child. By the time my child reached his teenage years, he had his tight school schedule and teaching him about God was no longer an easy task.

Parents, the easiest time to tell your child about God is when they are young. Once they reach teenage years, they are very busy with their school work, friends, games and school’s extra curriculum activities. 

Our objectives of building this Website

Through this kids illustrated bible website I hope you can have wonderful times reading God’s words and teaching your child the way of God. I hope that through this site, I can share with you how I overcome the many challenges I faced in life and how the LORD’s unfailing love has led me through. I pray that every parent and child that come onto this site will be greatly blessed. Every reading of God’s word will be guided by His Holy Spirit and that every visitor and member here will have their spirit lifted up every time they read God’s words. Finally, I  want to thank FreeBibleImages, Sweet Publishing, and Good News Production Intl for making available all these pictures, placing them in public domain. Without them, this site will never be possible. Freebibleimages.org is the one who make our work so much easier, making the pictures available in Powerpoint, Jpeg and other formats. There are also many beautiful images in our blogs that are contributed by photographers from Unsplash, Freepik, and Stocksnap. God bless all of you for your generous contribution.

Estrella Espero