How can kids understand the Bible?

God can help kids understand His truth in the Bible.

Bible study isn't just for adults - it's for kids too! Studying the Bible is exciting because it helps us know God and His plan for us! The Bible is the way God speaks to us.

Here is a good way to study the Bible.

1. Read: The Bible is made up of 66 books. These books are divided into chapters, and the chapters are divided into verses. Try reading one chapter every day. You may want to ask your parents or an older sibling to read the Bible to you. You can enjoy any part of the Bible, but it is good to start with the story of creation (in Genesis, the first book in the Bible) and the story of Jesus (the book of Luke). The Bible is full of amazing, true stories, as well as other types of writing like poetry.

2. Ask: After reading a part of the Bible, think about what you've read. Ask who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, and try to find the answers in the Bible. Pray for God to help you understand what He wants to teach you from the Bible. If you don't understand any words or ideas, ask your parents, pastor, or even people on this website to get help. You can get a Bible dictionary (to learn what words mean), a concordance (to search for words in the Bible) or an atlas (maps from Bible times).

3. Do: After you understand a part of the Bible, ask God to show you how to learn from and obey it. If you memorize a Bible verse each week, you can remember what God says to do. The Bible Truths below each of these questions have great verses to memorize.

Bible Truth

• "Always remember what is written in the Book of the Teachings. Study it day and night to be sure to obey everything that is written there. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything" (Joshua 1:8, NCV).
  
  
• "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15, NKJV).



• "Blessed is the one who reads the words of God's message, and blessed are the people who hear this message and do what is written in it. The time is near when all of this will happen" (Revelation 1:3, NCV).



• "They received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true" (Acts 17:11b).

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