August 25 God loves us so much that God gave us Jesus. God made us wonderful and loves us so much that God gave us a gift. But not just any gift. This is better than a teddy bear or a pair of shoes. God made you and loves you so much that God gave you Jesus! Jesus is...

August 18 I am important to God. God knows everything about us. God knows when we sit and when we stand. God knows what we are going to say before we say it. God even knows exactly how many hairs are on our heads. God knows everything about you and me because God made...

August 4 God made me. From the top of my head to my wiggly toes, God made me wonderful! And God made you wonderful! God made every person in the whole wide world wonderful! We all have different colored eyes and different kinds of hair, but God made us all...

July 28 I can have joy forever because Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Jesus is God’s Son and Jesus wants to be our friend forever. And when Jesus is our friend forever, we can have JOY forever. Heaven will be a party that never ends, and Jesus is getting heaven...

July 14 Jesus helps us have joy. While Jesus, his mom Mary and his disciples are guests at a wedding, the servants run out of the special wedding drink. Jesus’ mom went right to the one person she knew could help— Jesus! Jesus did something only he can do and turned...

July 7 Jesus came to give the world joy. An angel appears to tell some shepherds some good news that would cause great joy for all people. As in the whole world! Those shepherds went from frozen in fright to running with wonder! Joy had come into the world! The...

June 30 I can have joy no matter what. Habakkuk reminds us that even when things don’t go our way, we can still have joy and celebrate because God loves us. Habakkuk prays to God and says that, even if he couldn’t grow any food or his farm didn’t have any animals, he...

June 23 I can have joy when I see what God has made. King David loved God, and he liked to write songs to God. One time he wrote a song because everywhere he looked he saw things God made that gave him joy. We can look around and see what God has made too. And we can...

June 16 I can have joy when I do hard things. The temple was where God’s people met to learn about God and praise God, but it had been destroyed. So God’s people decide to rebuild the temple. Temples are really big, and it was going to take a lot of hard work to...

June 9 I can have joy because God helps me. God wants His people, the Israelites, to take time to thank Him for all He had done. They grew lots of food, but it was God who helped them by providing the sun and rain to help the food grow. So the Israelites got everyone...

June 2 I can have joy because God loves me. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep to help us understand just how much God loves us. A shepherd leaves 99 sheep to search for one lost sheep, and when he finds it, he rejoices! God’s love for us is big. We want our...

May 26 I can live for God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a choice to make. Are they going to live for the king and do what the king says OR are they going to live for God and do what God says? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego choose to live for God. They know...

May 19 I can talk about God to others. Jeremiah is a prophet, and he tells God’s people important things like “God loves you with a forever kind of love” and “God has plans for you.” And we want preschoolers to know that they can talk about God to others too. They can...

May 12 I can pray to God. Hannah talks to God when she is sad because she knows she can talk to God anytime, anywhere, and about anything. And after Hannah cries out to God and talks to Him about why she is so sad, she isn’t sad anymore. We want preschoolers to know...

May 5 I can hear from God. When King Josiah’s workers find scrolls with God’s words on them, he quickly reads the scrolls to hear from God. We want preschoolers to know they can hear from God too. Every time they listen to or read a Bible story, they can hear from God...

April 28 I shine when I do what Jesus says. The Bible teaches us that when we do what Jesus says—like when we don’t argue or complain—we will shine like stars! There will be people around us who complain or argue, but we can choose to do what Jesus says with a happy...

April 21 Jesus says to love like Him. Jesus tells his friends to love people the way he loves them. So the early church did what Jesus says and loved like Jesus! If someone needed a coat, a person would share their coat. If someone needed a place to stay, a person...

April 14 Jesus says to tell others about Him. Jesus gives his friends an important job to do—to go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus is alive and he wants to be their friend forever—and we can do that job too! When we go and tell everyone everywhere that Jesus...

April 7 Jesus says to let my light shine. Jesus says that we are the light of the world. We can shine our light to show the world that Jesus loves them and wants to be their friend forever. We all have the choice to either hide or shine our light, and we want...