Elijah Is Taken to Heaven It was near the time for the Lord to take Elijah. He was going to take him by a whirlwind up into heaven. Elijah and Elisha were at Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here. The Lord has told me to go to Bethel.”But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won’t leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. A group of the prophets at Bethel came to Elisha. They said to him, “Do you know the Lord will take your master away from you today

MEMORY VERSE: That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. – 1 Samuel 3:4 God Calls Samuel Most teachers create a name tag for each student in the class at the start of the school year. The teacher does this to help students learn the names of each other in the classroom. For you, your name is really significant, isn’t it? I’ve heard it said that someone’s sweetest sound is the sound of their own name. Doesn’t it make you feel good when your name is remembered by

JOSEPH’S DREAMS STORY TEXT: Genesis 37:2-11 MEMORY VERSE: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (Matthew 5:44). The Sons Of Jacob Jacob had twelve sons, and the name of the one next to the youngest was Joseph. Joseph’s father was now an old man and he was very fond of his young son. The brothers claimed that their father loved Joseph more than he loved th

TEXT: Luke 5:1-11 MEMORY VERSE: So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. John 21:15 Andrew and Peter One day as Jesus walked along the Sea of Galilee, two fishermen cast their nets into the sea. These men were brothers, and Peter and Andrew were their names. Jesus had another job to do for these men, and he, therefore,

TEXT: (Exodus 2:1-10) MEMORY VERSE: By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. The Father of Joseph was called Home to Heaven. Joseph’s father was called to be with God after about 17 years of happiness when he was close to his son Joseph and the other sons. The brothers were also afraid Joseph would punish them for selling him. They seemed to think Joseph w

Paul in Lystra and Derbe In Lystra there sat a man who had been born crippled; he had never walked. This man was listening to Paul speak. Paul looked straight at him and saw that the man believed God could heal him. So he cried out, “Stand up on your feet!” The man jumped up and began walking around. When the crowds saw what Paul did, they shouted in their own Lycaonian language. They said, “The gods have become like men! They have come down to us!” And the people began to ca

Jesus Appears to His Followers It was the first day of the week. That evening Jesus’ followers were together. The doors were locked, because they were afraid of the Jews. Then Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. His followers were very happy when they saw the Lord. Then Jesus said again, “Peace be with you! As the Father sent me, I now send you.” After he said this, he breathed on them and s

Jesus Helps a Non-Jewish Woman Jesus left that place and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that area came to Jesus. The woman cried out, “Lord, Son of David, please help me! My daughter has a demon, and she is suffering very much.” But Jesus did not answer the woman. So the followers came to Jesus and begged him, “Tell the woman to go away. She is following us and shouting.” Jesus answered, “God sent me only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.” T

The Woman Caught in Adultery Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he went back to the Temple. All the people came to Jesus, and he sat and taught them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought a woman there. She had been caught in adultery. They forced the woman to stand before the people. They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having physical relations with a man who is not her husband. The law of Moses commands that we kill with

Jesus Rises from Death The day after the Sabbath day was the first day of the week. At dawn on the first day, Mary Magdalene and another woman named Mary went to look at the tomb. At that time there was a strong earthquake. An angel of the Lord came down from heaven. The angel went to the tomb and rolled the stone away from the entrance. Then he sat on the stone. He was shining as bright as lightning. His clothes were white as snow. The soldiers guarding the tomb were very fr

A ruler from the synagogue, named Jairus, came to that place. Jairus saw Jesus and bowed before him. The ruler begged Jesus again and again. He said, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her. Then she will be healed and will live.” So Jesus went with the ruler, and many people followed Jesus. They were pushing very close around him. A woman was there who had been bleeding for the past 12 years. She had suffered very much. Many doctors had tried to h

There were also two criminals led out with Jesus to be killed. Jesus and the two criminals were taken to a place called the Skull. There the soldiers nailed Jesus to his cross. They also nailed the criminals to their crosses, one beside Jesus on the right and the other beside Jesus on the left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.”The soldiers threw lots to decide who would get his clothes. The people stood there watching. The leaders made f

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Moses spoke to the Lord. He said, “Lord, I’ve never been a good speaker. And I haven’t gotten any better since you spoke to me. I don’t speak very well at all.” The Lord said to him, “Who makes human beings able to talk? Who makes them unable to hear or speak? Who makes them able to see? Who makes them blind? It is I, the Lord. Now go. I will help you speak. I will teach you what to say.” But Moses said, “Lord, please send someone else to do it.” Then the Lord became very ang

The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. Then Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them. They said, “What have we done? We’ve let the people of Israel go! We’ve lost our slaves and all the work they used to do for us!” So he had his chariot made ready. He took his army with him. He took 600 of the best chariots in Egypt. He also took along all the other chariots. Officers were in charge of all of them. The Lord made Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, st

Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro. Jethro was the priest of Midian. Moses led the flock to the western side of the desert. He came to Horeb. It was the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him from inside a burning bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire. But it didn’t burn up. So Moses thought, “I’ll go over and see this strange sight. Why doesn’t the bush burn up?” The Lord saw that Moses had gone over to look. So God spoke

At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while. As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. The people of Egypt will see you and say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me. But they will let you live. Tell them you are my sister. Then I’ll be treated well and my life will be spared because of you.” Abram arrived in Egypt. The Egyptians saw that Sara

Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the Lord’s help I have had a baby boy.” Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land. After some time, Cain gathered some things he had grown. He brought them as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering. He brought the fattest parts of some animals from his flock. They were the first animals born to their mothers.

Jacob left Beersheba and started out for Harran. He reached a certain place and stopped for the night. The sun had already set. He took one of the stones there and placed it under his head. Then he lay down to sleep In a dream, he saw a stairway standing on the earth. Its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were going up and coming down on it. The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said, “I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I wil

Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake spoke to the woman. He said, “Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?” The woman answered the snake, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden. But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.’” But the snake said to the woman, “You will not die. God k