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Teaching kids the big idea of each book of the bible.

Top 100 Children’s Bible Memory Verses: God’s Love – The Story Behind Galatians 2:20

Kid’s will remember, and more importantly understand, Bible memory verses if you tell them the story behind the verse. The story behind Galatians 2:20 is about the apostle Paul talking to Christians who lived in a country called Galatia. He was … Continue reading

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Top 100 Children’s Bible Memory Verses: God’s Love – The Story Behind John 3:16

Kid’s will remember, and more importantly understand, Bible memory verses if you tell them the story behind the verse. The story behind John 3: 16 focus on Jesus speaking to a man named Nicodemus. Read John 3:1-16.  Remind your children … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Revelation Is To Encourage Persecuted Churches By Describing Christ’s Ultimate Victory

John wrote Revelation to 7 persecuted churches in order to encourage them by describing Christ’s return and ultimate victory over all sin. John was exiled for his faith in Christ to the isle of Patmos.  He understood persecution.  John wrote … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Jude Is To Warn Christians To Fight For Their Faith When Others Are Fighting Against It

Jude warns Christians that they need to fight for their faith against the evil people who have snuck into the church and are spreading lies. Jude reminds the church that they have been entrusted with a wonderful gift of God’s … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 3 John Is To Encourage Hospitality To God’s Traveling Messengers

  John wrote this little letter called 3 John to commend Gaius for practicing hospitality to traveling Christians and to condemn Diotrephes for not doing it. John had heard a report from some traveling evangelists that Gaius had welcomed them … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 2 John Is To Walk In Love and Reject False Teachers

John writes this little letter to instruct the church to reject false teachers and to encourage them to walk in love. At the time of John’s writing, there were false teachers traveling around and teaching that Jesus did not come … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 1 John Is Faith In The Loving Christ And Fellowship With His Family

Jesus’ disciple John writes to remind the church who Christ really is and how He brings love and fellowship with one another. During this time, there were tricky teachers coming into the church who were teaching that Jesus didn’t come … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 1 Peter Is How To Endure Suffering Triumphantly

Peter writes in this book to Christians to instruct them how to endure suffering triumphantly. It is easy to forget who’s you are and what your purpose is when you are undergoing suffering. Peter wrote to a broad group of … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 2 Peter Is To Seek A True Knowledge Of Christ And Reject False Teaching

Peter writes to the same Christians as 1 Peter and encourages them to seek the true knowledge of Christ and to reject all the false teaching that they are hearing. 2 Peter is written shortly after 1 Peter.  The problem … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Titus Is To Select Good Leaders And To Encourage Good Deeds

Paul wrote to his friend Titus to encourage him to select good leaders for the church in Crete and to exhort them to good deeds. It is one thing to say that we believe something, it is quite another to … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 2 Timothy Is To Encourage Timothy To Be Strong Like A Soldier

Paul wrote this 2nd letter to the Timothy to encourage his young friend to stand strong like a soldier and to defend the church that Timothy leads. Paul was in prison and expected to be executed shortly when he wrote … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 1 Timothy Is To Teach Young Timothy How To Lead The Church

Paul wrote to his young associate Timothy to teach him how to lead the church. When Paul left the church of Ephesus, he left Timothy behind to lead the work.  This was a giant task because Timothy was still a … Continue reading

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Three Ways To Teach Our Kid's To Confess Their Sins

Being quick to confess our sins is a mark of maturity. It shows that someone lives in freedom and not secrets and shame. ” If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 2 Thessalonians Is Correction Concerning The Return Of Christ

Paul wrote this letter 2ndletter to the Thessalonians to correct some false beliefs that had crept into the church concerning the return of Christ. Just like a child churches need correction when they go astray. False teachers had come into … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of 1 Thessalonians Is Believer’s Are To Live Holy Lives Because Christ Is Returning

Paul wrote to the Thessalonians to encourage them to live holy lives because Christ is going to return. The way we look at the future molds how we live today. Paul writes about 6 months after he had left the … Continue reading

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Three Ways To Teach Kids To Tap Into The Holy Spirits Power

Want to know another great thing about being a parent that is a Christian? We get to teach our kids about the Holy Spirit. How  after Jesus left the earth God sent His Holy Spirit to give us the power … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Colossians Is That Christ Is First In All Things

Paul wrote this letter to the Colossians to remind them that nothing compares to Christ, He is first in all things. Some evil teachers had come into the Colossian church and persuaded them that there were things more important than … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Philippians Is The Believer’s Joy Of Overcoming Hard Time With Christ

Paul was overjoyed by the church in Philippi and how they were following Christ. Paul wrote this letter from a prison cell in Rome.  Amazingly, he remained joyful because Jesus was with him and he was seeing people come to … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Ephesians Is Encouraging The Church To Use God’s Incredible Blessings

Paul wrote this letter to the Ephesians because he wanted to remind them about the incredible blessings God had given them and to encourage them to use them. In the course of every day life how easy it is to … Continue reading

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The Big Idea Of Galatians Is Setting The Church Free From Trying To Keep The Law Again

Paul wrote this letter to the churches of Galatia because he saw they were weighed down by guilt and trying to keep the Law again. How often do we feel guilty because it seems we are not measuring up to … Continue reading

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