God's Word in My Heart (4 page)

Do you listen when someone prays in church?

Why do people pray out loud?

The Psalms give praise to God. Many of the psalms are
prayers to God.

God likes to hear that we love Him. We can tell Him that
when we pray.

When we pray in church, we praise God. Church services are
good times to pra
i
se God together.

You are good. You are great. Help me to praise You.

What do you see when you look in the mirror?

We should all read our
Bibles.
It shows us if we are
O
beying God.

Some people read the Bible. But they do not change. That is
like looking in a mirror and forgetting what you see.

We should do what the B
i
ble
says. Then we are obeying God.

Let me be changed by reading the Bible.

Do you have trouble remembering important things?

How do you do it?

We do not always have our Bible with us. How do we know what
it says? We can memorize parts of it. Then we can think about it anytime.

David memorized the Bible. He did it so he would not sin.

We can do the same thing. The more we know, the more it will
help us.

Help me learn Your word by heart.

How do you learn about God?

When was the last time you learned something about God?

What was it?

Church is important. It is one place we learn about God. We
learn what Jesus taught.

The f
i
rst Christians were
taught by the apostles. They taught from the Scriptures. They taught what Jesus
had said. The Christians wanted to learn more about God.

We learn from the Bible. We learn from teachers. We learn
from prayer and songs.

Help me learn more about Jesus in church.

What do you do if someone says something you do not
understand?

A verse may be hard to understand. We have all had this
problem.

Here is something we can do. We can look for other verses on
the same subject. Then we read them, too. This will help.

We may want to learn about prayer. So we read many verses.
This will make it clearer.

Give me understanding. Help me to know Your word.

How do you know what you are to do?

Who tells you the rules to follow?

Rules help us. They tell us how to live. Our rule book is
the Bible.

Paul wanted to help Timothy know how to live. He told him to
study the Bible. The Bible would help him know what to do.

The Bible will help us do the right thing, too. Knowing it
will help us know how to live for Christ.

Help me to live as the Bible tells me.

If you wanted to f
i
nd out
the truth, what would you do?

How do you know whom to believe?

Pau
l
to
l
d Timothy to expect hard times. The years would
be tough. Paul wanted Timothy to be ready.

Timothy had been taught the Bible. Paul wanted him to keep
reading the Bible. Then he would know what was right. The Bible would tell him
what to believe.

We learn the same way.

When I am unsure about what to believe, help me find the
answer in the Bible.

Tell about a time you gave something to someone.

How did you feel?

Jesus watched people give. One lady gave two coins. Jesus sa
i
d,
“
She gave
more than the others. She gave all she had.
”

We can give to God. We can give at church.

Some people are good at
g
ivin
g
. They help the church. We should be givers, too.

Help me give to others.