Here’s a unique approach to Bible lessons for children!
If you want your kids to study the Bible in structured Bible study
lessons, class groups may meet once a week for a few hours. These
classes are typically oriented towards ultimate confirmation in the
faith. However, kids often have many more questions than there are
time for thorough answers within the time allotted. They may have
questions and simply not ask them. Here’s a way you can augment weekly
Bible lessons for children in a way that’s actually fun for kids,
enabling them to track down interesting information and answers,
almost instantaneously. You may have guessed by now ? Bible software.
You may not know just how sophisticated the current software packages
are. Let’s see what electronic Bible lessons for children has to offer.
Today, there are so many online Bible study websites, you’ll have no
trouble finding online references, passages, Bible study tools and the
like. There are also websites which provide free downloads of
different versions of the Bible, such as the King James Red Letter, or
King James including the Apocrypha, as well as many others. You can
find a variety of Bible commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias and
Biblical maps. It gets even better. You can download as many versions
and reference materials as you like, which are, when installed,
incorporated into a single integrated tool! This type of software is
perfect for structuring Bible lessons for kids at home, not just once
a week.
So how do you, the parent, put together home Bible lessons for
children in a meaningful, instructive way? Let’s look at an example of
how you might use such software.
Let’s say that your kids often squabble over toys. Your first lesson
might explore Jesus’ teachings on what love means. You search the New
Testament and come up with the following verses:
Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
and
Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
A perfect starting point for your home Bible lessons for children.
Choose everyday situations to which your kids can relate and discuss
with you and each other. Ask them to write a paragraph or two on how
these verses relate to fighting over their possessions. You may find
them taking some of their discussions to their regular Bible classes,
to everyone’s benefit. Isn’t this the whole point of giving Bible
lessons for children?
