The Moses and the burning bush story for kids is one of the most important moments in the Bible, not because Moses was ready for what God asked of him, but because he wasn't. God called him anyway. And what He said to Moses at that bush is the same thing He says to anyone He calls: I will be with you.

The Noah's Ark story for kids is one of the most familiar in the Bible, but it is not primarily a story about a flood. It is a story about a man who walked with God when no one else understood why that mattered, and a God who remembered him when the waters rose. That is a part of the story to be sure to teach our children.

When the Bible talks about love, it means more than romance. From 1 Corinthians 13's description of love to Ephesians 5's call to husbands and wives, Scripture gives a portrait of love that is demanding of itself, patient with others, costly, and ultimately shaped by how God loves us. The goal isn't a feeling to chase but a way of life to grow into.

The creation story for kids isn't just a lesson about how the world began (although it absolutely is that). It is one of the first things God wants your child to know about themselves: they were made on purpose, by a God who looked at everything He made and called it very good. That changes everything about how a child sees themselves, and how they live in a world that will tell them something different before long.

Our identity in Christ is not something we earn or have to work to maintain. The Bible tells us throughout the New Testament tell us who we already are because of what Jesus has already done.

If you're working through the Bible with your children, this is one of the first stories to tell. Not because it's exciting (though it is). But because it shows them, early, how God tends to work: through people who don't look like the obvious choice, filled with a courage that comes from somewhere outside of themselves.

In Deuteronomy 6, Moses exhorts the Israelites to weave God’s word into their conversations with their children. Every aspect of life, Moses says, is an opportunity to teach our children about God. We teach them what He wants from us and we tell stories about what He has done. The goal is not that children would know the stories as facts to recall. It is that they would grow up with a sense of God’s centrality to their lives. They’ll be used to God being connected to every part of their lives, so that when God shows up in their own lives they already recognize Who He is and how He works.