Keys for Kids - daily devotions and Bible stories for kids

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Grace and Alicia got off the bus and walked to Grace's front door. "Our church is having a kids' festival on Saturday," said Grace. "We'll have crafts and food, a…

Bible Reading: Acts 20:17-21

"The British are coming! The British are coming!" Jacob cried as he spurred his horse past Uncle Eric and thundered through the pasture back toward the barn.

Uncle Eric so…

Bible Reading: Psalms 23; 139:1-6; Matthew 7:9-11

"Layla is crying again," Kiera told her aunt. "What do you think she wants this time?"

"She's probably hungry," said Aunt Michelle as she picked up he…

Bible Reading: Galatians 3:11-13; 4:4-7

"Mom, what does 'redeem' mean?" asked Brock.

"Redeem?" repeated Mom. "It means to buy back. Why?"

Brock pointed to a coupon in a paper. "This coupon for popsicles…

Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:17

Jadyn thrust his blue foam sword at his brother's arm and shouted, "Ha! I got you."

Tyler smacked his green foam sword across Jadyn's leg and yelled back, "I hit your leg!…

Bible Reading: Matthew 6:25-34

Elliot looked out the kitchen window. It had rained all morning, but now the sun was shining brightly. The leaves on the big tree outside were golden and seemed to glow …

Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:14-18

"Okay, class, change of plans," called Miss Allen from the front of the bus. Ana could barely hear her because of the wind and rain beating against the bus windows. "D…

Bible Reading: Philippians 2:13-16

"Whenever I get home from school, all I want is food that's cool," chanted Marina, making up the rhyme as she opened the freezer and took out an ice cream bar. She g…

Bible Reading: Psalm 57:7-11

"Let's get ready for church," said Dad. "We don't want to be late."

"Dad says that every week," Amos told his sister, Maggie. "We should get ready early some Sunday, just t…

Bible Reading: John 3:3; 14:1-6; 1 Peter 1:3-5

"Do you really believe what your Sunday school teacher said?" asked Oscar. He was spending the weekend with his friend Michael while his parents were out…

Bible Reading: Psalm 136:1-9

"Our room is going to look so cool!" Ivy said as she set her brush down and took a seat on the floor. She and her twin sister, Elinor, had just finished painting their roo…

Bible Reading: Psalm 118:6-9; Isaiah 41:10

Danae was excited when she returned home from an afternoon of horseback riding. "That was so much fun!" she told her family. "We went on a trail ride through…

Bible Reading: Psalm 34:1-15; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Thea inhaled the mist from her nebulizer. She felt her chest muscles relax as air rushed in. Just a few minutes before, an asthma attack had robbed …

Bible Reading: Philippians 2:1-4

"Oh man! Julie's here again?" whined Luke.

"I told Aunt Megan I would watch her for a few hours," said Mom. "What's wrong? I thought you loved your baby cousin."

"She…

Bible Reading: Psalms 27:5-10, 14; 91:14-16

Because there was so much arguing going on inside the house, no one heard Jude slip out the back door. He ran across the yard and shimmied up his favorite t…

Bible Reading: John 10:27-30

When Shaun asked to see the gift his little sister had just opened, Kelsey turned away. "No," she said. "Mine."

"I just want to look at it!" Shaun said.

"Sorry, kiddo, but i…

Bible Reading: Hebrews 11:8-12

Jack helped Dad load the last of the boxes into the truck. Then he jumped down to the street and looked up at his house. It wasn't the largest or fanciest house on the b…

Bible Reading: Revelation 21:22-27

Willow swallowed hard. Ever since Dad had helped her set up her newspaper route accounts on the computer, she worked diligently to keep them up to date. But now she …

Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 16:6-13; John 3:16-17

TAP! TAP! TAP! Two hammers thudded on the walnut shells. Ben and his dad were stripping the thick outer shells from nuts they had gathered in the woods. "…

Bible Reading: Titus 2:11-15

"Look at those jellyfish!" exclaimed Jude. "They look like tiny parachutes!" He leaned forward, watching the silky-looking jellyfish that were floating in one of the tanks…