Keys for Kids - daily devotions and Bible stories for kids

Bible Reading: 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Hebrews 10:22-25

"Wow," said Jace as he stared at his cousin Cody's backyard. "Two tree forts--with a rope bridge between them!" He shook his head. "You've got everyt…

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:2-5

As Amayah lay across the bed, sobbing, a tattered pink blanket was shoved up close to her. "Sissy, you can have my blanket." A tiny hand patted Amayah's head, and sh…

Bible Reading: Matthew 18:12-14

"Frank! Frank, come here, boy!" Zebb stepped back into the house and closed the sliding door with a sigh. "I think he ran away again. I've called him and called him, an…

Bible Reading: Colossians 3:12-15

"You brought my favorite board game!" exclaimed Hattie and Cleo's uncle when they came to visit him in the hospital. The girls happily set it up, and they were playin…

Bible Reading: Romans 14:7-13

Hattie lay on her bed in the dark, thinking about Uncle Dale. He was in the hospital, badly hurt. He might even die. "Cleo," she whispered, "are you asleep?"

"No," came th…

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1

Devin was playing on his tablet when it suddenly went dark. "Mom," he called, "my time ran out. Can I please have more time? I want to finish building my defens…

Bible Reading: Matthew 6:25-34

Lilly loved volunteering at the animal shelter with Granddaddy in the summer. Chipper was her new favorite rescue dog. Every Saturday they came to walk, bathe, feed, and…

Bible Reading: Romans 3:21-24

Several old picture albums and many loose photographs were scattered over the living room floor. "I'd like to rearrange our albums with captions above the pictures," expl…

Bible Reading: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-10

One day when Nathan and his dad were shopping, an elderly man walked up to them. "Excuse me," the man said. "My name is Bill Cook. I've been watching the two of yo…

Bible Reading: Psalm 104:24-31; 2 Corinthians 5:17

"Sara! Lauren!" Mom said as she walked into the twins' bedroom. "Mimi called and said the baby chicks are going to be hatching in a couple days. She …

Bible Reading: Isaiah 53:5-6; 64:6; Ephesians 2:8-9

After placing dishes full of fragrant food on the table, Sunita sat down and sighed. "What's wrong, my love?" Mummy asked after they thanked God for…

Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

"We're harvesting tomatoes today!" Aunt Micki said when Landon and Baleigh arrived. She handed them each a basket. "Be careful to only pick the red ones--the green on…

Bible Reading: Psalm 1:1-6

"We did a fun thing in science today," Haneul told his mom as he packed his suitcase for a weekend with his grandparents. "We had to get into groups and decide which items w…

Bible Reading: Luke 11:5-10

"Coco, not now, I'm busy," Laney said as she turned a page in her book.

But Laney's chocolate-colored cat continued to scratch on the door, wanting to go outside. Coco loved…

Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Psalm 139:7-10

Ava lay on the sofa, her face pale, her bald head a circle against the pillow. Medical treatments had caused her hair to fall out. Her grandmother loo…

Bible Reading: Matthew 25:35-40

Hearing his mom scream, Jeffery dropped his game controller and ran to the kitchen. He found her with a cabinet's contents spread on the counter before her. "Mom, what'…

Bible Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10; Romans 10:13-17

"I hate my feet!" said Madison. "They're too big."

"They are not!" replied Emory, her older sister. "You're tall, so you need bigger feet

to move around a…

Bible Reading: Psalm 91

Natia and Lexi sat in the grass waiting for the bus. Lexi was quiet this morning; she had something

on her mind.

"What are you thinking about?" Natia asked.

Lexi looked up. "I wa…

Bible Reading: Psalm 139:13-14; Jeremiah 1:5

"Hey, watch it!" Kole poked his twin brother with the end of his broom. "You're stepping in my dirt pile!"

"Whoops," said Zeke. "Sorry." He took a few steps…

Bible Reading: Psalm 139:1-6, 23-24; Hebrews 4:13-16

"Okay, remember the plan," Zeke told his twin brother Kole as they traded sweatshirts in the bathroom. "Try not to talk to anyone before the test.…