Keys for Kids - daily devotions and Bible stories for kids

Bible Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6

"There goes Old Faithful!" Corbin said as they watched hot water burst from the ground and shoot high into the air. He and his sister Fiona were showing their aunt a vid…

Bible Reading: Psalm 23; John 10:1-12, 27-28

Evening descended swiftly on the French Alps. Chloe snuggled closer to her dad as the two of them and her dad's friend Jules huddled around a fire for warm…

Bible Reading: Psalm 23; Isaiah 53:4-7

Chloe gasped as the car rounded the mountain road and the French Alps were fully displayed. "I've never seen anything so majestic!"

Dad parked the car next to a …

Bible Reading: Psalm 139:13-16; Romans 8:28-30

Alfie hoisted himself up onto a ledge of crumbling granite and collapsed on a small patch of mossy grass. "That was quite a climb!" he said as he rubbed …

Bible Reading: Luke 10:25-37; 1 John 3:16-19

After Baker and his mom got off the Ferris wheel, they joined a group of people crowding around a man with a painted face acting out various skits. Baker l…

Bible Reading: Isaiah 48:17-18; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 2:3-6

"Mom, I see the parade! It's coming!" Millie squealed with excitement and grabbed hold of her little brother's hand. "James, get ready, be…

Bible Reading: Romans 3:22-26; Titus 3:5-7

Rosita wiped sweat from her forehead, then got back to scrubbing the pot in the sink. She was working as hard as she could to clean the kitchen before Mom go…

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; James 1:2-6

"I'm not sure I can catch this wave," Caleb yelled to his uncle as the ocean waves roared. The wind was getting stronger, and it was hard to hear. Dar…

Bible Reading: Matthew 18:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

"Mom, I'm really worried about Charlotte," Anna said as she sat down at the table. Charlotte and Anna were best friends and did everything toge…

Bible Reading: Psalm 119:27, 159-160; 2 Timothy 3:14-17

The sun was just poking its head over the treetops when Savannah and her mother left for a walk in the woods near their new home. "I didn't unde…

Bible Reading: Matthew 11:28-30

Julian cheered in excitement at the tractor pulling contest. One of the contestants--a friend of Julian's family--revved the engine as his tractor strained to pull the …

Bible Reading: Exodus 19:3-6; Isaiah 40:27-31

Annie leaned her forehead against the cool windowpane of the airport in Sicily. She sighed as she watched yet another large airplane taxi down the runway …

Bible Reading: Isaiah 43:1-4

Max opened his car window and smelled pine trees. Mom and Dad sang their old camp song about a cowboy and his one-eyed horse. Max usually sang along. But today the lyrics …

Bible Reading: Romans 12:9-13

"Look!" said Rylee, stepping back from the huge saguaro cactus. "There's something in that hole!"

Dad and Easton came over to see. Sure enough, a pair of blinking yellow e…

Bible Reading: Psalm 119:9-16

Rylee leaned back to see the top of the huge saguaro cactus next to her. Its spiny arms reached out and up toward the sky. "With so many big arms, this thing should be ho…

Bible Reading: Revelation 7:9-12

"I can't even understand what they're saying," Ezra said as he and his family entered the church building. His family's car had broken down just over the Canadian bord…

Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-5; 8:24-28

"It's such a nice day," Adrianna said. "Look at the sunshine, Mom! Nate, don't you wish we could go to the waterpark today?"

Nate looked at his little sister. "It w…

Bible Reading: Psalms 26:1-3; 139:23-24

"What's wrong with the car, Daddy?" asked five-year-old Lydia as the family drove to their country home after a church service in the village. "It's jerking."

"I…

Bible Reading: Matthew 25:14-29

"Yum, your mangoes are the best, Nenek!" Eyes sparkling, Kira chewed the scrumptious mangoes her Indonesian grandmother had just peeled for her.

"You mean Kakek's mango…

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

"I need you to move a little faster, Lincoln. What's taking you so long? This morning could not be going any worse, and you're not helping things at all."

Lincoln b…