Issue 50
God was new to sixteen year old Nathaniel and the Bible was even newer. So when he was asked to paint the wall of the local dairy to stop people using it for graffiti, he decided to paint something he had been learning about – something God had been saying to him. He painted: Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. God spoke to Nathaniel and Nathaniel heard what he said and was challenged to live it out. This is the way God works. We can see it when we read the Bible. The Bible is full of stories of God interacting with people like Nathaniel and shaping them and developing them. This means that engaging with the Bible needs to be a process that is relational and life changing. We want to help people understand what it means to be part of God’s plan, which stretches from the beginning of time, through the Bible and down the years to us today. We want to encourage them to form a relationship with God and reflect on what he has to say to them about their lives and the joys and challenges and difficulties they are facing. We want to help them explore what it means to live out their part in God’s story – to speak God’s truth even when their voices shake. And this is particularly important for our children. This edition of WAY2GO looks at some practical ways we can help children engage with the Bible; ways that will encourage them to come face to face with God; ways that will change their lives, and the lives of the people around them.
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We’d like to encourage you to try them out. And if you have other ideas, put them on our Facebook page. We’d love to hear from you.
Hilary Hague
Team Leader, Children and Families Ministry.
to the WAY2GO magazine. It’s full of ideas for people who work with children in their churches and local communities. Pull it out and pass it around.