God’s Word: Show Them Where Truth Comes From

Don’t just reference the Bible — make it your visible, active teaching tool every time.

Aside from our primary goal of leading kids to Jesus and helping them build a personal relationship with Him, a close second must be this: teaching them to love, trust, and use the Word of God.

It’s not enough to simply teach from the Bible — we need to teach kids how to use the Bible for themselves. Long after they leave our ministry, if we’ve imparted a love of God’s Word and the skills to navigate it, we will have equipped them with the greatest spiritual tool they’ll ever need.

Without this foundation, we risk spiritually handicapping them for life. It’s like the old saying: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. The same applies to our teaching:

If we merely teach kids a Bible lesson, we may feed them spiritually for a week. But if we teach them how to read, study, and apply the Bible on their own — we will help them feed themselves for a lifetime.

So how do we do this? Here are some practical ways to model a love for God’s Word and equip kids to engage with it: