God Made Light, Dark, Sky, Water

Genesis 1:3-8

Our true story comes from a book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. The word genesis means “the beginning.”

Have you ever looked around and wondered who made everything? All the trees, the seashells, the pets, the yummy foods, your friends and family?


Our Bible story is all about who made everything. And the Who is God. God made everything! But let's go way back to the beginning—before there was a world or people or anything.


In the very beginning, there was nothing but God. So, God decided to make something—A LOT of somethings!


God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light. When God saw the light, He said, "That’s good!"


Then God separated the light from the darkness. He called the light day and God called the darkness night. Light and dark was day one of God making the world.


On day two, God said, "Let’s take water and put some way down low. And let’s put the sky way up high." Then God saw what He had made and said, "That’s good!"


Day one, God made the light and dark. Day two, God made the sky above the water. And this was just the beginning of God making everything!



Bible Paraphrase: God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. – Genesis 1:31, NIrV
Text Truth: On days one and two, God made the light and dark and sky and water.


Family Devotional

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. – Genesis 1:3-8

Have you ever thought about who made the water we splash in when it rains? Or who made the dark when it’s time to go bed?

You know who made the water and dark because of our Bible story. We know God made the water and the dark because God made everything!

On day one, God made the light and dark. And on day two, God made the sky and water. And it was good.

God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. – Genesis 1:31 NIrV

With your family, make a list of things you want to thank God for that He made on days one and two. You can thank God for the light, the dark, the sky, or the water.

Pray with your family. Allow any family members to pray if they wish. Acknowledge to God that He is the only one who can make something from nothing. Acknowledge that He just had to say it and it was so. The light, the dark, the sky, and the water. Acknowledge that God is powerful. Thank God for making light, dark, sky, and water. Thank God for His love.

-
Story illustrations are the copyright of Sweet Publishing and licensed by FreeBibleimages (http://freebibleimages.org) for free download under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 3.0 unported licence.
-

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Early Christians Shared Everything

Image
Acts 4:32-37 Our story comes from a book of the Bible called Acts. That name is short for “the Acts of the Apostles.” The word "Apostle" is another word to describe a helper of Jesus. Our Bible story tells us about some people who loved Jesus. The people were gathered together in a room. Buzz, buzz, buzz. The room filled with talking and laughter. The people called themselves Christians because they did what Jesus Christ said to do (Christian means "follower of Christ"). The Christians knew that Jesus was God’s Son. They wanted others to know about Jesus, too. Grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads, and children met together in homes. They would pray, sing, and learn about Jesus together. All these people loved Jesus. They were like one big, happy family. Because they loved Jesus, the Christians happily shared what they had more than others. Everything a person had was happily shared with the rest of the Bible-time Christians. They shared food so every...
Read more

Abraham and His Family Moved to a New Land

Image
Genesis 12:1-9 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." A man and woman lived in a land called Ur. The man was named Abram and the woman was named Sarai. Abram and Sarai were husband and wife. God called Abram and Sarai and gave them new names! Abram means “nobel father.” But God changed his name to “Abraham,” which means “father of many.” Sarai” means “princess.” But God changed her name to “Sarah,” which means “mother of nations.” Now they were Abraham and Sarah, "father of many" and "mother of nations!" Abraham grew up in the land called Ur. When he was grown, Abraham moved with his family to a new land called Haran. But then, in the land of Haran, God appeared to Abraham and told him to leave his country. God told Abraham to move to a new land. God promised to be with Abraham and show him where to go. God also promised to give Abraham children, grandchildren, and many g...
Read more

Jacob and Esau

Image
Genesis 27:41a; 32:9-21; 33:3-11 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." The Bible tells us about two brothers, Jacob and Esau. Jacob and Esau were twin brothers. They were the sons of Isaac and the grandsons of Abraham. Jacob and Esau were born at the same time and were the same age. But Esau was a couple of minutes older than Jacob. Because Esau was the oldest son, he would someday receive a special blessing from their father. That was very important. One day, Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving Jacob the important blessing instead of Esau. Esau was very mad. Esau was so angry that Jacob became afraid. Jacob decided to move away from Esau. So he packed up his things and traveled to another land. Even though God didn’t like what Jacob had done to Esau, God still blessed Jacob. God gave Jacob a large family and many animals. After many years, God told Jacob it was time to g...
Read more