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Twelve Stories

Every story, the virtue it builds, its key verses, how your child joins the hero, and where it points to Jesus.

Paper-cut scene of young David with his sling on a hillside
Paper-cut scene of Noah's ark with animals
Paper-cut scene from Daniel and the lions
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Your child never replaces the hero. They stand beside them, and every story ends by pointing to Jesus.

Paper-cut scene from David & Goliath
Story 01 of 12

David & Goliath

  • Courage

The day a boy everyone overlooked stood in a field no one else would stand in.

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Key Verses

  • 1 Samuel 17:45
  • Romans 8:37

How Your Child Joins

Your child stands on the hillside beside David, close enough to hear him say whose name he comes in.

Where It Points

Jesus defeated the ultimate enemy, sin and death, when no one else could. David is a shadow of the Champion who wins for us.

Paper-cut scene from Esther: For Such a Time
Story 02 of 12

Esther: For Such a Time

  • Bravery
  • Identity

A girl finds out her name was never an accident.

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Key Verses

  • Esther 4:14
  • Ephesians 1:4

How Your Child Joins

Your child waits with Esther outside the throne room, there for the moment she chooses to walk in.

Where It Points

Esther entered the throne room at the cost of her life. Jesus entered our darkness at the cost of His. Chosen for such a time.

Paper-cut scene from Daniel & the Lions
Story 03 of 12

Daniel & the Lions

  • Integrity
  • Trust

He left his window open and prayed anyway.

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Key Verses

  • Daniel 6:22
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

How Your Child Joins

Your child stands beside Daniel in the lions’ den, and is there when the stone rolls away in the morning.

Where It Points

Daniel was faithful even when it cost everything. Jesus was faithful unto death. The same Spirit of faithfulness lives in our children.

Paper-cut scene from Priscilla & Aquila
Story 04 of 12

Priscilla & Aquila

  • Leadership
  • Wisdom

Two tentmakers who opened their home, and a church that met inside it.

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Key Verses

  • Romans 16:3
  • 1 Peter 2:9

How Your Child Joins

Your child sits at their table, working the tent cloth and listening as the church gathers in their home.

Where It Points

Our children are co-heirs with Jesus, a chosen people called to serve, lead and build the family of God.

Paper-cut scene from Noah's Ark
Story 05 of 12

Noah's Ark

  • Obedience
  • Promise

He kept building on dry ground, long before the first drop fell.

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Key Verses

  • Genesis 6:22
  • 2 Peter 3:9

How Your Child Joins

Your child carries planks beside Noah while the sky is still clear, and walks the animals through the door.

Where It Points

Noah trusted what he could not see. Jesus trusted the Father through death. Our children are called into the same faith.

Paper-cut scene from Moses & the Burning Bush
Story 06 of 12

Moses & the Burning Bush

  • Calling
  • Purpose

God said a name out loud, and a shepherd became a rescuer.

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Key Verses

  • Exodus 3:10
  • Galatians 1:15

How Your Child Joins

Your child stands near Moses at the edge of holy ground, and hears God call him by name.

Where It Points

God called Moses by name from an ordinary place. Jesus was called from eternity. Our children are called by name too.

Paper-cut scene from Jonah & the Great Fish
Story 07 of 12

Jonah & the Great Fish

  • Grace
  • Second Chances

He ran the other way, and love followed him into the deep.

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Key Verses

  • Jonah 2:9
  • Romans 5:8

How Your Child Joins

Your child is on the shore when Jonah is brought back to dry land, and hears him say that salvation comes from the Lord.

Where It Points

Jonah ran. God pursued. Jesus went into the grave so no prodigal is ever too far gone. Grace finds our children there.

Paper-cut scene from Joseph & the Coat of Many Colors
Story 08 of 12

Joseph & the Coat of Many Colors

  • Forgiveness
  • Trust

His brothers meant it for harm. He fed them anyway.

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Key Verses

  • Genesis 50:20
  • Romans 8:28

How Your Child Joins

Your child stands with Joseph when his brothers come asking for grain, and watches him choose to forgive.

Where It Points

Joseph was sold by his brothers and became the one who saved them. Jesus was betrayed for thirty pieces of silver and became the Savior of the world. God turns the worst things into the first chapter of rescue.

Paper-cut scene from Joseph: God Never Forgot
Story 09 of 12

Joseph: God Never Forgot

  • Identity
  • Belonging

Written for adopted and foster children. A boy taken from one family, kept by a Father who never once lost sight of him.

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Key Verses

  • Genesis 45:8
  • Hebrews 13:5

How Your Child Joins

Your child walks with Joseph through every new house, and sees that God was his Father in each one.

Where It Points

Jesus Himself was raised in a home not His own, by Joseph of Nazareth. Children who have been placed or moved are not forgotten. They are being positioned.

Paper-cut scene from Elijah: The Still Small Voice
Story 10 of 12

Elijah: The Still Small Voice

  • Courage
  • Rest

For the child who is tired and afraid to say so.

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Key Verses

  • 1 Kings 19:12
  • Matthew 11:28

How Your Child Joins

Your child rests under the tree with Elijah, and is there when bread is set beside him and God speaks in a whisper.

Where It Points

Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who are weary." The God who sent fire from heaven tends His tired children with bread and gentleness.

Paper-cut scene from Elisha & the Double Portion
Story 11 of 12

Elisha & the Double Portion

  • Inheritance
  • Legacy

He asked for what he could not earn and watched for what he could not control.

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Key Verses

  • 2 Kings 2:9
  • Ephesians 1:18

How Your Child Joins

Your child walks the road with Elisha, stays close to the end, and sees the mantle fall.

Where It Points

Jesus promises not a fraction of His Spirit but the fullness of it. Every child who receives this book is an heir.

Paper-cut scene of baby Moses in a basket among the reeds
Story 12 of 12

Moses: Drawn From the Water

  • Belonging
  • Protection

Written for adopted and foster children. A baby loved by the mother who hid him, loved by the mother who raised him, and watched over by God in a basket among the reeds.

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Key Verses

  • Exodus 2:10
  • Ephesians 1:5

How Your Child Joins

Your child waits in the tall reeds with Moses’ big sister, watching the little basket, and sees him lifted safely out of the water.

Where It Points

In a frightening time, one mother kept Moses safe and another raised him as her own. God saw that basket the whole time. Moses grew up to lead his people to freedom, and Jesus is the greater Rescuer, who brings every child into God’s family.

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