Timothy Learns About God

Bible Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-8; 3:14-17

When Timothy was a little boy he loved to hear his mother Eunice and his grandmother Lois tell him stories about God. His mother and grandmother loved God and were kind to other people. They wanted Timothy to grow up to love God and to be kind and good. They taught him all about the things that were written in the Bible. He learned about how the world was created by God. He learned all the stories about people like Noah building the ark, and Abraham's promise from God. He listened carefully when they told about Joseph's coat of many colors, Jonah and the whale, and David as a shepherd boy. But best of all they taught him about Jesus.

Another wonderful thing that they taught Timothy was how to pray. They taught him that it is very important to talk to God.

Timothy saw how his mother and grandmother loved and helped other people. He knew that they loved him and wanted him to love God with all his heart. They were good examples to follow.

When Timothy grew up he had a special friend named Paul. Paul was a worker for God. He loved Timothy very much and wanted him to be a worker for God also. One day Paul put his hands on Timothy's head and prayed a special prayer for him. He told him to be a good worker for God and to tell everybody about Jesus. Paul told Timothy he didn't ever have to be afraid because Jesus had given him love and peace. He told Timothy that God would give him power to work for Him.

After that, Paul would sometimes take Timothy on missionary trips with him. Together they would tell people about Jesus and do whatever God wanted them to do.

Timothy did what Paul had told him to do. He remembered what his mother and grandmother had taught him. He prayed to Jesus and he was very happy.

It must have been exciting for Timothy to tell other people all about Jesus. He was probably very glad that he had listened when his mother and grandmother told him the stories from the Bible.

Aren't you glad that you can learn the very same Bible stories that Timothy learned. It is exciting to learn about Jesus and to know that He is a special friend to us. We have mommies and daddies, and grandmas and grandpas, and even Sunday school teachers to tell us of all the wonderful things in the Bible. If we listen really well we will be able to tell others about Jesus.

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