Vacation Bible School 2000 Club Can-Do Friendship Bracelets Vbs

by Mary Alice Jones

BIBLE STORIES: GOD AT WORK WITH MAN by Mary Alice Jones illustrated by Tom Armstrong 1973 Hardcover 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches 79 pages Abingdon Press This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687033845
• ISBN13: 9780687033843
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 1 and higher

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About This Book...from the inside of the book

The Bible is about God. It tells of God's acts in nature and in the lives of men and of people and of nations. It tells about how persons responded to God.This book has been written to help boys and girls to know something about how God has worked among men and about how persons have responded to God. It begins with God's work in creating the world. Then it tells about some of the men and women who worked with God. There is Abraham, with whom God worked to plan a special people to make his way known. There is Joseph, who saved people from starvation. There is Moses, who rescued the special people from slavery and gave them God's laws. There is David, who made the special people into a nation. There is Amos, who called the people from disobedience to their God. There is Josiah, who taught the people to listen to the word of God found in old writing which had been lost. This book tells about God's greatest act in sending Jesus to men. There is Mary, who was chosen to be the mother of Jesus. There is Jesus himself, who lived among men showing them how God cares about them and what God plans for man to be. There is Peter, a follower of Jesus, who told men that Jesus would be with them always. There is Dorcas, a follower of Jesus, who cared about others. There is Paul, who traveled to many lands teaching people about Jesus. There is Priscilla, who helped the Christian church to live and grow. This book may help boys and girls to know that God did not work alone. He made persons his partners. He trusted them to work with him in his good plans for all people everywhere.