Things we recommend

We would love for you to have this Bible gear.

The ICB Bible, which is available on FreeIllustratedBible.com, a great Bible for kids(as well as adults). 

It includes comics and pictures and it's own version of the Bible(International Children's Bible) with every word of the Bible.

 It includes chapter and verse numbers, too.

Another blog, 
http://www.mercyphilip.blogspot.com

David and Goliath

David and the GIANT
Mostly everyone has heard this story. Not just those people who've read the Bible thoroughly. You may have read this as a child.

This is the start.

A little shepherd boy fights this giant - this Giant is SERIOUSLY all armed. The Bible uses quite a few verses on just his soldier outfit. So David, some little boy, 17  by just throwing a stone in his forehead  kills an experienced all-armed giant. And he won on the FIRST shot. So let's start -

David Kills Goliath

17:1¹ The Philistines gathered their troops² for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. 

So the enemy team gathers up the soldiers for a war. They got all ready at this place called Socoh which is in Judah. They camped in another place called Ephes Dammim , and they say that this is in between Socoh and another place called Azekah.

That's a lot of information.

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army³ assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against⁴ the Philistines.

Saul, by the way is king at this point. So Saul and the Israelite's army is fighting against the Philistines. This is the plan of the good team. The Israelites army plan is here. They both got ready and camped between two mountains, that place is called Elah. And there, they also arranged the battle to fight against the Philistines. 

17:3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites⁵ on another hill, with the valley between them. 

Now, the Philistines get on one hill, the Israelites on the other, with Elah, the valley in between.

 17:4 Then a champion⁶ came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.

So, look. The enemies have this big champion. The guys name is Goliath, and he's from Gath. And, he's almost seven feet tall!

Nowdays, people are aroung 5 foot 4 to 6 foot 3 or 4. He is about two feet taller that most of us!

17:5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. 

This guy's got a bronze helmet, an armor and it's equal to 5000 shekels which is roughly (pretty rough) 250000 ounces.

17:7 The shaft¹⁰ of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels.¹¹ His shield bearer was walking before him.

His spear is BIG and the point sure weighed a lot. The guy who holds his shield was walking in front of him. 

CCPB - Christian Cousins's paraphrase of the Bible!

We are making a paraphrase called Christian Cousins Paraphrase Bible!

Here is a sample we're working on.

In the beginning God made the sky and the earth.
The earth didn't have any shape at all. It was all empty. Darkness was over the top of the ocean. At that time, everything was covered with total water. God's spirit was moving along the water. 

God said,"Let there be light!" 

And there was light!

He put light and darkness in 2 different parts. God called the light "day" and the darkness "night". 

                How to become a Christian

Believe that Jesus is your Savior, that He died for your sins and that he rose from the dead. 

1 Cor. 15 

1 Corinthians 15:2-4

English Standard Version (ESV)

² and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
³ For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Repent of your sins
Ask the Lord Jesus to come into your heart
Ask him to forgive you of your sins
And be washed in the blood of Jesus
Receive him into your heart as Lord and Savior
read and obey his word
pray to him daily
love the Lord with all of your heart
love others as He commanded
pray to be filled with the Holy spirit
be a witness for it

And you get to go to the best place in the world ever! It's called Heaven. NO PROBLEMS! NOTHING BAD! NOTHING SAD!         EVERYTHING GREAT! ALL PERFECT!

...and have a relationship with the best friend ever, Jesus. 

Have fun and we hope you learn from the next posts.