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Bible lessons about God’s promises for kids
God always keeps His promises. He promised a Saviour and sent Jesus; He promised Noah the rainbow; He promised Abraham a son. Children can trust Him because He has never broken His word.
11 Bible stories, one subject: God’s promises. Teach them as a series or one at a time; each lesson has its film, coloring page, class sheet, teacher guide, questions and game, all free.
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)
- Lessons
- 11
- Passages
- Isaiah 9:2–7, Exodus 5:1–7:13, Genesis 8:1–9:17, Genesis 15:1–6, Genesis 21:1–7, Genesis 25:19–34, and more
- Ages
- Preschool to preteen (3 to 12), with tips for each age
- Each lesson
- Story film (KJV), coloring page, class sheet, teacher guide, questions and answers, a game
- Cost
- Free: no subscription, no cost per child, no sign-up to teach
Bible stories that teach God’s promises
The Promise of a Saviour
Isaiah 9:2–7 · Micah 5:2 · story film
Long before Jesus was born, God promised through His prophets that a Child would come from Bethlehem to be the King and Saviour of His people.
Big idea: God always keeps His promises.
Memory verse:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)Ask: Which town did Micah say the ruler would come from? Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).
Game: Light in the Darkness (about 10 minutes)
Let My People Go
Exodus 5:1–7:13 · story film
Moses and Aaron told Pharaoh, “Let my people go.” Pharaoh said no and made the Hebrews work even harder making bricks without straw. Aaron’s rod became a serpent and swallowed the magicians’ rods.
Big idea: God keeps His promises even when things get harder first.
Memory verse:
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Exodus 5:1 (KJV)Ask: What did Moses and Aaron tell Pharaoh? “Let my people go.”
Game: Moses Says (about 8 minutes)
The Rainbow Promise
Genesis 8:1–9:17 · story film
God remembered Noah, the waters went down, and the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. The dove came back with an olive leaf, and when Noah’s family and the animals came out, Noah built an altar to the LORD. God promised never again to destroy the earth with a flood, and He set His bow in the cloud as the token of His covenant.
Big idea: God always keeps His promises.
Memory verse:
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:13 (KJV)Ask: Where did the ark come to rest? Upon the mountains of Ararat (Genesis 8:4).
Game: Rainbow Run (about 8 minutes)
Count the Stars
Genesis 15:1–6 · story film
The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield.” Abram still had no child, so God brought him outside, told him to tell the stars if he was able to number them, and said, “So shall thy seed be.” Abram believed the LORD, and God counted it to him for righteousness, as He does for all who believe in Jesus (Romans 4:3, 23–24).
Big idea: God keeps His promises, so we can believe Him.
Memory verse:
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:6 (KJV)Ask: What did God say He was to Abram? His shield, and his exceeding great reward (Genesis 15:1).
Game: Count the Stars (about 10 minutes)
Isaac Is Born
Genesis 21:1–7 · story film
The LORD did for Sarah just as He had spoken: when Abraham was an hundred years old, Sarah bare him a son at the very time God had promised. Abraham named the baby Isaac, and Sarah said, “God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.” Isaac was the child of promise, and from his family Jesus would one day be born (Matthew 1:1–2).
Big idea: God always does what He says, right on time.
Memory verse:
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Psalm 126:3 (KJV)Ask: Did God keep His promise to Sarah? Yes. The LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken, and she bare Abraham a son at the set time (Genesis 21:1–2).
Game: The Laughing Game (about 8 minutes)
Esau Sells His Birthright
Genesis 25:19–34 · story film
Isaac prayed for Rebekah, and God gave them twin sons, Esau and Jacob, and told her, “The elder shall serve the younger.” Esau grew up a cunning hunter and Jacob a plain man dwelling in tents. One day Esau came in from the field faint and hungry, and he sold his birthright, the special place of the firstborn, to Jacob for a bowl of red pottage.
Big idea: God’s promises are worth more than anything we want right now.
Memory verse:
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:2 (KJV)Ask: Who were Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons? Esau, who was born first, and Jacob, whose hand took hold on Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:25–26).
Game: What’s It Worth? (about 10 minutes)
Moses Runs to Midian
Exodus 2:11–25 · story film
When Moses was grown, he went out to see the hard burdens of his people, and when he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he tried to help in his own way and killed the Egyptian. Pharaoh sought to slay him, so Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he stood up for seven sisters at a well, married Zipporah, and kept sheep as “a stranger in a strange land.” Meanwhile the children of Israel cried out in their bondage, and God heard them and remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Big idea: God hears the cry of His people, and He never forgets His promises.
Memory verse:
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalm 34:15 (KJV)Ask: Why did Moses run away to Midian? Because Pharaoh heard what Moses had done and sought to slay him (Exodus 2:15).
Game: Sheep Herding (about 10 minutes)
Twelve Spies
Numbers 13:1–14:10 · story film
God told Moses to send twelve men, one from every tribe, to search the land of Canaan, and after forty days they came back with a cluster of grapes so big that two men carried it on a staff. Ten of the spies were afraid of the walled cities and the giants and said, “We were in our own sight as grasshoppers,” and all the people wept. But Caleb said, “We are well able to overcome it,” and Joshua and Caleb told the people, “The LORD is with us: fear them not.”
Big idea: When God makes a promise, we can trust Him instead of our fears.
Memory verse:
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 (KJV)Ask: What did the spies bring back from the brook of Eshcol? A branch with one cluster of grapes, carried between two upon a staff, and pomegranates and figs (Numbers 13:23).
Game: Giants and Grasshoppers (about 8 minutes)
Moses Sees the Promised Land
Deuteronomy 34:1–12 · story film
At the end of his life Moses went up mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah, and the LORD showed him all the land He had promised to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. Moses died there in the land of Moab at a hundred and twenty years old, with his eye not dim, and Joshua, full of the spirit of wisdom, led Israel on. There was never another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, and one day Moses would stand on a high mountain talking with Jesus (Matthew 17:1–3).
Big idea: God keeps His promises from one generation to the next.
Memory verse:
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalm 90:1 (KJV)Ask: Where did Moses go up to see the promised land? Unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho (Deuteronomy 34:1).
Game: I Spy the Promised Land (about 10 minutes)
John Is Born
Luke 1:57–80 · story film
Elisabeth had her baby, and the neighbors wanted to name him after his father. Zacharias wrote, “His name is John,” and right away he could speak again and praised God.
Big idea: God keeps His word, so we praise Him for His mercy.
Memory verse:
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luke 1:76 (KJV)Ask: What did Zacharias write on the writing table? “His name is John.”
Game: Writing Tablet Relay (about 10 minutes)
Shipwrecked!
Acts 27:1–44 · story film
On the way to Rome a great storm battered the ship for many days. An angel told Paul that everyone would live. The ship broke apart, but all 276 people came safe to land.
Big idea: God keeps His word in every storm.
Memory verse:
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Acts 27:25 (KJV)Ask: Where was Paul being taken? To Rome.
Game: Ship, Shore, Storm (about 10 minutes)
Tips for teaching God’s promises
- Preschool: Draw a rainbow together and say, “God keeps His promises.”
- Elementary: List the promises in this series and check each one: did God keep it? How?
- Preteens: Trace one promise from Genesis to Jesus, like the promise of a Saviour in Isaiah 9 fulfilled at Bethlehem.
Plan it as a series: 8 weeks
| Week 1 | The Promise of a Saviour (Isaiah 9:2–7). God always keeps His promises. |
|---|---|
| Week 2 | Let My People Go (Exodus 5:1–7:13). God keeps His promises even when things get harder first. |
| Week 3 | The Rainbow Promise (Genesis 8:1–9:17). God always keeps His promises. |
| Week 4 | Count the Stars (Genesis 15:1–6). God keeps His promises, so we can believe Him. |
| Week 5 | Isaac Is Born (Genesis 21:1–7). God always does what He says, right on time. |
| Week 6 | Esau Sells His Birthright (Genesis 25:19–34). God’s promises are worth more than anything we want right now. |
| Week 7 | Moses Runs to Midian (Exodus 2:11–25). God hears the cry of His people, and He never forgets His promises. |
| Week 8 | Twelve Spies (Numbers 13:1–14:10). When God makes a promise, we can trust Him instead of our fears. |
Each week: welcome and pray, show the story film, talk through the questions, learn the memory verse, then color the page or do the class sheet.
Verses to learn: God’s promises
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6 · The Promise of a Saviour
“And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.”
Exodus 5:1 · Let My People Go
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”
Genesis 9:13 · The Rainbow Promise
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Genesis 15:6 · Count the Stars
“The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”
Psalm 126:3 · Isaac Is Born
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Colossians 3:2 · Esau Sells His Birthright
“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.”
Psalm 34:15 · Moses Runs to Midian
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 · Twelve Spies
Questions people ask
What does the Bible teach kids about God’s promises?
God always keeps His promises. He promised a Saviour and sent Jesus; He promised Noah the rainbow; He promised Abraham a son. Children can trust Him because He has never broken His word. “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20, KJV)
Which Bible stories teach God’s promises?
The Promise of a Saviour (Isaiah 9:2–7), Let My People Go (Exodus 5:1–7:13), The Rainbow Promise (Genesis 8:1–9:17), Count the Stars (Genesis 15:1–6), Isaac Is Born (Genesis 21:1–7), and 6 more on this page.
What promises does God make to children?
God promises to be with His people (Joshua 1:9), to hear them when they pray (1 John 5:14), and to save everyone who believes on Jesus (Romans 10:9).
How do I teach God’s promises to preschoolers?
Draw a rainbow together and say, “God keeps His promises.”
Are these lessons free?
Yes. Every lesson, film, coloring page, class sheet and game is free for churches, families and schools, with no subscription, no cost per child and no sign-up needed to teach.
Which Bible translation is used?
The films and memory verses show the King James Version word for word. In the lessons you can switch the verses to the Berean Standard Bible, the ESV or dozens of other English Bibles, every verse is labelled with its translation, and tapping a verse on the film opens its whole chapter.
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