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Bible lessons about trusting God for kids
Trusting God means leaning on Him instead of on ourselves. In the hardest moments of the Bible, from the Red Sea to the lions’ den, God shows His people that He is faithful and able to save.
These free Bible lessons for kids all teach trusting God. Each one comes with an animated story film told word for word from the King James Version, a coloring page, a class sheet, a teacher guide with a 45-minute plan, questions with answers and a game.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”Proverbs 3:5–6 (KJV)
- Lessons
- 12
- Passages
- Genesis 12:1–9, Genesis 13:1–18, Numbers 13:1–14:10, Joshua 2:1–24, Joshua 6:1–27, Ruth 2:1–4:17, 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
12 Bible lessons about trusting God
God Calls Abram
Genesis 12:1–9 · story film
The LORD told Abram to leave his country, his kindred and his father’s house and go to a land He would show him. God promised to make him a great nation and to bless all the families of the earth through him, a promise that came true in Jesus (Galatians 3:8, 16). Abram obeyed, travelled with Sarai and Lot into the land of Canaan, and built altars to the LORD along the way.
Big idea: When God calls, we can trust Him and go.
Memory verse:
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews 11:8 (KJV)Ask: What did God tell Abram to do? Get out of his country, from his kindred and from his father’s house, unto a land God would shew him (Genesis 12:1).
Game: Pack Up and Go (about 10 minutes)
Abram Lets Lot Choose
Genesis 13:1–18 · story film
Abram and his nephew Lot had so many flocks, herds and tents that the land could not hold them both, and their herdmen began to quarrel. Abram said there should be no strife between them, “for we be brethren,” and he let Lot choose first; Lot chose the well-watered plain of Jordan. Then God told Abram to look northward, southward, eastward and westward, and promised all that land to him and his seed for ever.
Big idea: Peacemakers put others first and trust God to take care of them.
Memory verse:
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)Ask: Why could Abram and Lot not dwell together? Their substance was so great that the land could not bear them, and their herdmen had strife (Genesis 13:6–7).
Game: Stand Up Together (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)
Rahab and the Spies
Joshua 2:1–24 · story film
Joshua sent two spies to look at Jericho, and they lodged in the house of a woman named Rahab, whose house was upon the town wall. When the king’s men came looking for them, Rahab hid the spies under stalks of flax on her roof, because she believed that “the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.” The spies promised to save her and all her family, she let them down by a cord through her window and bound a scarlet line there as a sign, and Rahab later became part of the family line of Jesus (Matthew 1:5).
Big idea: Rahab trusted the LORD, and her faith saved her whole family.
Memory verse:
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Hebrews 11:31 (KJV)Ask: Where did Rahab hide the two spies? On the roof of her house, with the stalks of flax (Joshua 2:6).
Game: Hide the Spies (about 10 minutes)
The Walls of Jericho
Joshua 6:1–27 · story film
God told Joshua to march around Jericho with the priests carrying the ark and seven trumpets of rams’ horns: once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh day. When the priests blew the trumpets and all the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down flat. Rahab and her family were saved, and the LORD was with Joshua.
Big idea: When we trust God and obey Him, He does what we could never do.
Memory verse:
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
Hebrews 11:30 (KJV)Ask: How many times did Israel march around Jericho? Once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day (Joshua 6:3–4, 15).
Game: March Around Jericho (about 10 minutes)
Ruth in the Fields of Boaz
Ruth 2:1–4:17 · story film
Ruth went out to glean barley behind the reapers, and she came to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Naomi’s husband. Boaz was kind to her because of her love for Naomi: he let her glean among the sheaves and told his young men to let fall handfuls on purpose for her. Later Boaz redeemed the family’s land and married Ruth, and their son Obed became the grandfather of King David, from whose family Jesus was born (Matthew 1:5–16).
Big idea: God takes care of those who come to trust under His wings.
Memory verse:
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Ruth 2:12 (KJV)Ask: In whose field did Ruth glean? The field of Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech (Ruth 2:3).
Game: Gleaning Relay (about 10 minutes)
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1–51 · story film
The Philistine giant Goliath, six cubits and a span tall, defied the armies of Israel for forty days, and Saul and all Israel were greatly afraid. Young David trusted the LORD who had delivered him from the lion and the bear. He chose five smooth stones out of the brook, went out in the name of the LORD, and with one stone from his sling the giant fell upon his face to the earth.
Big idea: The battle is the LORD’s, so we can trust Him when we face giants.
Memory verse:
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
1 Samuel 17:47 (KJV)Ask: How tall was Goliath? Six cubits and a span (1 Samuel 17:4), more than nine feet tall.
Game: The Battle Is the LORD’s (about 10 minutes)
The Widow’s Meal and Oil
1 Kings 17:8–24 · story film
God sent Elijah to a poor widow in Zarephath who had only a handful of meal and a little oil left for herself and her son. Elijah said, “Fear not,” and asked her to make him a little cake first, for God promised that the barrel of meal would not waste nor the cruse of oil fail until the rain came. She obeyed, and they ate many days; and later, when her son fell sick and stopped breathing, the LORD heard Elijah’s prayer and the child revived.
Big idea: When we trust God and share, He provides all we need.
Memory verse:
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalm 34:8 (KJV)Ask: What was the widow doing at the gate of the city? Gathering sticks to bake her last meal for herself and her son (1 Kings 17:10–12).
Game: The Jar That Never Ran Out (about 10 minutes)
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Daniel 6:1–28 · story film
Daniel served King Darius so faithfully that the jealous princes could find no fault in him, so they had the king sign a law that for thirty days no one could ask a petition of any god or man except the king. Daniel still knelt at his open window three times a day to pray and give thanks, and he was cast into the den of lions. God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and in the morning Daniel was taken up unhurt, because he believed in his God.
Big idea: We can keep praying and trusting God, and He is able to deliver us.
Memory verse:
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalm 55:17 (KJV)Ask: How often did Daniel pray? Three times a day, kneeling at his open window toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6:10).
Game: Sleeping Lions (about 8 minutes)
Gabriel Visits Mary
Luke 1:26–38 · story film
God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth to tell a young woman named Mary that she would have a Son, and she should call His name Jesus. Mary trusted God and said yes.
Big idea: Nothing is impossible with God.
Memory verse:
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 1:37 (KJV)Ask: What town did Mary live in? Nazareth, a city of Galilee.
Game: Yes, Lord! (about 8 minutes)
The Centurion’s Faith
Luke 7:1–10 · Matthew 8:5–13 · story film
A Roman centurion’s servant was very sick. The centurion believed Jesus could heal him just by speaking a word, and Jesus marveled at his faith. The servant was healed that same hour.
Big idea: Jesus’ word has power everywhere.
Memory verse:
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Luke 7:9 (KJV)Ask: Who was sick? The centurion’s servant.
Game: Captain’s Orders (about 8 minutes)
Heroes of Faith
Hebrews 11 · story film
Hebrews 11 remembers people who trusted God by faith: Noah built the ark, Abraham went out not knowing where, Moses led the people, and many more.
Big idea: Faith means trusting God even before we see.
Memory verse:
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)Ask: Name three heroes of faith in Hebrews 11. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Rahab and others.
Game: Freeze Frames (about 12 minutes)
Teaching trusting God at every age
- Preschool: Lean on a sturdy chair together and say, “I can lean on God.”
- Elementary: Read Proverbs 3:5–6 and ask children to share one thing they can trust God with this week.
- Preteens: Compare the twelve spies: ten looked at the giants, two trusted God’s promise (Numbers 13–14). What made the difference?
8 weeks of lessons on trusting God
| Week 1 | God Calls Abram (Genesis 12:1–9). When God calls, we can trust Him and go. |
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| Week 2 | Abram Lets Lot Choose (Genesis 13:1–18). Peacemakers put others first and trust God to take care of them. |
| Week 3 | Twelve Spies (Numbers 13:1–14:10). When God makes a promise, we can trust Him instead of our fears. |
| Week 4 | Rahab and the Spies (Joshua 2:1–24). Rahab trusted the LORD, and her faith saved her whole family. |
| Week 5 | The Walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:1–27). When we trust God and obey Him, He does what we could never do. |
| Week 6 | Ruth in the Fields of Boaz (Ruth 2:1–4:17). God takes care of those who come to trust under His wings. |
| Week 7 | David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1–51). The battle is the LORD’s, so we can trust Him when we face giants. |
| Week 8 | The Widow’s Meal and Oil (1 Kings 17:8–24). When we trust God and share, He provides all we need. |
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.
Memory verses about trusting God (KJV)
“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”
Hebrews 11:8 · God Calls Abram
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Matthew 5:9 · Abram Lets Lot Choose
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 · Twelve Spies
“By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.”
Hebrews 11:31 · Rahab and the Spies
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.”
Hebrews 11:30 · The Walls of Jericho
“The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.”
Ruth 2:12 · Ruth in the Fields of Boaz
“And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:47 · David and Goliath
“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
Psalm 34:8 · The Widow’s Meal and Oil
Questions people ask
What does the Bible teach kids about trusting God?
Trusting God means leaning on Him instead of on ourselves. In the hardest moments of the Bible, from the Red Sea to the lions’ den, God shows His people that He is faithful and able to save. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5–6, KJV)
Which Bible stories teach trusting God?
God Calls Abram (Genesis 12:1–9), Abram Lets Lot Choose (Genesis 13:1–18), Twelve Spies (Numbers 13:1–14:10), Rahab and the Spies (Joshua 2:1–24), The Walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:1–27), and 7 more on this page.
How do I teach kids to trust God?
Show them God’s faithfulness in the Bible’s stories, one after another, and point out that He keeps His word. Proverbs 3:5–6 is a good verse to learn together.
How do I teach trusting God to preschoolers?
Lean on a sturdy chair together and say, “I can lean on God.”
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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