Promise Keeper by Katheryn Maddox Haddad

A Child’s Life of Christ: PROMISE KEEPER

Storybook #6 in Series THEY MET JESUS

 

In order for the children to have the same books and chapters as their parents reading the adult version, I wrote both versions  with the same chapters. In this book, Jesus is arrested and treated badly. I have toned it way down for the children, but the reader should still decide whether to perhaps skip a chapter or two.

 

In storybook 6, your children meet….

 

*Zaccheus where they learn to make friends with someone no one likes.

*Mary of Bethany where they learn just giving a cup of water to someone is like giving it to Jesus.

*Earth Kingdom People where they learn it is nice to have a special celebration for Jesus, but better to celebrate him every day.

*Foreign Grecians where they learn not to use Jesus’ name as a swear word.

*Jesus Like a Lamb where they learn that a sacrifice is giving up something valuable for someone else.

*Judas where they learn to go to church, not for the prizes, but because they love Jesus.

*The Angel where they learn about taking someone else’s punishment for them.

*Deserters where they learn to never run away from Jesus just because our friends make fun of us.

*Annus & Caiaphas where they learn Jesus understands what it is like to be yelled at and beat up.

*Prince Herod where the learn Jesus let people be mean to him and make him hurt so we could go to heaven some day.

 

Here is a sample of one of the chapters:

 

EARTH KINGDOM PEOPLE

 

More and more the people wanted Jesus to be an earthly king and to rule in Jerusalem from the palace and Temple.

 

Since Jesus could perform miracles, he could just wink and all the Roman soldiers and bad rulers would disappear forever ~ or so they thought.

 

Plus Jesus knew how to make bread and fish get big enough to feed thousands, So, no one would be hungry again. And he could heal people, which means no one would be sick again. It would be a perfect kingdom.

 

They could prove Jesus was God’s choice as king because he was a son many times removed of King David, and he had been born in Bethlehem. The Bible said he should be king.

 

But they wanted Jesus for all the wrong reasons. They wanted Jesus for selfish reasons. They wanted to use Jesus.

 

Jesus decided to go into Jerusalem and let them call him their king, but he would do it in a strange way.

 

In the days of King David and other kings of the Jews long ago, their kings rode on donkeys or mules. They did better in hot climate than horses did. Everyone understood that. But Jesus did it differently. He got a baby donkey to ride on to enter Jerusalem.

Katheryn Haddad was born in the cold north, but now lives in Arizona where she does not have to shovel sunshine. She enjoys hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the letters worn off.
With a bachelor’s degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master’s degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master’s degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ Little Known Facts About the Bible ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 6000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Jordan, Uzbekistan, and Palestine. “They are my heroes” she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.

Website: http://inspirationsbykatheryn.com

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