The Children's Book of Religious Stories, Poetry and Prayers

By Anon Anon

This book contains a lovely collection of Christian stories, poetry and prayers. The stories have all been taken from the bible and retold especially for children, making them enjoyable and easy to learn. This book is a perfect gift for any Christian child, and including many poems and prayers will ensure that they never go to bed without first saying a word to God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Sep 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781473358638

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Stories

Rain, Rain, Rain

Noah's ark floated upon the water.

The dove carried in its mouth an olive branch.

MANY, many years ago the people of the world were very wicked. They had forgotten all about God. All their good things came from Him, but they never offered up thanks to Him for any of their blessings or obeyed Him in any way.

So God sent a man to preach to them and to try to help them to be good. This man's name was Noah.

Noah was a good man. He believed in God and tried hard to live a beautiful life.

But the people would not listen to Noah's preachings or profit by his example.

One day God told Noah that the wicked people must be punished. He told him that there would be rain for many days—more rain than the world had ever seen before! The valleys would be filled with water. The plains and even the mountain tops would be covered, and all living things would be drowned.

Then God told Noah to build a very big ark, or ship, with plenty of room for Noah; his wife; his three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth, and their wives; and many animals and birds.

The ark, God told Noah, was to be three stories high with a door on the side, and a window at the top. Much food for Noah and his family and all the animals and birds was to be stored in the ark, too.

Because Noah trusted God and believed in Him, he began to build the big ship. His sons helped him with the building.

The people gathered round about. No doubt they laughed at Noah and asked him where he intended to float the ship, for there was no water anywhere around. You see, the people did not believe that there could be enough rain to drown everything.

But Noah and his sons kept right on working until the ship was finished. Then, as God directed him, Noah led into the ark his family and more than one of all the different kinds of animals and birds. Then Noah shut the door of the ark and waited for the rain to come.

The wicked people still would not believe that there would be a flood. They thought Noah was mad!

But after a while it began to rain. It rained harder and harder. It rained for forty days and forty nights until every living thing was destroyed.

But Noah's ark floated upon the water, and finally it came to rest upon Mount Ararat. Noah and his family and the animals and