Have You Heard the Story of My Life?

1- Cain and Abel

Cain was the first child born into the world, and Abel was the second child. They were Adam and Eve’s sons. Both brought offerings to the Lord, and the Lord looked with favour on Abel and his offering, but not on Cain and his offering. So Cain was very angry and killed his brother in spite of God’s warning to him, and that was the first murder in this world.

2- Esau and Jacob

This is the story of the struggle between the twin boys of Isaac, Esau and Jacob. This struggle began after Esau surrendered his privilege of primogeniture (birthright) blessings to Jacob.

3- Joseph

This story reveals God’s faithfulness towards His obedient servant Joseph, who suffered a lot from his brothers and Potiphar’s wife in Egypt. God blessed him richly and he became the second man after Pharaoh because of his faithfulness to God. Joseph forgave his brothers and he helped and blessed them.

4- Moses

This is the biography of the prophet Moses, who spoke with God “face to face”. God gave him the Ten Commandments, and Moses guided his people out of Egypt.

5- Samuel

Samuel was born as an answer to one year of prayer to the Lord. His name means, “The Lord has answered our prayers.” When he grew up, his parents took him to the House of the Lord in Shiloh to the high priest and he stayed there. Samuel answered God’s call to him and became His servant.

6- David

This booklet is about David, the psalmist, who became a great king after a lot of sufferings and persecutions. This is a testimony of God’s faithfulness towards those who fear him.

7- Daniel

This booklet tells us about Daniel and his three friends, who were taken as captives by king Nebuchadnezzar when he occupied their country. They remained faithful to the Lord and His laws and God saved them from inevitable death.

8- The Young Shepherd

We read in this booklet about Jesus’ birth as narrated by one of the shepherds, who saw the bright light and heard the amazing song of the angels on this unique occasion of Jesus’ birth.

9- The Young Nazarene and Jesus in the Temple

A young Nazarene describes in this booklet, how Jesus, as a youth, was different from other boys in His thinking and conduct. He also tells about what Jesus did during His first visit to the temple in Jerusalem, when He was twelve years old.

10- Jairus’ Daughter

This is the story of one of Jesus’ miracles, when He raised Jairus’ daughter from death.

11- The Boy from Capernaum and the Feeding of the Multitude

This is one of Jesus’ miracles, when He fed thousands of people by five loaves of bread and two fish; as narrated by a lad from Capernoum. This lad gave the loaves and the fish to Andrew, one of Jesus’ disciples, who gave them to Jesus to feed the multitude.

12- Saul/ Paul

Paul tells us in this booklet how he used to persecute, torture and imprison the Christians, before the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him on his journey to Damascus. After this event, Paul became Christ’s apostle and spread the Gospel to many nations: He even changed his name from Saul (his Jewish name, after the first king of Israel) to Paul his Roman name.