Our Daily Bread for Kids: 365 Devotions From Genesis to RevelationSample

The Beginning

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth didn’t have any shape. And it was empty. There was darkness over the surface of the waves. At that time, the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.-Genesis 1:1-2 NIrV

The book of Genesis is the Bible's first book, and this is where everything begins. We don’t know what the earth looked like, but we know it was dark, empty, and had no shape.

Maybe it looked like a giant blob! No matter what it looked like, God was there and did something only He can do. God said, “Let there be light,” and just like that, light appeared. Then, He separated the light from the darkness. He called the light day, and He called the dark night.

The next day, God divided the water into two places and put a huge space between them. He named the space sky. Then God gathered the water together so dry land would appear. He named the dry land earth and the water seas. Then, God created plants and trees on the land that would grow delicious food.

When God looked at His creation, He said, “It is good.” But He wasn’t finished. He placed two great lights in the sky. The larger light (the sun) ruled the day, and the smaller light (the moon) ruled the night. He also put billions of stars in the sky.

Then, God filled the waters with sea animals and created birds to fly in the air. On the last day of creation, God made every kind of animal on the land. But God saved the best for last! He made humans to take care of creation and enjoy everything He had made. God created the world in six days, and on the seventh day, He rested.

Crystal Bowman and Teri McKinley

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TALK TO GOD

Tell God what you like best about His creation.

DID YOU KNOW?

Our Milky Way galaxy has around 100 to 400 billion stars.

Everything God made was good.