Religious Poems for Children

1. A Good Son
   
   King David had a good son
   Solomon was his name.
   As king he built a great temple,
   One of his claims to fame.
   
   
   
2. Favorite Son
   
   Jacob was a rich man
   Who had a favorite son.
   His brothers each
   Played the knave
   And sold him as a slave.
   
   
   
3. Creation
   
   God created the heavens and earth
   Said He,  Let there be light.
   He then created man and woman--
   Red, yellow, black and white.
   
   
   
4. Baby Jesus
   
   Baby Jesus had no bed
   He slept at peace in a
   Trough instead.
   Now for over two thousand
   Years,
   He s helped so many
   Overcome their fears.
   
   
   
5. Twelve Apostles
   
   Jesus  time on earth
   Was destined to be short.
   So when he chose
   His twelve apostles,
   The event was far from a sport.
   
   
   
6. Devil Go
   
   Jesus was tempted
   In the desert
   West of Jericho.
   For forty days he
   Prayed and fasted,
   Told the devil, "Go!"
   
   
   
7. The Baby
   
   The baby lay in the manger,
   A little donkey licked his face.
   When He smiled, acknowledged
   The beast,
   A sense of peace covered the east.
   
   
   
8. Samson's Strength
   
   Samson's strength was
   truly great
   It was hard to accept
   his sudden fate
   He fought the Philistines
   with an ass's bone
   Then died amongst them--
   crushed by stone.
   
   
   
9. Ruth
   
   Ruth's young husband died
   leaving her a widow.
   Later she worked in Bethlehem
   and became Boaz's bride.
   
   
   
10. God Told Abram
    
    God told Abram to leave his home,
    With his livestock and family
    he began to roam.
    God deftly led them to a new land
    As if He'd appeared and taken
    Their hand.
    
    
    
11. Feet And All
    
    Jonah did not obey God;
    Instead, he hid on a ship.
    God then sent an awful squall--
    A fish swallowed Jonah,
    feet and all.
    
    
    
12. Young David
    
    David was an Israelite
    who played the harp
    day and night
    He later helped fight
    the enemy,
    killing a giant VIP.
    
    
    
13. God Will Answer
    
    God will answer
    All your prayers
    Be you Mr., Miss or Ms.
    Take care to say,
    'Thy will be done',
    The timing, though,
    Is His.
    
    
    
14. Win Your Day
    
    On your knees
    When you pray
    Ask the Lord to lay
    Before you blessings and solutions
    That will win your day.
    
    
    
15. Those Bony Knees
    
    Faith can move verdant mountains
    As well as calm troubled seas.
    If you want a faith that lasts,
    Learn to bend those bony knees.
    
    
    
16. No Delay
    
    Jesus is your best friend,
    Whatever s broken He will mend
    There s no delay, He s always in
    Just try a chat with Him today.
    
    
    
17. Eve Bit
    
    Eve bit the forbidden fruit,
    Took a piece to Adam.
    Adam should have put on brakes,
    Instead, he pleased the Madame.
    
    
    
18. The Serpent
    
    The serpent revealed himself to Eve,
    She should have turned and run.
    But evil s sometimes wrapped so fine,
    We take it like a winter sun.
    
    
    
19. Michael s Hide
    
    Michael rowed the boat ashore
    Then sat down to think some more.
    The river was deep and so very wide
    How to cross yet save his hide?
    
    
    
20. Good Mary
    
    The angel, Gabriel, appeared to Mary
    To tell her of the Baby.
    Good Mary said,  His will be done,
    No if, no and, no maybe.
    
    
    
21. The Lame Prince
    
    The lame prince
    Was the son of Jonathan;
    Jonathan, the son of King Saul.
    David, as king, took the lame
    Prince in,
    Giving him lands and all.
    
    
    
22. Wee Moses
    
    As wee Moses floated
    On the River Nile
    The future prophet noted
    This was his first trial.
    
    
    
23. The Beautiful Queen
    
    Esther, the beautiful Jewish queen,
    Save the life of her beloved king
    She also saved many souls of her race
    Evil, in her heart, never won a place.
    
    
    
24. Job(1)
    
    Job was a very wealthy man
    Whom the Lord gave a test
    After losing all that he had,
    Job still proved one of God s best.
    
    
    
25. Jacob s Dream
    
    Bethel means the  house of God
    It s where Jacob had a dream
    In that dream stretched a ladder
    Jacob heard the angel s patter.
    
    
    
26. Job(2)
    
    Job built altars of stone and earth
    To offer his Lord gifts of worth
    Envy possessed the  father of lies
    Who, desperate, proclaimed,
    Job s family dies!
    
    
    
27. Jacob and Esau
    
    Jacob and Esau were brothers
    Isaac was their dad.
    The sons competed bitterly
    Hence, their end was sad.
    
    
    
28. Our Friend
    
    Jesus wants to be our Friend
    Though many do not let Him in
    They try to steer through life alone--
    What hound would chuck
    A meaty bone?
    
    
    
29. Zaccheus
    
    Zaccheus was a little man
    Whose family was a little clan
    He climbed up in a
    Sycamore tree
    His family said,
     Blest be!
    
    
    
30. Simon Peter
    
    Simon was called Peter
    And Andrew was his brother
    Both early followed Jesus
    And maybe met His mother.
    
    
    
31. On the Run
    
    Matthew tells of the flight into Egypt
    Where Joseph and Mary took the Child
    The 3 were on the run from Herod  the Great
    An escape we today appreciate!
    
    
    
32. Jesus Is Bread!
    
    In Capernaum Jesus said:
     I am the bread of life.
    He traveled with His 12 disciples
    Since He never had a wife!
    
    
    
33. Miracles
    
    Jesus used to visit Jerusalem
    But camped near Galilee
    He performed His miracles
    Of which one
    Was Lazarus in Bethany.
    

[ by: Randall D Barfield © 2007 Copyright (booksdavid@hotmail.com) - submitted by: Randall D Barfield ]