Start Here: Action Verses

 
 
 

A few weeks ago, Brian and I were transplanting our rhubarb to a new location in our backyard.  Brian's mom had brought the rhubarb from Iowa only a few years earlier and I was amazed to see how deep and strong the roots were.  Brian and I took a moment right then to pray that Abra and Hana would be as rooted to us and to Jesus as this rhubarb was to our backyard.  Living a domestic life has been a blessing.  When I am kneading my bread, I think about the Kingdom (Matthew 13:33).   When I prune my grape vine, I can't help but meditate on my favorite passage, John 15.  Now if only I had a flock of sheep!

This summer has been a great time for my family.  Abraham has become a believer. The treasure verses touched him deeply.  He desires the Kingdom.  The other day he picked a strawberry from my little patch.  He put part of it in his mouth and said, "This taste like a heavenly treasure."  I liked the beauty of that remark and it got me thinking.  What verses would best fit into my children's lives?  What do they spend their time doing?  The answer came quickly; they move.  I began to look through my memory verses and then through the Bible finding passages that would bless them.  When my kids are running, swinging, jumping, dancing, working, and resting, the Bible has something to say to them.  I pray these action verses bless my children and make God's Word an even more natural and fulfilling part of their daily living. As I have begun to study them, they have already touched my heart.

 

Here are 13 more verses to hide in your child's heart.

 

 

SOARING (we soar when we swing) Isaiah 30:29-31 lesson

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

 

 

 Running  Hebrews 12:1  lesson

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

 

Balancing  Proverbs 4:25-27   lesson

Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.  Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.  Do not swerve to the right or the left.  Keep your foot from evil.

 

Riding Your Bike Psalm 68-3-4  lesson

Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides in the clouds.  His name is the LORD- and rejoice before him.  

 

Falling  Micah 7:8    lesson

Though I have fallen, I will rise.  Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

 

Swimming  John 21:7    lesson

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

 
 

Jumping  Luke 6:22-23  lesson

Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice  in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.

 
 

Spinning  Psalm 119:36-37 lesson

Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

Spinning  Proverbs 15:1  lesson

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

 

Dancing Psalm 149:3    lesson

Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.

 

Walking  2 John 1:6    lesson

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

 

 Work  Colossians 3:23-24    lesson

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

 

Be Still  Psalm 46:10    lesson

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

 And Now We Rest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Jennifer V.]

Thanks for these verses! You are such a blessing to your family and friends.

[Lisa]

Jennifer, do you remember that you provided the strawberry plants that are now our heavenly treasure? Thank you dear friend.
 

[Angela C.]

Lisa, this is a very neat thing you are doing.
Thank you for sharing this with me. God Bless You!

[Lisa]

Thank you Angela!  I am blessed by your friendship!

[Mandi]

Hi Lisa, I just came to check you out, because you were a new follower...what a treasure I have found in your action verses for children. I am also a homeschooling mom and I can't wait to see what else the Lord has led you to share on your site. Blessings!