Diane Stortz. I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishing Company, February 2nd 2016. 224 pp.
4 out of 5
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Looking for a devotional Bible stories book you can read to your kids? I like this particular book because this is a children’s Bible story book based upon God’s titles found in the Word of God. There are forty chapters in the book with each covering a different title. The subtitle for the book is “40 Reasons to Trust God” and of course God’s title reveal His character and attributes which are reasons why we can trust God. I enjoyed reading this book to my children and also my children enjoyed it when I read it to them. They would often ask me to keep on reading to the next chapter as part of our nightly reading routine before they go to sleep.
The book is laid it in chronological order moving from the traditional order of God’s creation to the second coming of Christ. I did appreciate the angle that the author organized each chapter based upon a title or name of God. There are nineteen stories from the Old Testament and twenty one in the New Testament. Each chapter quotes a Bible verse from various Bible translations related to the chapter’s title of God. There is also a statement within the first two pages of each chapter that summarizes the point of why that specific title of God is covered in its own separate banner. For instance for the chapter covering the title of God as “The Lord My Rock” we see the summary banner stating “God helps us. He turns our problems into something good.” This is helpful for me to tell my girls ahead of time what the chapter will be about before I dive into the story. I also appreciated the fact that for the Old Testament the titles of God also included the title in Hebrew. For instance for the title “The Lord will Provide” we also see below it in smaller font the Hebrew title “Jehovah Jireh.” This was kind of neat! I wish though they continued that with the Greek title in the New Testament. By the time we get to the New Testament the author focused a lot more on the titles of Christ rather than just God per se. Each chapter also end with a helpful section called “What does it mean?” which explains the story a little more towards the aim of application and what the story looks like if it was in today’s context. Also there’s a box section for the end of every story that includes passages to look up to learn more and “What Happened Next?”
The illustrations were nice and enjoyable for little ones to look at. The cover was also beautifully designed and my kids enjoyed the glitters on it. I appreciated that this work was in hard cover that would help protect the pages and ensure its use for years to come. Having a bookmark was also a plus. I recommend this work.
Thank you. Will have to look for it.
You’re welcome sister, and thank you for commenting. May the Lord bless you sister.
I am glad your daughters enjoyed this book and hope some other parents see this review and invest in the book for their own children.
Thanks, I hope it would be a blessing to other parents pouring spiritually into their kids! By the way I’ve been a little slow on my reading of the blogosphere lately and I’m going to get around right now to reading my feed and eventually to your posts!
Thanks, Jim. So much to read!!! : ) It never stops!
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Thank you so much for this reblog Vincent! I hope you are doing well today…
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Thanks so much for this review and also for posting it amazon.com. Blessings!