Bible Study for Kids First Featured Writer

Bible Study for Kids introduces our First
Featured Writer - J.D. Griffith

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Meet Jolene Griffith - Wife, mother, student and writer. Jolene is also BSFK's Featured Writers Editor.

Jolene Griffith, author

Greetings,

     Most of my adult life was spent cocooned in a laboratory. But I was my happiest when dragging data from instrumentation that would tell all about the sample I just ran. Yeah, I was one dweeb, a nerd who loved scientific research.
      Sundays found me teaching my daughter's Sunday School Class and I loved doing that, too. I never forgot about teaching youngsters and the love God has for them.
      Then the unthinkable happened and I was struck with multiple sclerosis. Within a few years, I found myself disabled and torn away from the thing I thought I loved most. God whispered in my ear, "Return to your first love." He redeemed my life with a love I would never have imagined -- writing about Him for children.
     I tried submitting my stories and articles to all the children's magazines, but the rejections piled up. Then I latched onto Bible Fiction. Now I could immerse myself in God's word while simultaneously writing stories that were true, with characters and dialogue that were possible -- even modernly vernacular.
     While I'm freshest writing children's sports stories, (I'm a retired softball and basketball player -- before the WNBA) writing inspirational stories about Bible heroes lights my fire today.
I'm a living testament to God's redeeming love, and although my writing hasn't found itself on the best seller's list, I'm happy to contribute to the Lord's best seller, for His best, our children.
In His service,
Jolene

ARTICLES		CONTRACT WITH GOD A check list	WHAT'S PERMISSIBLE IS NOT ALWAYS BENEFICIAL Words for parents
Check out the Story Book Room for More of Jolene's Stories in print and Flash		Jolene now has over 200 devotions. Free INTERACTIVE Lessons are available starting with #167. The continued 2009 Lessons are HERE! The New 2010 Lessons are HERE!!! Read the Devotion, And fill out a Lesson Form Turn in your lesson and Jolene will reply.
DEVOTIONALS	Click on the titles	and enjoy!!!
1. KEEP THE LIGHT ON (Youth ministry) After watching a scary move as a little girl, I suddenly became afraid of the dark. Sept. 12, 2007	2. NEIGHBORS Not all neighbors are family. Sept. 14, 2007	3. SHOW & TELL Can people tell just by getting to know you that you are a child of God? Sept. 18, 2007	4. IDENTITY These days, people are concerned about identity theft. Sept. 21, 2007	5. THE PLAN Do you have a plan? Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? Sept. 25, 2007
6. GROWTH Every child is anxious to grow up. Sept. 28, 2007	7. HASTE Haste Really does make Waste Oct. 2, 2007	8. PRAISE Wired for Praise Oct. 5, 2007	9. REPENTANCE The Lord's Prayer has a phrase ... Oct 9, 2007	10. WHO YA GONNA CALL? Sovereign Lord Oct 12, 2007
11. GOOD Oct 18, 2007	12. DON'T WASTE GRACE Don't Waste His Grace Oct 22. 2007	13. HALLOWEEN or All Saints Day Oct 25, 2007	14. HOME Home Oct 29, 2007	15. FEAR NOT Fear Not Nov 1, 2007
16. CONCIENCE CARE 101 Nov 6, 2007	17. CONCIENCE CARE Conscience Care 102 Nov 9, 2007	18. WHAT IS HOLY SPIRIT What is the Holy Spirit Nov 13, 2007	19. HOLY SPIRIT 101 Nov 15, 2007	20. FAMILY THANKS Nov 19, 2007
21. TIME 4 THANKSGIVING Nov 22, 2007	22. HOLY SPIRIT 102 Nov 26, 2007	23. IT'S A SPIRIT THING Nov 29, 2007	24. HANUKKAH Dec 5, 2007	25. COVENANT 101 Dec 6, 2007
26. GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH Dec 10, 2007	27. GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM Dec 13, 2007	28. GOD'S COVENANT WITH JACOB (ISRAEL) Dec 17, 2007	29. GOD'S COVENANT WITH MOSES Dec 20, 2007	30. GOD'S NEW COVENANT WITH HIS CHILDREN WITH JESUS - 201 Dec 25, 2007 MERRY CHRISTMAS
31. GOD'S NEW COVENANT WITH HIS CHILDREN WITH JESUS - 202 Dec 27, 2007	32. COVENANT IS FOREVER Yesteryear, Today, Forever Dec 31, 2007	HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008	33. Season of Epiphany January 3, 2008	34. Another Thank-you. January 7, 2008
35. RADICAL COMMITMENT January 10, 2008	36. Plan for Victory Part 1 of 12 Plan for Victory January 14, 2008	37. Plan For Victory Part 2 of 12 Setting Goals January 17, 2008	38. Plan for Victory Part 3 of 12 Godly Goals January 21, 2008	39. Plan for Victory Part 4 of 12 Clarity of Purpose January 24
40. Plan for Victory Part 5 of 12 Passion January 28, 2008	41. Plan for Victory Part 6 of 12 Confidence January 31, 2008	42. Plan for Victory Part 7 of 12 Surrender February 4, 2008	43. Plan for Victory Part 8 of 12 Calendar February 7, 2008	44. Valentine Love in the Lord February 11, 2008
45. Plan for Victory Part 9 of 12 Consistency February 12, 2008	46. Plan for Victory Part 10 of 12 Emotional Control February 18, 2008	47. Plan for Victory Part 11 of 12 Courage February 21, 2008	P48. Plan for Victory Part 12 of 12 Dependence on God February 28, 2008	49. Jesus Launches His Ministry February 28, 2008
50. I Love You March 3, 2008	51. Self Worth March 6, 2008	52. Heart Protection March 10, 2008	53. St. Patrick's Prayer March 13, 2008	54. Communion Covenant March 17, 2008
55. Paradox March 20, 2008	56. Imagine March 24, 2008	57. Between Eternities March 27, 2008	58. Selah Moment March 31, 2008	59. Threat vs. Warning April 3, 2008
60. Intersections April 7, 2008	61. Daredevil April 10, 2008	62. Why Wait on God? April 14, 2008	63. Waiting on God -- Flip Side April 17, 2008	64. Earth Quake April 21, 2008
65. Forever Changed April 24, 2008	66. God's Presence April 26, 2008	67. Transfiguration /Transformation May 1, 2008	68. Ascension May 5, 2008	69. Shower of Forgiveness May 8, 2008
70. Jesus Attraction May 12, 2008	71. How to Get on God's Good Side May 15, 2008	72. Less is More May 19, 2008	73. Personal Megaphone Gospel May 22, 2008	74. Jesus Prays for You May 26, 2008
75. Successful Failure Lessons in Proverbs 1 of 2 May 29, 2008	76. Successful Failure Lessons in Proverbs 2 of 2 June 2, 2008	77. Laughing Matter June 5, 2008	78. Little Faith + Big God = Awesome Results June 10, 2008	79. Whose Battle? June 12, 2008
80. Difficult People June 17, 2008	81. Throne of Grace 1 of 4 June 19, 2008	82. Grace Displayed 2 of 4 June 23, 2008	83. Riches of God's Grace 3 of 4 June 26, 2008	84. Sustaining Grace 4 of 4 July 21, 2008
85. Independence July 25, 2008	86. Relationship With God 1 of 8 July 29, 2008	87. God's Paternity and Person 2 of 8 August 1, 2008	88. God's Program 3 of 8 August 5, 2008	89. God's Purpose 4 of 8 August 8, 2008
90. God's Provision 5 of 8 August 12, 2008	91. God's Pardon 6 of 8 August 15, 2008	92. Gods' Protection 7 of 8 August 19	93. God's Preeminence 8 of 8 August 22	94. Who is Jesus, Anyway? August 26, 2008
95. Laminin August 29, 2008	96. Growing Faith ASSURANCE 1 of 16 Sept. 2, 2008	97. Growing Faith ACTION 2 of 16 Sept. 5, 2008	98. Growing Faith TRUST 3 of 16 Sept 9, 2008	99. Growing Faith UNSWERVING 4 of 16 Sept 11, 2008
100. Growing Faith STEADFAST 5 of 16 Sept 16, 2008	101. Growing Faith PERSEVERE 6 of 16 Sept. 19, 2003	102. Growing Faith PRIORITIES 7 of 16 Sept. 22, 2008	103. Growing Faith TRIAL 8 of 16 Sept 26, 2008	104. Growing Faith ATTENTION 9 OF 16 Sept. 30, 2008
105. Growing Faith PRECIOUS 10 OF 16 October 3, 2008	106. Growing Faith I CAN 11 of 16 October 7, 2008	107. Growing Faith STAND FIRM 12 OF 16 October 10, 2008	108. Growing Faith SHIELD 13 of 16 October 14, 2008	109. Growing Faith FOUNDATION 14 of 16 October 17, 2008
110. Growing Faith COMBAT 15 of 16 October 21, 2008	111. Growing Faith MOVE OVER 16 of 16 October 23, 2008	112. In Sync With God October 28, 2008	113. The Enemy October 30, 2008	114. Out of Sync with God Nov. 3, 2008
115. Peace 1 of 2 Nov. 6, 2008	116. Peace 2 of 2 Nov. 10, 2008	117. Participation Nov. 14, 2008	118. Best Nov. 18, 2008	119. Eyes Skyward Nov. 20, 2008
120. Joyful Nov. 24, 2008	121. Praying with Authority Nov. 28, 2008	122. Piercing Procedure Dec. 1, 2008	123. GPS Dec. 5, 2008	124. Compromising GPS Dec 9, 2008
125. Whom Will You Serve? Dec. 12, 2008	126. Pause and Reflect Dec. 16, 2008	127. Twenty Four Seven Dec. 19, 2008	128. Angel Tidings Dec. 23, 2008	129. Birth Announcement Dec. 26, 2008
130. Life's Passion Dec. 30, 2008 Happy New Year!	2009	131. Expectations Jan. 2, 2009	132. Epiphany Jan 5, 2009	133. Getting to Know Jesus Part 1 of 3 Jan. 9, 2009
134. Getting to Know Jesus Part 2 of 3 Jan. 12, 2009	135. Getting to Know Jesus Part 3 of 3 Jan. 15, 2009	136. His Face Jan 19, 2009	137. Alpha and Omega Jan. 22, 2009	138. Kinship Jan. 26, 2009
139. Silence Jan. 29. 2009	140. Probation Feb. 2, 2009	141. Open Book Feb. 6, 2009	142. Life Victory Feb. 10, 2009	143. Blame Game Feb 13, 2009
144. Forgive or Blame? Feb. 17, 2009	145. Break Free Feb. 20, 2009	146. Common People Feb. 24, 2009	147. Life as a Plumb Bob Feb. 27, 2009	148. God's 12 Promises Part 1 of 3 March 3, 2009
149. God's 12 Promises Part 2 of 3 March 5, 2009	150. God's 12 Promises Part 3 of 3 March 9, 2009	151. Love Letter March 12, 2009	152. Story Book March 16, 2009	153. Bible History March 19, 2009
154. Bible Precision March 23, 2009	155. Wheat/Chaff March 26, 2009	156. God's Majesty March 31, 2009	157. Drawing Close April 2, 2009	158. Dreams April 7, 2009
159. The Cross -- Mirror of God April 10, 2009	160. Perhaps Today? April 13, 2009	161. Resurrection Gratitude April 16, 2009	162. Blessings Scorecard April 20, 2009	163. What is Sacred? April 23, 2009
Addressing My Audience "What is Sacred? April 27, 2009	164. Peace April 27, 2009	165. Breathe Worship April 30, 2009	166. Meeting Needs May 4, 2009	Continue .... 2009 2010
ATTENTION: Jolene's Interactive Devotions are continued at a new location. The devotions now have the added opportunity of filling out a FREE Bible Study Lesson Form regarding the devotion you are reading. Hopefully this NEW option will add to your Bible study experience. Fill out the form, submit it and the answers will be revealed. To do or not to do is your choice.

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