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 GROW IN THE WORD WITH THE BIBLE
  The Bible is a book full of stories about how much God loves his people–past, present and future. This holy book is a little like other books you read EXCEPT we believe all the people who wrote it were inspired by God. The Bible is a collection of many books filled with different kinds of writ- ing—history, prophesy stories, letters, prayers, songs and more. We listen to readings from the Bible every time we go to church, but we can learn a lot about God’s love by reading the Bible at
home with our families. Do you have a Bible of your own? Ask someone to give you one for Christ- mas or your birthday!
The Bible Has Two Parts
 The Old Testament (sometimes called The Hebrew Bible) begins with the book of Genesis and the story of creation (“In the beginning”). The Old Testament tells us about our ances- tors in faith, the Israelites. It is full of history (books of Kings), prayers and songs (the Psalms) and prophecies (Isaiah and Jeremiah).
The New Testament begins with the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These books tells us about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The New Testament contains the history of the early Christian Church in the Acts of the Apostles and letters written mostly by St. Paul. The last book of the Bible is called Revelation.
 How to Find a Bible Verse
Do you have a favorite Bible story? Do you know where and how to find it?
Bible citations (sigh-TAY-shuns) show you how to find a verse or a longer passage in the Bible. There are three steps to looking up a Bible verse:
1. FIND THE BOOK.
Example: 2 Corinthians
Say: Second Cor-IN-thee-ins.
Hint: Look in the New Testament, after the Gospels and between the book of 1 Cor- inthians and Galatians.
2. FIND THE CHAPTER.
Example: 2 Corinthians 5
Say: Second Corinthians, chapter five.
Hint: The chapter is the first number after the name of the book.
3. FIND THE VERSE NUMBER(S)*
Example: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Say: Second Corinthians, five, seventeen.
Hint: The verse is the second number, found after the chapter number. They are separated by a colon (:).
*If two verse numbers are separated with a hyphen (-), read all of the verses in be- tween.
*If the verse numbers are separated with a comma (,), read only the verses whose numbers are given.
Try looking up some passages from the Bible on your own!
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