The picture of a plant taking root is used in the Bible to teach us the idea of conversion. When someone's heart is turned from himself and his sinful ways to faith in Jesus and devotion to God, it is like a plant which starts to shoot out roots into rich soil so that it can live and take nourishment. There is no way for a plant to have life unless it takes root, and there is no way for a person to have spiritual life unless God turns him or her out of the way of death and into the way of life.
The stories in this book have to do with plants taking roots. But as you read through them, you will not run across tales of flowers, leaves, and dirt as much as you will about spiritual plants in the garden of the Lord. They are stories about how God gives people new spiritual life by rooting their hearts in the grace of His Son Jesus Christ. Read these stories and take the time to ask God about causing your heart to take deep root into the life-giving soil of Jesus.
Contents:
Taking Root
- A Little Girl's Sin Found Out
- The Pickpocket's Story
- A Change of Heart
- Martha's Bible
- "What Shall It Profit?"
- God's Word Satisfies
- A Mocking Discussion of the Bible
- Shusco the Indian
- Afraid to Go Home
- The Gift
- Trying to Enter by the Wrong Door
- Jack and His Master
- A New Year's Start for Eternity
- Clean Within
- The Bird in the Church
- A Search for Atoning Blood
- "Can I Become a Christian?"
- Little Johnny's First Bible
- More about Johnny
- True Safety
- A Sermon in the Woods
- Debra's Plan
- The Conversion of a "Good Girl"
- A Sunday School Student
- Torn in Half
- "Led by the Spirit of God"
- Afraid to Swear Alone
- The Sailor's Bible
- "What If It Had Been You?"
- An Unexpected Change
- The Good One Bible Did
- Prayers for Salvation
- The Watchword
- Songs in the Night
- The Siberian Leper
- Rebecca's Refuge
- The Mathematician Confounded
- The Hour Alone with God
- Protection through Prayer
- The Sleepless Night
- The Story of Emilia
- The Saints' Everlasting Rest
- An Attentive Daughter
- A Woman Set Free
About the Series:
The Lord's Garden is a series of devotional stories for children. The stories are based on true happenings, gleaned from a variety of sources, and rewritten for contemporary readers. Each story accompanies a passage of Scripture, and is intended to illustrate that particular biblical truth. Some stories are shorter, some longer. However, all will capture the attention of children, and hopefully their hearts. Every story begins with a Scripture verse and ends with questions for understanding the story, further points to think about, and directions for prayer.
