Bible Aids

​Books of the Bible

The Old Testament

Genesis: Creation, the story of Noah, Abraham

Exodus: The story of Moses and the Israelites escape from Egypt. The Ten Commandments appear in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5.

Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are books of laws.

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samual, 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther are history books telling of the establishment of the kingdom of Israel. This includes the story of David.

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon are books of poetry and wisdom.

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are prophets, individuals who were particularly attuned to God.

The New Testament

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the Gospels and they tell the story of Jesus. All we know about him is primarily in these four books.

Acts tells the story of the beginning of the church after Jesus ascended.

Paul is credited with writing Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon.

The other books of the New Testament are letters that circulated through the early churches. The last book, Revelation was a dream of John of Patmos about the end of time. 

​The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, which art in heaven,           
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. 
Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our   trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, 
The   power, and the glory, 
For ever and ever. 

Amen.

Bible Emergency Passages 

When your prayers grow narrow or selfish Psalm 67
When you want courage for a task Joshua 1
When you think of investments/returns Mark 10
How to get along with fellowmen Romans 12
For great Invention/Opportunity Isaiah 55
For Paul's secret to happiness Colossians 3:12-17
For idea of Chritianity 1 Cor. 5:15-19
If you are depressed Psalm 27
If you want to be fruitful John 15
If your pocketbook is empty Psalm 37
If you are losing confidence in people 1 Cor. 13
If people seem unkind John 15
If discouraged about your work Psalm 126
If you find the world growing small and you great Psalm 19

When in sorrow John 14
When men fail you Psalm 27
When you have sinned Psalm 51
When you worry Matthew 6:19-34
When you are in danger Psalm 91
When God seems far away, Psalm 139
When your faith needs stirring Hebrew 11
When you are lonely and fearful Psalm 23
When you grow bitter and critical 1 Cor. 13
When you feel down and out Romans 8:31-39
When you want peace and rest Matthew 11:25-30
When the world seems bigger than God Psalm 90
​When you want Christian assurance Romans 8:1-30
When you leave home for labor or travel Psalm 121