How a single Bible verse can unite your family

What’s a great way to lead your family?

Start with a verse.

Many families enjoy choosing a “Family Bible Verse” that defines everything they value most. Never had a family verse before? A theme verse is like an anchor for your family: you can choose it together, memorize it together, lean on it together, and rally together around it.

Share your family verse with us, and your family could win a prize pack picnic basket. Just use the Bible App to make a Verse Image for your family verse (here’s how), then share it on Twitter, Instagram, or at Facebook.com/YouVersion, using #OurFamilyVerse.

Winners will be treated to everything you need for a family picnic: a custom YouVersion picnic blanket, tumblers, treats, and other snacking essentials!*

Here are just a few of our favorite verses to help you get started:

…choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15, NKJV

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a
light for my path.
Psalm 119:105, NLT

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:11–13, NIV

*Prize packs will be selected at random from eligible entries. For your entry to be eligible, you must use the hashtag #OurFamilyVerse on a publicly facing Twitter or Instagram post, or at Facebook.com/YouVersion. Prize pack contents subject to change based on availability of individual items. Sorry, we can only ship prize packs within the continental U.S.

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Share your family’s story of faith with YouVersion

We’re listening.

…I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of
God that brings salvation to everyone who believes…
Romans 1:16, NIV

Today, for the third day of Family Bible Week, we want to hear from you. We’d love to know the story of your family’s faith. What does the Bible mean to your family? Does your family use the Bible App together? Tell us about it!

Write to us with your story of faith…

If you’d like, include some pictures…

Or even make a short video for us.

You can get your story to us in either of these two ways:

Complete Our Form

Tell Us on Facebook

*When you submit your story, all content provided may be used publicly in whole or in part at the discretion of YouVersion. YouVersion reserves the right to edit your written content for length and spelling.

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Enjoy a Family Bible Plan together, and you could win!

The best way to help your family consistently connect with the Bible…is to invest time in it with them. That’s why today, for the second day of Family Bible Week, we’re presenting this special blend of Bible Plans for your whole family. And if you’ll let us know which plan you’re doing together, your family could be one of many randomly selected to win a prize pack* picnic basket. Each basket has everything your family needs for a fun afternoon together: a custom YouVersion picnic blanket, tumblers, treats, and other picnic essentials! Just tell us which plan you’re doing on your Twitter or Instagram, or at Facebook.com/YouVersion, using #FamilyBiblePlan.

Finding Hope at Home Abide, 4 days Is there conflict in your home? Discover in the story of Naomi of Ruth how God’s heart for people can restore hope to your family.		Grow Up! LifeChurch.tv, 10 days Daily readings and discussion questions help you lead your kids toward spiritual maturity, while games help them memorize verses.

A Daily Word for Parents with Ron Hutchcraft Ron Hutchcraft, 5 days Author Ron Hutchcraft presents five devotionals for busy parents, showing how you can lead your family toward better choices, new beginnings, and more — with Godly wisdom.		Planting Lifelong Skills in Your Kids Jim Daly and Focus on the Family, 7 days Learn how you can lovingly instruct your kids in building a life that honors God and blesses others, through fostering healthy relationships and managing responsibility.

Chosen Thrive Moms, 6 days This daily Bible devotional for moms features thoughtful video and reflection questions that help you explore your identity in Christ and pursue God’s purpose for your life.		Becoming a Battle Ready Father Manhood Journey, 8 days This devotional for dads helps you learn how to equip yourself daily for the spiritual battle facing your family, using the weapons and armor that God provides.

Plans for Everyone

Still want more? We have Plans for every member of your family:

For Kids

Truth or Trash from iKan Ministries, 35 days

Walk with Jesus: 21 Days through Matthew from Phil Vischer’s What’s in the Bible, 21 days

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Handling Media Influences from LifeChurch.tv, 21 days God’s Good News from OneHope and Bible App for Kids, 5 days

Stained Glass: Eve’s Story from Lightside Games and OneHope, 6 days

For Teens

What is Love? God’s View on Love and Relationships from After the Music Stops, 7 days

10 Things to Abandon for Spiritual Growth from Brian Price, 10 days

Teens’ Q&A Devotionals on Top Questions from Zondervan, 12 days It Starts with Me from NewSpring Church, 21 days

Set Apart from LifeChurch.tv, 3 days

Find Your Family’s Plan

*Prize packs will be selected at random from eligible entries. For your entry to be eligible, you must use the hashtag #FamilyBiblePlan on a publicly-facing post or at Facebook.com/YouVersion, and you must include the name and/or link to the Plan your family is doing together. Prize pack contents subject to change based on availability of individual items. We can only ship prize packs within the continental U.S.

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Announcing Family Bible Week

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Change is in the air. For much of the world, this change in the seasons marks the start of family fun and celebration. Many families are planning activities to keep their school-aged children occupied during the summer season. Other families are planning the next season of their lives, as they celebrate their “kids” who are graduating. And this coming Sunday, families from many countries will celebrate their mothers, mothers-in-law, and grandmothers for Mother’s Day.

That’s why today we’re announcing Family Bible Week. Family Bible Week is our special summer kick-off event to help you draw your family together around God’s Word. Beginning this Sunday, May 10th, join us for a week of tips, ideas… and prizes!

Celebrate Mom. Share a Bible verse that honors your mother and expresses how much she means to you. (We’ll suggest a few of our favorites to help get you started.)

Pick a Family Bible Plan. Choose a Bible Plan that your whole family can read together. (We’ll share a list of Plans that we recommend.) And if you’ll let us know which Plan you’re doing by using the hashtag #FamilyBiblePlan, your family may even win a prize!

Share Your Story. How does your family let God’s Word speak into your lives? How do you keep your family centered around faith in Christ? We’d love to hear your story! This week, we’ll tell you the best ways you can share it with us.

Create a Family Verse Image. What’s your family’s “theme” Bible verse? Don’t have one? No worries! We’ll offer some tips for how your family can choose their favorite. And if you share your Family Verse as a Verse Image using the hashtag #OurFamilyVerse, we’ll be randomly selecting a few families to receive prizes!

Enjoy Family Story Time. The next all-new Bible App for Kids story arrives next Friday. We’ll tell you then what it is and how you can get it, so you can enjoy it together as a family — not to mention the more than 30 stories already in the Bible App for Kids!

And more!

In the weeks to come, we hope you’ll invest some of the time you’ll be spending with family to intentionally engage with the Bible together. We’re looking forward to helping you explore new ways that you can seek God’s wisdom and encouragement — together, as a family.

“…I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out — plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.”
Jeremiah 29:11–13, The Message

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New Bible App for Kids Story: Jesus Returns to Heaven: “Into the Clouds”

In the latest story from the Bible App for Kids, “Into the Clouds,” Jesus takes his disciples to a mountaintop near Jerusalem, where he tells them all the things he wants them to do after he leaves. Jesus tells his disciples to go home and wait for a little while, and God’s Holy Spirit will come to them. “Then,” he says, “after that happens, go tell everyone about me.” When you tell other people what Jesus means to you, that helps them learn how they can love him, too!

Jesus promises his disciples, “I will always be with you.” Then he rises up into the sky and disappears into a cloud. And his disciples see the whole thing happen! They are still standing there on the mountain, thinking about everything Jesus just said, when two angels come. The angels tell them that Jesus has gone to Heaven, and that one day, he’ll come back the same way. Jesus’ disciples are excited and happy, and they leave to start doing all the things Jesus told them.

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To get “Into the Clouds” right now, just open the Bible App for Kids and tap the new story icon. If you don’t have the Bible App for Kids yet, it’s easy to get, and it’s always free! Just click one of the buttons below.

About the Bible App for Kids

The Bible App for Kids is the newest app from YouVersion, makers of the Bible App, designed to give children a delight-filled Bible experience all their own. Developed in partnership with OneHope, the Bible App for Kids has already been installed on over 6 million Apple, Android, and Kindle devices, and it’s always completely free. Kids from all over the world are now enjoying the Bible App for Kids — in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese!

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