Bible Stories for Kids › Week 8: In the Wilderness › Day 51

Grumbling for Meat

A Bible story for kids from Numbers 11. Day 51 of 365.

God gave His people manna every day. But some of them started to grumble.

“We're tired of manna! We want meat! We had fish and melons in Egypt!” they whined.

God sent so many quail birds that the people had meat for a whole month. But God was sad that they complained instead of being thankful.

Key Verse

Do all things without grumbling or disputing.Philippians 2:14, ESV

Talk About It

What do you sometimes complain about?

Story Questions

What did the people complain about?

Eating manna every day

What did God send?

Quail birds

What is the opposite of complaining?

Being thankful

Try This Today

Try a no-complaining day! Every time someone complains, they have to say one thing they're thankful for instead.

Pray Together

God, I'm sorry for complaining. Thank you for all you give me. Amen.