The way to build the kingdom of heaven within your mind and heart is to do the activities that are represented in these parables on a day-by-day basis.
Make a mural of pictures showing the various ways the Lord describes the kingdom of heaven. Each of these parables tells us something different about what we can do to prepare for life in heaven.
This color picture illustrates seven kingdom of heaven parables given in Matthew 13. A useful visual aid for younger children as you discuss these parables and how they help us follow the Lord.
In heaven, laurel leaves are sometimes awarded as prizes to those who excel in speaking, acting, and comprehending. We are providing a page of "laurel leaves" with the suggestion that these be awarded as children learn recitations from the Word
Just as there are laws in the natural world, there are laws in heaven. One of these laws is that in heaven, people appear on the outside as they are on the inside.