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1 Thessalonians 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Children of Light

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolAlways Be Glad

sunlightheartpeople

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenPray Always

LIGHT → picture 3PRAY → picture 1JOY → picture 4THANKS → picture 2

Grade 1Children of Light

Children of light. → picture 4Put on faith and love. → picture 3Build each other up. → picture 1Pray without ceasing. → picture 5The God of peace. → picture 2

Order:

1. Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.2. Pray without ceasing.3. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.4. Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Grade 2Live in the Light

  1. Where do God's people belong? To the light (circle)
  2. What do they put on like armor? Faith, love, and hope (circle)
  3. When should we pray? All the time (circle)
  4. Who is faithful? God (circle)
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Grade 3Pray Without Ceasing

  1. How will the day of the Lord come? Like a thief in the night
  2. What are believers called? Children of light
  3. What is the helmet? The hope of salvation
  4. What should we not pay back? Evil for evil
1: Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.2: Pray without ceasing.3: In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.4: Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
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Grade 4Always Rejoice

  1. What does Paul call believers? Children of light and children of the day
  2. What is the breastplate made of? Faith and love
  3. Why did Jesus die for believers? So they would live together with Him
  4. What should believers never repay? Evil for evil
  5. What should believers hold firmly? That which is good

Word bank: 1. day; 2. light; 3. God; 4. peace; 5. rejoice

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The God of Peace

  1. How does the day of the Lord come? Like a thief in the night
  2. What is the helmet for believers? The hope of salvation
  3. What did God appoint believers to? Salvation through Jesus Christ
  4. Who should believers encourage? The faint-hearted
  5. What does Paul say the One who calls them will do? He will also do it, because He is faithful
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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