Ezra 4 · Grade 1
Hard Times
Name Date
Trace the Words
Trace the words and the verse.
BUILD
LETTER
WORK
CEASED
Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 4:24 (WEB)
Match the Pictures
Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.
Some people wanted to help, but not God's way.
The people kept building God's house.
Some people sent a letter to the king.
The king said the work must stop.
God's house waited to be finished.
Draw something you can keep doing even when it is hard.
Memory Verse
“Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
Ezra 4:24 (WEB)
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for being with me when things are hard. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What did the leaders say to the men who wanted to help?
- Who can help you when things go wrong?
- What do you do when someone tries to stop you from doing good?
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