Hosea 11 · Grade 3
How Can I Give You Up?
Read the Story
God remembered Israel's beginning. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. God taught Ephraim to walk. He took them by their arms.
God said, I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love. He bent down and fed them. But the more God called, the more they went away to idols.
Trouble would come because they refused to repent. Yet God said, How can I give you up, Ephraim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused. One day they would come like a dove, and God would settle them in their houses.
Memory Verse
“I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.”
Hosea 11:4 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Where did God call His son out of?
What did God draw them with?
What did God ask Ephraim?
What would God do for them at the end?
God’s Love for His Child
Write what happened in each box.
Word Search
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
- CHILD
- LOVED
- EGYPT
- HEART
- WALK
- LOVE
- DOVE
- LION
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for loving me like a child. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- How does it feel that God keeps loving you?
- How does God hold you close?
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