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Hosea 14 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Return to the Lord

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.

PreschoolCome Back to God

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

KindergartenBlossom Like a Lily

LILY → picture 4DEW → picture 3LOVE → picture 2TREE → picture 1

Grade 1Come Home to God

Say sorry to God. → picture 3God loves freely. → picture 5God is like dew. → picture 2Israel will bloom like a lily. → picture 4God is like a green tree. → picture 1

Order:

1. Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.2. Take words with you, and return to Yahweh.3. I will be like the dew to Israel.4. For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Grade 2God Heals and Loves

  1. What should Israel do? Come back to God (circle)
  2. What should they say? Forgive all our sins (circle)
  3. How would God love them? Freely (circle)
  4. What would Israel bloom like? A lily flower (circle)
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Grade 3I Will Love Them Freely

  1. What should Israel take with them? Words
  2. What should they tell God? Forgive all our sins
  3. How will God love them? Freely
  4. What will Israel blossom like? The lily
1: Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.2: Take words with you, and return to Yahweh.3: I will be like the dew to Israel.4: For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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Grade 4Take Words with You

  1. Why had Israel fallen? Because of their sin
  2. What would they confess about Assyria? Assyria can't save us.
  3. How will God love them? Freely
  4. Where is Israel's fruit found? From God
  5. Who walks in Yahweh's ways? The righteous

Word bank: 1. return; 2. good; 3. God; 4. dew; 5. lily

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

Grade 5I Will Heal Their Waywardness

  1. What would Israel stop trusting? Armies and idols
  2. What does waywardness mean? A tendency to wander
  3. In the New Testament, what does John say God does if we confess? Forgive us the sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
  4. What will God be like to Israel? The dew
  5. What happens to the rebellious? They stumble in Yahweh's ways.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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