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Isaiah 58 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Fast God Chooses

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.

PreschoolYour Light Will Shine

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

KindergartenI Can Share

SHARE → picture 4BREAD → picture 3LIGHT → picture 2HELP → picture 1

Grade 1Share Your Bread

Bread to the hungry. → picture 3Your light will break out. → picture 5Like a watered garden. → picture 2Lift up your voice. → picture 4The Sabbath a delight. → picture 1

Order:

1. Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen2. Then your light will break out as the morning3. You will be like a watered garden4. If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath

Grade 2What God Wants

  1. What did some people not do? Eat (circle)
  2. Were they kind to others? No (circle)
  3. What does God want us to share? Food (circle)
  4. Who should we help? Poor people (circle)
  5. What will our light shine like? The morning (circle)
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Grade 3A Watered Garden

  1. What should Isaiah lift up his voice like? A trumpet
  2. What were the people doing wrong? Being unkind to their workers and quarreling
  3. What should they give to the hungry? Bread
  4. When will Yahweh answer? When you call
  5. What will they be like? A watered garden
1: Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen2: Then your light will break out as the morning3: You will be like a watered garden4: If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath
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Grade 4Isn't This the Fast I Have Chosen?

  1. What were the people doing on fast days? Doing whatever they wanted, overworking their workers, and quarreling
  2. What kind of fast does God want? Freeing the oppressed and sharing bread with the hungry
  3. Which New Testament passage says serving the hungry is serving Jesus? Matthew 25:35-40
  4. What will God say when they cry for help? Here I am.

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

Grade 5Here I Am

  1. What was wrong with the people's fasting? It was marked by self-interest, oppression of laborers, and quarrels.
  2. Which New Testament passages criticize showy religion? Matthew 6:16-18 and Matthew 23:23
  3. What does the true fast include? Freeing the oppressed, sharing bread, sheltering the poor, and clothing the needy
  4. What name will they be called? Repairer of the Breach
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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