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Jeremiah 14 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Can the Sky Give Showers?

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.

PreschoolGod Sends the Rain

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

KindergartenRain from God

RAIN → picture 4DRY → picture 3PRAY → picture 2GRASS → picture 1

Grade 1Waiting for Rain

There was a drought. → picture 3The ground was cracked. → picture 5The people prayed to God. → picture 2Only God can send rain. → picture 4God is the hope of Israel. → picture 1

Order:

1. We have sinned against you2. Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain3. Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God4. Therefore we will wait for you

Grade 2A Dry Land

  1. What did not fall? Rain (circle)
  2. What was the ground like? Dry and cracked (circle)
  3. What was missing? Water and grass (circle)
  4. Who did the people pray to? God (circle)
  5. Who could send rain? Only God (circle)
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Grade 3The Hope of Israel

  1. What was the message about? A drought
  2. What did the little ones find at the cisterns? No water
  3. Why was the ground cracked? No rain had fallen
  4. What did the people call God? The hope of Israel
  5. Who made all these things? God
1: We have sinned against you2: Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain3: Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God4: Therefore we will wait for you
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Grade 4When the Rain Stopped

  1. What did the little ones find at the cisterns? No water, so they came back with empty jars
  2. What did the people ask God to do? Act for his name's sake
  3. What did God say about the prophets who promised peace? They told lies in his name and he had not sent them
  4. What did the people confess at the end? Only God could cause rain, so they would wait for him

Word bank: 1. water; 2. ground; 3. hope; 4. name; 5. God

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

Grade 5Work for Your Name's Sake

  1. How did the drought affect even the animals? The doe abandoned her newborn and wild donkeys panted because there was no grass
  2. What did the people ask God to do despite their iniquities? Work for his name's sake
  3. Why would fasting not help? It would not change a heart that refused to turn
  4. What do the closing questions affirm? Only Yahweh can cause rain, so the people would wait for him
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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