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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 3

Seek the Peace of the City

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Jeremiah sent a letter from Jerusalem to the people carried away to Babylon. God told them to build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit. They should have families and grow in number there.

God also said, Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it. When the city had peace, they would have peace too. They should not listen to prophets who said they would go home right away.

God said that after seventy years he would bring them back. He knew his thoughts toward them were thoughts of peace, to give them hope and a future. They would pray, and he would listen. They would seek him and find him, when they searched with all their heart.

Memory Verse

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

Jeremiah 29:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Where did Jeremiah send the letter?

  2. What did God tell them to plant?

  3. Whose peace should they seek?

  4. After how many years would God bring them back?

  5. When would they find God?

Hope and a Future

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

HPFSAUTBBOEOREDVBFUALLUNJAKSCCEHITBJEEOTOJTYKSJWTPTMLORKFEEUYOFGUERYTWNPRVGARDENS
  • BABYLON
  • GARDENS
  • HOUSES
  • LETTER
  • PEACE
  • FRUIT
  • HOPE
  • SENT

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for plans of hope. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What are thoughts of peace?
  • What is hope and a future?

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