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Jeremiah 29 · Preschool

Seek God with All Your Heart

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Color the family planting a garden in a new city. God gives hope and a future!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:13 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that God's people were living far from home. God told them he had good plans for them. When we look for God with all our heart, we find him. Play a gentle game of hide and seek together.

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Jeremiah 29 · Kindergarten

Hope and a Future

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HOPE
PRAY
SEEK
HOME
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)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

HOUSE
GARDEN
PRAY
HEART

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a garden near a house.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who was the letter for?
  • Why were they in Babylon?

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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 1

Build and Plant

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

LETTER
GARDEN
PEACE
HOPE
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)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jeremiah sent a letter.
Build houses and live in them.
Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Pray for the city.
Seek God with all your heart.

Hope and a Future

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Build houses and dwell in them

Plant gardens and eat their fruit

You shall seek me and find me

I know the thoughts that I think toward you

Draw a garden near a house.

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)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why build houses and plant gardens?
  • What does seek the peace of the city mean?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 2

A Letter from Jeremiah

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Read the Story

Some of God's people lived far away in Babylon. Jeremiah sent them a letter. God told them to build houses and plant gardens.

God told them to pray for the city where they lived. He said he had good plans for them. He would bring them home one day. If they looked for God with all their heart, they would find him.

Memory Verse

“You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:13 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Where did some of God's people live?

    With all their heartA letterFar away in Babylon

  2. What did Jeremiah send them?

    GardensThe city where they livedA letter

  3. What did God tell them to plant?

    The city where they livedWith all their heartGardens

  4. What did God tell them to pray for?

  5. How should they look for God?

    GardensWith all their heartFar away in Babylon

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

CWNPEACEDNUJFRUITYBHGYSENTWAAOAFCKTMBUVPROVWKYLESEDJTLLYHOUSESLOLETTERNGNWJYNKEHS
  • 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.

  • Why pray for Babylon?
  • How long would they stay?

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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 3

Seek the Peace of the City

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Read the Story

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.

1
2
3
4

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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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 4

Thoughts of Peace

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Read and Think

After King Jeconiah and many others were taken to Babylon, Jeremiah wrote them a letter. Its message surprised them. Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit. They were to marry, raise families, and increase, not decrease. Exile would last a long time, so they should settle in.

Even more surprising, they were to bless their captors' city. Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you will have peace. God warned them not to listen to prophets and dreamers in Babylon who promised a quick return. Those prophets were speaking lies in God's name.

Then came the promise. When seventy years were accomplished for Babylon, God would visit them and bring them home. 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. In exile they would call on God and pray, and he would listen. You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

Show What You Know

  1. Why should the exiles build houses and plant gardens?

  2. What were they to do for Babylon?

  3. What did the false prophets promise?

  4. When would the exiles find God?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

gardensGodBabylonpeacehouses
  1. After King Jeconiah and many others were taken to , Jeremiah wrote them a letter.
  2. Build and dwell in them.
  3. Plant and eat their fruit.
  4. Seek the of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
  5. warned them not to listen to prophets and dreamers in Babylon who promised a quick return.

Think About It

  1. Why might it be hard to pray for a city that took you captive?

  2. Jeremiah 29:11 was written to a group in exile. How does knowing that help us understand the promise?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How do we seek God with all our heart?
  • Who were the false prophets in Babylon?

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Jeremiah 29 · Grade 5

Hope for Exiles

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Read and Think

Jeremiah 29 contains a letter sent from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and people exiled to Babylon. God's counsel was patient faithfulness. Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit. Ordinary life, family, and work were to continue in a foreign land.

The most radical instruction concerned Babylon itself. Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you will have peace. The Hebrew word for peace is shalom, which means wholeness and well-being. God's people were to be a blessing even to their captors. Meanwhile prophets in Babylon promised a quick end to exile, and one of them, Shemaiah, even wrote to Jerusalem demanding that Jeremiah be silenced.

The famous promise of verse 11 must be read in this setting. 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. It was spoken to a whole community facing seventy years of exile, many of whom would not live to see the return. God's plan was good, but it did not bypass hardship. The promise was tied to relationship. You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

Show What You Know

  1. What did God tell the exiles to seek?

  2. What does the word shalom mean?

  3. Who wrote to Jerusalem demanding that Jeremiah be silenced?

  4. How does the setting shape the meaning of verse 11?

Crossword

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Across

  1. To give you ____ and a future.
  2. Yahweh has raised us up prophets in ____.
  3. Build ____ and dwell in them.

Down

  1. For in its ____ you will have peace.
  2. Because he has ____ to us in Babylon.

Think About It

  1. How can believers seek the good of a place where they feel like outsiders?

  2. Why is it important to read a promise like 29:11 in its setting?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we bless the place where we live?
  • What helps you hope when you wait?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.