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Joel 1 · Grade 3

Tell Your Children

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Read the Story

A great locust swarm came on the land. What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. Wave after wave of bugs ate everything.

The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered. The grain was gone. How the animals groan! They had no pasture.

Joel said, Tell your children about it. Then he called everyone together. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. They were to go to the house of Yahweh and cry to Yahweh.

Memory Verse

“Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.”

Joel 1:14 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What ate everything?

  2. What happened to the fig tree?

  3. Why did the animals groan?

  4. Where should the people go?

The Land Mourns

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

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

KBVATVINEFIGNRJOPOPABARLEYCPRIESTSFOELAUWHEATYLOCUSTCFNLUMFTREEIUBPCGWIDBELDERSWI
  • PRIESTS
  • LOCUST
  • BARLEY
  • ELDERS
  • WHEAT
  • VINE
  • TREE
  • FIG

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing us when we cry to You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Joel told families to tell their children what happened. What could your family tell you about God?
  • What should they do there?

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