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Joel 2 · Preschool

God Is Kind

Name Date

Color the rain and the full grain!

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

Bible Verse

“Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.”

Joel 2:13 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God is kind and slow to get angry. Let's turn to God with all our heart.

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Joel 2 · Kindergarten

God Gives Back

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

RAIN
GRAIN
HEART
GLAD
Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

Joel 2:21 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

RAIN
GRAIN
HEART
TRUMPET

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw rain falling on green fields.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Joel say to blow?
  • How should we turn to God?

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Joel 2 · Grade 1

Turn to God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

TRUMPET
HEART
RAIN
SPIRIT
Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

Joel 2:21 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Blow the trumpet!
Turn to God with all your heart.
God sends the rain.
The barns will be full.
God will pour out His Spirit.

God Restores

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

The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

Blow the trumpet in Zion!

Draw rain falling on green fields.

Memory Verse

“Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.”

Joel 2:21 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you say thank you to God?
  • How can you be glad today?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Joel 2 · Grade 2

God Is Kind

Name Date

Read the Story

Joel said to blow the trumpet. A hard day was coming. But God said to come back to Him with all their heart.

God is kind and slow to get angry. God sent rain again. The fields grew grain. God said He would give back what the bugs ate. Be glad!

Memory Verse

“Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.”

Joel 2:13 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did Joel say to blow?

    The trumpetKind and slow to get angryWith all their heart

  2. How should they come back to God?

    What the bugs ateKind and slow to get angryWith all their heart

  3. What is God like?

  4. What did God give back?

    What the bugs ateThe trumpetWith all their heart

Word Search

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

SSEFSODHBMGTAPMNEWIRRAIECAHGAUCRRGREGCMGICZTANIPRTIIHTROEAOFOSLGUTIHUNYKCSYNRLLMO
  • GRACIOUS
  • MERCIFUL
  • TRUMPET
  • SPIRIT
  • HEART
  • WHEAT
  • ZION
  • RAIN

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What should we tear?
  • God said even now there is time. What step can you take toward Him today?

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Joel 2 · Grade 3

Turn with All Your Heart

Name Date

Read the Story

Joel said, Blow the trumpet in Zion. The day of Yahweh was coming like a great army.

But God said that even now they could turn to Him with all their heart. Tear your heart and not your garments. God wants a sorry heart, not just a show. For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger.

God answered His people. He sent the early rain and the latter rain. The threshing floors will be full of wheat. God promised, I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. He would pour out His Spirit on all people.

Memory Verse

“Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.”

Joel 2:13 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Where should the trumpet blow?

  2. What should they tear?

  3. What does God want?

  4. What would God restore?

God Restores

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

IBTRUMPETMJEECNHGWUEHEARTLHYORWHJWEEGRACIOUSARZSPIRITTKAILMFJGUWRIOACUSCMPUNNASLO
  • GRACIOUS
  • MERCIFUL
  • TRUMPET
  • SPIRIT
  • HEART
  • WHEAT
  • ZION
  • RAIN

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Even children and a bride were called to pray. How can you join your family in prayer?
  • What will God pour out?

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Joel 2 · Grade 4

I Will Restore the Years

Name Date

Read and Think

Joel 2 opens with an alarm: Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! The day of Yahweh is pictured as a great army that no one can stop. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness.

Then God invites: Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Tear your heart and not your garments. In those days people tore their clothes to show sorrow, but God wanted real change inside. He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

God responds with mercy. Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. He promises rain and full harvests: I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. He also promises: I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. In the New Testament, Peter quoted this at Pentecost and said, whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved (Acts 2:21).

Show What You Know

  1. What is the day of Yahweh pictured as?

  2. Why did people tear their clothes?

  3. What did God want instead?

  4. What will God restore?

  5. In the New Testament, who quoted Joel at Pentecost?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

trumpetheartgraciousrainGod
  1. Joel 2 opens with an alarm: Blow the in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
  2. Then God invites: Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your , and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
  3. In those days people tore their clothes to show sorrow, but wanted real change inside.
  4. He is and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
  5. He promises and full harvests: I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.

Think About It

  1. Tear your heart and not your garments. What is the difference between showing sorrow on the outside and being truly sorry on the inside?

  2. God promised to restore the years the locusts had eaten. How has God brought good out of hard times in your life or in Scripture?

Memory Verse

“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.”

Joel 2:25 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who will be saved?
  • God is slow to anger. How could you be slow to anger with someone this week?

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Joel 2 · Grade 5

I Will Pour Out My Spirit

Name Date

Read and Think

Joel 2 pictures the day of Yahweh as an unstoppable army. Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. Joel asks: for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

The answer is surprising: Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. Even the priests were to pray, Spare your people, Yahweh. Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

God's promises follow. I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. You will know that I am among Israel. Then: It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Joel ends the chapter: It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh's name shall be saved. In the New Testament, Peter quotes Joel at Pentecost in Acts 2:17-21, and Christians believe the Spirit's coming then fulfilled this promise.

Show What You Know

  1. What question does Joel ask about the day of Yahweh?

  2. What should the people tear?

  3. What did the priests pray?

  4. On whom will God pour out His Spirit?

  5. Who will be saved?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The threshing floors will be full of ____
  2. he gives you the early ____ in just measure
  3. Blow the ____ in Zion!

Down

  1. turn to me with all your ____

Think About It

  1. Who can endure the day of Yahweh? How does Joel's answer, turn to God, show God's mercy?

  2. God promised His Spirit to sons, daughters, old and young. What does it mean that God's Spirit is for all kinds of people?

Memory Verse

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:28 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Ministers wept between the porch and the altar. Who could you pray for with that kind of care?
  • How has God brought good from hard times?
  • 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.