Luke 11 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Lord, Teach Us to Pray

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.

PreschoolJesus Teaches Us to Pray

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

KindergartenWe Can Pray

PRAY → picture 2BREAD → picture 4DOOR → picture 1FISH → picture 3

Grade 1Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Our Father in heaven → picture 3Daily bread → picture 4Knock, and it will open → picture 2A father gives good gifts → picture 5Your eye is a lamp → picture 1

Order:

1. Our Father in heaven2. Daily bread3. Knock, and it will open4. A father gives good gifts5. Your eye is a lamp

Grade 2Teach Us to Pray

What did the disciples ask Jesus? Lord, teach us to pray.
What do we call God when we pray? Father (circle)
What kind of bread do we ask for? Daily bread (circle)
Who should we forgive? Others (people who wrong us)
What does God give to those who ask? The Holy Spirit (good gifts)

Grade 3Ask, Seek, Knock

What did Jesus teach us to call God? Father
What three things should we keep doing? Asking, seeking and knocking
Why did the friend finally give bread at midnight? Because the man kept asking
What does the heavenly Father give to those who ask? The Holy Spirit
Who did Jesus say are blessed? Those who hear God's word and keep it

1: Our Father in heaven2: Daily bread3: Knock, and it will open4: A father gives good gifts5: Your eye is a lamp

Grade 4The Father Who Gives

How does the Lord's Prayer begin? With God: Father, may Your name be holy and Your Kingdom come.
Why do we forgive others? Because God has forgiven us
What does the midnight-friend story teach about prayer? To pray boldly and keep asking
What did Jesus mean about cleaning the outside of a cup? God cares about our hearts, not just how we look on the outside.

Word bank: 1. Father; 2. bread; 3. forgive; 4. pray; 5. ask

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

Grade 5Hear the Word and Keep It

What does calling God Father teach us about Him? That He is close and loving, and we can come to Him as His children.
What do we ask for first in the Lord's Prayer? That God's name be honored and His Kingdom come
What is the point of the midnight friend story? Keep asking, seeking and knocking in prayer; God hears.
What did Jesus say about those who hear and keep God's Word? They are blessed.
What did Jesus warn the Pharisees about? Looking clean on the outside while being greedy inside

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