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Nehemiah 9 · Preschool

God Is Kind

Name Date

Color the people praying to God. They told God they were sorry!

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

Bible Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: The people remembered all the good things God did. They told God they were sorry for doing wrong. God is kind and forgives. We can say sorry to God too.

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Nehemiah 9 · Kindergarten

God Forgives

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

SORRY
KIND
GOOD
GOD
“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PRAY
CLOUD
FOOD
LOVE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a time God took care of you.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who made the sky and the sea?
  • How do you say sorry?

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Nehemiah 9 · Grade 1

God Did Not Leave

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

MERCY
KIND
PRAY
SORRY
“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people met to pray.
They read God's law.
God led them with a cloud.
God gave them bread from the sky.
God did not leave them.

Remembering God's Goodness

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

in a pillar of cloud you led them by day

gave them bread from the sky for their hunger

you are a gracious and merciful God

They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law

Draw a time God took care of you.

Memory Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did the people tell God?
  • How did God lead His people in the desert?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Nehemiah 9 · Grade 2

Saying Sorry to God

Name Date

Read the Story

The people met to pray. They read God's book. They told God they had done wrong.

Then they told God how good He is. He made the sky and the sea. He led His people out of Egypt. He led them with a cloud by day and fire at night. He gave them bread from the sky.

The people did wrong again and again. But God did not leave them. He is kind. He is full of love. He forgives.

Memory Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did the people tell God?

    Bread from the skyThey had done wrongThe sky and the sea

  2. What did God make?

  3. How did God lead them?

  4. What did God give them to eat?

    They had done wrongThe sky and the seaBread from the sky

  5. Did God leave His people?

Word Search

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

FNGGRICDFPBRLCHOBMDRAJWLNNECECEABFRRLAIFTLENCODOIEESUIUPURRSSMFDUSEISEDUCABSBCDIL
  • CONFESSED
  • GRACIOUS
  • MERCIFUL
  • CLOUD
  • BREAD
  • WATER
  • BLESS
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is something God has done that you can praise Him for?
  • How can you turn back to God when you have turned away?

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Nehemiah 9 · Grade 3

Remembering God's Goodness

Name Date

Read the Story

After the feast, the people met again to fast and pray. They stood and told God their sins. For part of the day they read God's law. For part of the day they confessed and worshiped.

The Levites led them in a long prayer. They praised God as the One who made heaven and earth. They remembered how God chose Abraham. They remembered how He brought Israel out of Egypt and through the sea. He led them with a pillar of cloud and fire. He gave them bread from heaven and water from the rock.

They told how their fathers turned away from God again and again. But God was ready to forgive. He was kind and full of mercy. He did not leave them. Now they made a promise in writing to follow God.

Memory Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did the people do for part of the day?

  2. Who led the prayer?

  3. Name two things God did for Israel.

  4. What did their fathers do again and again?

  5. What did they make at the end?

Remembering God's Goodness

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

GJMCLWMBBRHEOYWEULABHNEARMECKRFMTCJSIDFEEEIDSOPISARFGNUGRSPDUOLSSEEUALJWPUGDCLOUD
  • CONFESSED
  • GRACIOUS
  • MERCIFUL
  • CLOUD
  • BREAD
  • WATER
  • BLESS
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What has God done for you that you can remember?
  • How did God show mercy to His people?

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Nehemiah 9 · Grade 4

God's Faithfulness, Our Unfaithfulness

Name Date

Read and Think

Later that month the people gathered again. They fasted and wore sackcloth. They stood and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers. For a quarter of the day they read the law. For another quarter they confessed and worshiped Yahweh.

The Levites led a great prayer. It began with praise. You are Yahweh, even you alone, they prayed. You have made heaven and earth. Then they retold the story of God's faithfulness. He chose Abraham. He saw Israel's pain in Egypt. He split the sea. He led them by cloud and fire. He gave His law, and bread and water in the desert.

Yet the people rebelled again and again. When they cried out, God heard and rescued them. He was a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. In His great mercy He did not forsake them. The prayer ended by admitting their present trouble. Then the leaders made a sure covenant in writing.

Show What You Know

  1. How did the people show they were sorry?

  2. How did they divide the day?

  3. How did the prayer begin?

  4. What did God do when the people cried out?

  5. What did the leaders make at the end?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

confessedgraciousbreadGodcloud
  1. They stood and their sins and the sins of their fathers.
  2. He led them by and fire.
  3. He gave His law, and and water in the desert.
  4. When they cried out, heard and rescued them.
  5. He was a God ready to pardon, and merciful.

Think About It

  1. The prayer told God's story and then confessed the people's sins. How does remembering what God has done help you be honest about your sin?

  2. God was ready to pardon, again and again. How does God's patience encourage you when you fail?

Memory Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does remembering God's works help us pray?
  • What words in the prayer describe God?

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Nehemiah 9 · Grade 5

A Story of Grace

Name Date

Read and Think

On the twenty-fourth day of the month, the people assembled with fasting, sackcloth, and dirt on their heads. They separated themselves from foreigners for this time of confession, and stood confessing their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. They read from the law for a fourth part of the day and confessed and worshiped Yahweh for another fourth.

The Levites' prayer is one of the longest in the Bible. It opens with praise: You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, and you preserve them all. Then it walks through Israel's history: the call of Abraham and the covenant, the deliverance from Egypt, the pillar of cloud and fire, the law at Sinai, manna and water from the rock, and the gift of the land.

Woven through the story is a sad refrain. Israel acted proudly, stiffened their necks, and would not listen. Yet God is a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn't make a full end of them, nor forsake them. The prayer ends with honest confession of their present distress and a sure covenant in writing. In the New Testament, John writes that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and righteous to forgive us (1 John 1:9).

Show What You Know

  1. How did the people prepare for confession?

  2. How does the prayer begin?

  3. Name three events from Israel's history in the prayer.

  4. What words describe God's character in this prayer?

  5. How does the prayer end?

Crossword

32451

Across

  1. in a pillar of ____ you led them by day
  2. A pillar of this led them at night.
  3. Stand up and ____ Yahweh your God

Down

  1. you are a ____ and merciful God
  2. They stood and told God their sins.

Think About It

  1. The Levites confessed not only their fathers' sins but also their own. Why is it important to own our sin before God rather than blame others?

  2. Israel's history shows God's faithfulness despite people's unfaithfulness. Where can you see God's faithfulness in your own story?

Memory Verse

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:31 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being gracious and merciful. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean that God is ready to pardon?
  • How can you thank God for His faithfulness this week?
  • 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.