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Nehemiah 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Prayer of Confession

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.

PreschoolGod Is Kind

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

KindergartenGod Forgives

PRAY → picture 3CLOUD → picture 1FOOD → picture 4LOVE → picture 2

Grade 1God Did Not Leave

The people met to pray. → picture 4They read God's law. → picture 3God led them with a cloud. → picture 1God gave them bread from the sky. → picture 5God did not leave them. → picture 2

Order:

1. They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law2. in a pillar of cloud you led them by day3. gave them bread from the sky for their hunger4. you are a gracious and merciful God

Grade 2Saying Sorry to God

  1. What did the people tell God? They had done wrong. (circle)
  2. What did God make? The sky and the sea
  3. How did God lead them? With a cloud by day and fire at night
  4. What did God give them to eat? Bread from the sky (circle)
  5. Did God leave His people? No, He is kind and forgives.
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Grade 3Remembering God's Goodness

  1. What did the people do for part of the day? They read God's law.
  2. Who led the prayer? The Levites
  3. Name two things God did for Israel. Brought them out of Egypt, led them with cloud and fire, gave bread and water
  4. What did their fathers do again and again? They turned away from God.
  5. What did they make at the end? A promise in writing to follow God
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Grade 4God's Faithfulness, Our Unfaithfulness

  1. How did the people show they were sorry? They fasted, wore sackcloth, and confessed their sins.
  2. How did they divide the day? A quarter reading the law and a quarter confessing and worshiping
  3. How did the prayer begin? With praise to God as Creator
  4. What did God do when the people cried out? He heard and rescued them.
  5. What did the leaders make at the end? A sure covenant in writing

Word bank: 1. confessed; 2. cloud; 3. bread; 4. God; 5. gracious

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

Grade 5A Story of Grace

  1. How did the people prepare for confession? With fasting, sackcloth, and dirt on their heads
  2. How does the prayer begin? With praise to Yahweh as the one Creator who preserves all things
  3. Name three events from Israel's history in the prayer. The call of Abraham, the Exodus, the cloud and fire, the law at Sinai, manna, or the gift of the land
  4. What words describe God's character in this prayer? Ready to pardon, gracious, merciful, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness
  5. How does the prayer end? With confession of present distress and a sure covenant in writing
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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