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Philippians 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Pressing On

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.

PreschoolPress On

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

KindergartenKeep Going

RUN → picture 4PRIZE → picture 3JESUS → picture 1HEAVEN → picture 2

Grade 1Run to Jesus

Knowing Jesus is best. → picture 5Paul pressed on. → picture 1He ran for the prize. → picture 4Our home is in heaven. → picture 2Rejoice in the Lord. → picture 3

Grade 2Knowing Jesus Is Best

  1. What was better than everything to Paul? Knowing Jesus (circle)
  2. Was Paul perfect yet? No, but he kept going
  3. What was Paul like? A runner in a race
  4. Where is our true home? In heaven (circle)
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Grade 3I Press On

  1. Which tribe was Paul from? The tribe of Benjamin
  2. What was better than all Paul's past? Knowing Christ Jesus his Lord
  3. How did Paul want to be right with God? By faith in Christ
  4. Where is our citizenship? In heaven
1: However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.2: I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.3: Let’s be of the same mind.4: Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
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Grade 4The Goal and the Prize

  1. What does Paul tell believers to rejoice in? The Lord
  2. Which tribe was Paul from? The tribe of Benjamin
  3. What does Paul count as loss? All things, compared to knowing Christ Jesus
  4. Where does Paul's righteousness come from? From God through faith in Christ
  5. Where is our citizenship? In heaven

Word bank: 1. Christ; 2. loss; 3. God; 4. know; 5. goal

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

Grade 5Counting All Things Loss

  1. What do true believers have no confidence in? The flesh
  2. What did Paul do before he followed Christ? He persecuted the assembly
  3. What does Paul now count as loss? Everything, compared to knowing Christ Jesus his Lord
  4. What righteousness does Paul want? The righteousness from God by faith
  5. For whom do believers wait? A Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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