Document

With puzzles created by

Karen Jessie BeckerBarbara BoltonHelen FriesenTheresa Hayes

Diane KolbRuby Maschke

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Old TestamentEverything from Nothing Genesis 1—God Makes the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8So Many Animals Genesis 1—God Makes the Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9God Made Us Genesis 1—God Makes People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Obeying God Genesis 6, 7—Noah Obeys God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11God’s Promise Genesis 8, 9—God Keeps His Promise to Noah. . . . . . . . . 12Look Around Abraham Genesis 12, 13—Abraham’s New Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Lot Chooses Genesis 13—Abraham Lets Lot Choose First . . . . . . . . . . 14A New Baby Genesis 15, 17, 18, 21—The Birth of Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . 15A Kind Girl Genesis 24—Rebekah Is Kind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16A Very Patient Man Genesis 26—Isaac Is a Peacemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Jacob’s Sons Genesis 28–33—God Cares for Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Do Your Best Genesis 37, 39—Joseph Does His Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Be Like Joseph Genesis 41–43, 45—Joseph Forgives His Brothers . . . . . . . 20Water Baby Exodus 1, 2—God Cares for Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21God Can Do It Exodus 7–13—God Cares for His People . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Red C, Red Sea! Exodus 14—God’s People Cross the Red Sea . . . . . . . . . . 23How Did God Help? Exodus 16, 17; Numbers 11—God Gives Food and Water . . . . 24Laws Set in Stone Exodus 19, 20, 24, 32—God Gives Ten Rules . . . . . . . . . . 25Believe God Numbers 13, 14—Joshua and Caleb Believe God . . . . . . . 26Joshua’s Answer Deuteronomy 31, 34; Joshua 1— God Is with Moses and Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Seven Times Around Joshua 5—Joshua Obeys God at Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . 28What a Trip! Joshua 24—God’s People Choose to Serve Him . . . . . . . . 29 Deborah Goes to Battle Judges 4—Deborah Helps Barak Obey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30What Should You Do? Judges 6, 7—Gideon Is Brave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31A Loyal Friend Ruth 1, 2—Ruth Works Hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Hannah’s Promise 1 Samuel 1—Hannah Keeps a Promise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33A Voice in the Night 1 Samuel 2, 3, 7—Samuel Listens and Obeys . . . . . . . . . 34Not a Good Idea 1 Samuel 8–10—Samuel Obeys God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Obey God 1 Samuel 15—Saul Disobeys God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Chosen by God 1 Samuel 16—Samuel Anoints David as King. . . . . . . . . . 37

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David’s Job 1 Samuel 16, 17—David Does His Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38God Helps David 1 Samuel 17—David Is Brave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Friends Forever 1 Samuel 18, 19, 20—David and Jonathan Are Friends . . . . 40David Is Trustworthy 1 Samuel 26—David Does the Right Thing . . . . . . . . . . . 41God Answers Prayer 1 Kings 3, 4—Solomon Prays for Wisdom. . . . . . . . . . . . 42Food for Elijah 1 Kings 17—God Cares for Elijah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43God Provides Bread 1 Kings 17—God Gives Elijah Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44God Sends Fire 1 Kings 18—God Shows His Power Through Elijah . . . . . . . 45Telling the Truth 1 Kings 22—Micaiah Tells the Truth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46God Answers Elisha’s Prayer 2 Kings 4—God Brings a Boy Back to Life. . . . . . . . . . . . 47Just Do It 2 Kings 5—God Heals an Obedient Naaman. . . . . . . . . . 48Tell Hezekiah’s Story 2 Kings 20—Hezekiah Prays for Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Obey God’s Word 2 Kings 22, 23—King Josiah Obeys the Law . . . . . . . . . . 50Ask God for Help 2 Chronicles 20—Jehoshaphat Prays for Help . . . . . . . . . 51Bad King/Good King 2 Chronicles 33—Manasseh Prays for Forgiveness . . . . . . . 52The King Helps His Friend Nehemiah 1, 2, 4, 6, 8— Ezra and Nehemiah Help the People Do Right . . . . . . . . . 53A Very Special Queen Esther 2–4, 7, 8—Queen Esther Helps Others . . . . . . . . . 54A Good Man Pleases God Job 1, 2, 42—Job Does What Is Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Eat Your Veggies Daniel 1—Daniel and His Friends Eat Good Food . . . . . . . 56Three Brave Friends Daniel 3—Daniel’s Friends Face a Fiery Furnace . . . . . . . . 57SAFE! Daniel 6—Daniel and the Lions’ Den . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Oh No, Jonah! Jonah 1–3—Jonah Changes His Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

New TestamentOne Happy Couple Luke 1—Zechariah Praises God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Mary Is the One Luke 1—An Angel Visits Mary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Mary’s Song Luke 1—Mary Sings to God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62To Bethlehem Luke 2—Jesus Is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Shepherds Listen! Luke 2—Shepherds Tell About Jesus’ Birth . . . . . . . . . . . 64Go Tell It! Luke 2—Shepherds Tell Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Simeon and Anna Knew Luke 2—Simeon and Anna Thank God . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Follow the Star Matthew 2—Wise Men Worship Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Gifts for a King Matthew 2—Wise Men Worship Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68What Did Jesus Do? Luke 2—Jesus Grows Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69God’s Son Matthew 3; John 1—John Baptizes Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . 70No! No! No! Matthew 4—Satan Tempts Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Follow Me John 1—Jesus’ First Followers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72How Much? John 3—Jesus Teaches About God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Living Water John 4—Jesus Is a Friend to a Woman from Samaria . . . . . . 74It Was Amazing! John 4—Jesus Heals an Official’s Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Let’s Go Fishing! Mark 1; Luke 5—Jesus Chooses Four Followers. . . . . . . . . 76

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They Tore Up the Roof! Mark 2—Jesus Is a Friend to a Man Who Is Paralyzed . . . . . 77By the Healing Pool John 5—Jesus Heals a Man at a Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Young Man, Get Up! Luke 7—Jesus Brings a Young Man Back to Life. . . . . . . . . 79A Gift of Love Luke 7—Jesus Is a Friend to a Woman Needing Forgiveness . . 80Be Still! Mark 4—Jesus Stops a Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81It’s Great! Mark 5—Jesus Heals Jairus’s Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82More Than Enough John 6—Jesus Feeds 5,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Jesus Can Do Anything! Matthew 14—Jesus Walks on Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84I Can Hear! Mark 7—Jesus Heals a Man Who Can’t Hear . . . . . . . . . . 85Listen to Jesus Matthew 17—Jesus with Moses and Elijah . . . . . . . . . . . 86Jesus’ Power John 9—Jesus Heals a Man Who Can’t See. . . . . . . . . . . 87Helping Others Luke 10—Jesus Teaches About Helping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Talking to God Matthew 6; Luke 11—Jesus Teaches About Prayer . . . . . . . 89Share with Others Luke 12—Jesus Teaches About Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Lazarus Lives Again! Luke 10; John 11—Jesus Brings Lazarus Back to Life . . . . . . 91Remember to Say Thanks! Luke 17—Jesus and the Ten Men with Leprosy . . . . . . . . . 92Jesus Loves Children Mark 10—Jesus and the Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Out on a Limb Luke 19—Jesus Is a Friend to Zacchaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . 94We Praise Jesus John 12—People Praise Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Remember Jesus Luke 22—The Last Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Jesus Is Alive! John 18, 20—Jesus Dies and Lives Again . . . . . . . . . . . . 97What the Angel Said Matthew 26–28—Jesus Is Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98The Birthday of the Church Acts 1, 2—The Church Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99What I Have, I’ll Give Acts 3—Peter and John at the Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Powerful Prayers Acts 4—Peter and John Speak Boldly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Philip Tells the Good News Acts 8—Philip Teaches a Man from Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . .102A Gift for a Giver Acts 9—Peter and Tabitha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Saul Hears About Jesus Acts 9, 22—Paul Learns About Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Telling Others Acts 11, 13—Paul and Barnabas Tell About Jesus . . . . . . . .105Just Men! Acts 14—Paul and Barnabas Help People Know About Jesus . .106Gathered at the River Acts 16—Lydia Follows Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Singing to God Acts 16—Paul and Silas Sing in Prison . . . . . . . . . . . . .108Tell About Jesus Acts 21, 22—Paul Tells a Crowd About Jesus . . . . . . . . . .109Message in a Storm Acts 27, 28—Paul Is Shipwrecked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110Unstoppable Paul Acts 28; Philippians 1—Paul Tells About Jesus in Rome . . . . .111

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IntroductionBible Memory Puzzles Genesis 1:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Deuteronomy 6:17, 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Deuteronomy 13:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Joshua 24:15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Psalm 19:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Psalm 86:9, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Psalm 119:10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Psalms 124:8; 146:5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Psalm 147:5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Matthew 16:15, 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Matthew 28:5, 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Mark 16:15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Luke 1:31; 2:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Luke 2:10, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Luke 10:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 John 15:12, 14, 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 John 20:30, 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Acts 4:19, 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Ephesians 4:32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 1Thessalonians 5:16-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Hebrews 13:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 1 Peter 5:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 1 John 5:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Puzzle Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 HeartShaper™ Early Elementary Scope & Sequence . . . .143

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God Makes the World —Genesis 1 Everything

from Nothing

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Only God can create something from nothing. When He created our world and the whole universe around us, He simply spoke words and things came into being. To find out what God named the things He made, follow each path from God’s words to the thing He made.

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God named the water . . .

God named the darkness . . .

God named the expanse . . .

God named the dry land . . .

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CreativeCounting

Creation—Genesis 1

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God Makes the Animals

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God made the animals of the sea and sky and earth. To find out what God thought of all He had done, write the first let-ter of each animal in the box next to it.

looked at everything

He had made,

and it was very

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God Makes People—Genesis 1 God

Made Us

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God made human beings. To find out how God made us, color all the boxes with only ONE dot inside.

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Obeying GodNoah Obeys

God—Genesis 6, 7

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God told Noah to build a very big boat for his family and two each of all the animals. Noah obeyed God. What happened next? Fill in the letter missing from each animal pictured. Copy the missing letters in order onto the lines at the bottom of the page. These letters will spell the answer.

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God Keeps His Promise to Noah—Genesis 8, 9

God’s Promise

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Look AroundAbraham

Cross out the letters C, J, K, Q, and Z every time you see them in the puzzle. Copy the leftover letters in each row to create a sentence about God’s special sign.

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Look AroundAbraham

Abraham’s New Home—Genesis 12, 13

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Unscramble the letters on the points of the compass to make the four words missing from Genesis 13:14, 15.

“The Lord said to Abram, . . . ‘Lift up your eyes . . .

look 1____________ and 2____________ ,

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All the land that you see

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Lot Chooses

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A New BabyLot moved with Abraham to a place called Bethel. They

had so many flocks and herds that they needed to move apart. Abraham let Lot choose which way to go. Lot chose the plain of Jordan. It had the best land and water. Abraham lived in Canaan.

Begin at the center with Abraham and Lot. Find a path through the maze so that Lot arrives at the Jordan plain and Abraham arrives at Canaan.

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Abraham Lets Lot Choose First—Genesis 13

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A New BabyThe Birth

of Isaac—Genesis 15, 17, 18, 21

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Abraham and Sarah were very old when God let them have a baby. Do you know what they named this child? Color all the spaces with the letter “i” to find out.

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Rebekah Is Kind—Genesis 24 A Kind Girl

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A Very Patient Man

Who was the kind girl who gave water to Abraham’s servant and his camels? Who agreed to become Isaac’s wife? Use a light-colored crayon to color only the triangles. Then copy those letters into the triangles below to find her name. Then, if you have time, you may color the other shapes.

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A Very Patient Man

Isaac Is a Peacemaker

—Genesis 26

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People dig wells to get water to drink. Follow the path to read a story about Isaac. Each time you come to a circle, copy the letter inside the circle into the next box in the row of boxes. Then you can read what the Lord told Isaac.

Isaac moved from there and dug another well. No one argued about this one.

So he named that well “Room Enough.”

The Philistines filled Isaac‘s wells with dirt.

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There, he cleaned out the wells Abraham had dug so that people could use them again.

But the men in Gerar said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac named that well “Argue.”

Then Isaac‘s servants dug another well.

The people arguedabout this well, too, soIsaac named it “Fight.”

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and his servants dug a well.Then Isaac made a camp in Beersheba,

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God blessed Jacob with twelve sons. Can you fit all of their names into the puzzle below? Some letters are already in the puzzle to help you. When you are finished, take the letters from the shaded boxes and put them into the boxes below. These letters will spell the name of Jacob’s daughter.

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God Cares for Jacob—Genesis 28–33 Jacob’s Sons

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Do Your Best

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Do Your BestJoseph Does

His Best—Genesis 37, 39

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Number the statements below in the order in which they occurred. Write the number in the space at the beginning of each sentence. Then write the circled letters in the blanks at the bottom of the page to find out which of Joseph’s brothers wanted to rescue him from his other brothers.

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____ Joseph’s father gave him a beautiful coat.

____ God gave Joseph success in everything he did.

____ Joseph’s brothers were jealous.

____ Joseph was taken to Egypt.

____ Joseph took care of everything Potiphar had.

____ Joseph went to find his brothers who were

taking care of sheep.

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Joseph ForgivesHis Brothers—Genesis 41–43, 45

Be LikeJoseph

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Joseph’s brothers were not nice to him. They sold him to be a slave. They pretended he was dead. Much later, Joseph became a powerful leader in Egypt. When the brothers needed help, they went to Egypt. What did Joseph do?

Use a dark color to fill in all the bricks in the pyramid that have the letters J, S, P, and H. Copy the leftover letters, from top to bottom, onto the spaces below. They will spell the answer.

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