This week's lessons: Isaiah 49:8-16a, Psalm 131, 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, Matthew 6:24-34

Elementary School Pew-work

Use these words to fill in the blanks: life food harvest heaven clothes Solomon

I tell you not to worry about your _________. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than _________ or clothing? Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or _________. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in _________ takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?

Can worry make you live longer? Why worry about _________? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that _________with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you!

1. What do the wild birds eat? __________________________________________
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2. Can worry make you live longer? ______________________________________

3. Who has nicer clothes than we do? ____________________________________

Next week: Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19 and Psalm 46 or Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28 and Psalm 31:1-5, 19-24, Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28, (29-31), Matthew 7:21-29