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GOD LOVES YOU

Carmel R. Field

Prayer PoemsL. Jeter Walker

Developed in Cooperation With the Global University Staff

Global University1211 South Glenstone AvenueSpringfi eld, Missouri 65804

USA

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Scripture quotations from the following sources are used by permission:

The Holy Bible, The New Berkeley Version in Modern English, © 1969, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Living Books of Moses, © 1969, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois 60187.

Today’s English Version of the New Testament, © American Bible Society 1966.

First Edition 1972Second Edition 1976Third Edition 1978Fourth Edition 2002

© 2002 ICI University, E0600E-90-4eda division of Global UniversityAll Rights Reserved ISBN 1-56390-183-8

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Table of ContentsPage

Dear Student Letter ............................................................................................. 4

Lesson

1 God Knows You and Loves You ........................................................................ 6

2 God Made the World You Live In....................................................................... 10

3 God Made You .................................................................................................... 14

4 God Will Help You Be Good .............................................................................. 18

5 God Cares How You Treat Others ...................................................................... 22

6 God Will Take You to Heaven ............................................................................ 26

7 God Will Save You.............................................................................................. 30

8 God Will Take Care of You................................................................................. 34

9 God Hears Your Prayers...................................................................................... 38

10 God Will Lead You ............................................................................................. 42

11 God Sent His Lamb to Save You ........................................................................ 46

12 God Will Forgive You and Help You ................................................................. 50

13 God Will Be With You ........................................................................................ 54

14 You Can Know God Better ................................................................................. 58

Student Record.................................................................................................... 62

Your Friends........................................................................................................ 94

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Dear Student,

Welcome to the Global University family!Boys and girls in many countries are studying these same lessons. So are many of their parents and older brothers and sisters. Why? Because they all like to read about these great men and women who lived long ago.And because it is fun to look at the pictures and to do the things that you are asked to do in each lesson.

Most of all you will like these lessonsbecause of what you will learn about God.God loved the people you will read about.

He did many wonderful things for them.You will see how God loves you too

and does wonderful things for you.

The lessons are easy to understand.They are about people that you can read about in the Bible.

The verses from the Bible in these lessons are fromthe translations that are easiest to understand.

A Student Record is included in the back of this book.

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After you study each lesson in God Loves You,

go to your Student Record.Do what it tells you to do for that lesson.

Your Student Record tells you how you can receive a beautiful certifi cate.

If you are studying in a class,the teacher will tell you what to do.

Your whole family may want to study this book.In your Student Record is a part called Fun-to-Do.There is something there for everyone:children, young people, and adults.Just do the part you like in the section Fun-to-Do.

If several are going to use this book,write your answers on paper

instead of in the book.

If you have any questions about the lessons, write them down.

Send them to me when you send the pages from your Student Record.

I will be glad to help you.

Sincerely,

Your Teacher

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Lesson 1

GOD KNOWS YOU AND LOVES YOU

Learn this about God:

God has a book called the Bible or the Holy Bible.God tells you the truth about Himself in the Bible.God always has been and always will be.God can do anything. He made the world.God is everywhere and knows everything.God made you. He knows you and loves you.God is good. When you know Him, you will love Him.

These words are from the Bible.

Read them aloud 5 times.

God is love. We love because God fi rst loved us.

1 John 4:16, 19 (TEV)

Can you do this?Fill in the letters that are missing in each answer.

1. Why do we love God?

Because He f .... .... .... .... l .... .... .... .... us2. What book tells you the truth about God?The Holy B .... .... .... ....

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Answers:1. fi rst loved 2. Bible

Are these the words you wrote in the blanks?

To do as you read and study this lessonAsk God to help you understand what you are reading.Think about the meaning of each underlined sentence.

The Bible tells you what God is like.

God always has been and always will be.Before there was a world, before there were sky and clouds,before there were sun, moon, and stars,there was God.

God can do anything.God made the world.

God made the rocks and mountains.God made the lakes and rivers.

God made the trees and fl owers.God made the animals and people.

God made you.

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The Bible tells you God is everywhere.God is all around youlike the air that you breathe.You can’t see the air.You can’t see God.But God can see you.God can hear you.God can talk to you.God knows you and loves you.

The Bible tells you God knows everything.God sees everything you do.God hears everything you say.

God knows everything you think and feel.God knows what is best for you.God knows the truth about everything.God tells you the truth in the Bible.

God loves youjust the way He made you.

Some people have freckles.Some people have curly hair.

Some people have straight hair.

Some people are short and fat.Some people are tall and thin.This does not matter.

God loves you just the way you are.

Write your name in the blank.

God loves ............................................................................................................................

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The Bible tells you God is good.God wants to help you.

God wants to make you well and happy.God wants to make you wise and strong.

When you know God, you will love Him.God wants you to love Him like He loves you.

These lessons are to help you know God and love Him.

Do you want to know God? ..............................................................................................

Do you want to be well and happy?..................................................................................

Do you want to be wise and strong?.................................................................................

Do you want to be good and helpful?...............................................................................

God is right there with you and will hear you.Talking to God is prayer.

Learn this prayer and say it to God.

PrayerI would like to know You, God,And love You too, like You love me.So, help me learn these lessons, please,And make me what I ought to be.

Now fi ll in your Student Record for Lesson 1.

God wants to make you good and helpful.

You can talk to God.

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Lesson 2

GOD MADETHE WORLDYOU LIVE IN

Learn this about God:God can do what no one else can do.God can create, make something out of nothing.God made the world in six days.God made a good world for you to live in.God made six days for work and one day for rest.God tells you in Genesis how He made the world.Genesis is in the fi rst part of God’s book, the Bible.

These words are from the Bible.Read them aloud 5 times.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 (BV)

Can you do this?Write the letters that are missing in the answer.

1. What can God do that no one else can do?

God can c .... .... .... .... .... , make something out of nothing.

2. Where does God tell you how He made the world?

In G .... .... .... .... .... .... , the fi rst part of the B .... .... .... ....

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Answers:1. create 2. Genesis, Bible


God made the world in six days.God planned a wonderful world for people to live in.

At fi rst the earth did not have any shape.The earth was as dark as the darkest night.

Then God moved, and the earth took shape.God spoke and there was light.

Every time God spoke, something was created.

Imagine you are watching God create the world.The story of creation is from Genesis in the fi rst part of the Bible.

The fi rst dayGod said, “Let there be light.”

God made the day and night.

The second dayGod said, “Let the vapors separate

to form the sky aboveand the earth below.”

God separated sky from water.

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The third dayGod said, “Let the water

beneath the sky begathered into oceans.”

God made land, sea, trees, and fl owers.

The fourth dayGod said, “Let there be

bright lights in the sky.”

God made sun, moon, and stars.

The fi fth dayGod said, “Let the waters

teem with fi sh and . . .skies be fi lled with birds.”

God made all fi sh and birds.

The sixth dayGod said, “Let the earth

bring forth every kind of animal.”

God made all the animals.

God said, “Let us make man—someone like ourselves.”

God made the fi rst man and woman.

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God made a good world for you to live in.God looked at everything He had made.

Everything was very good. The world was beautiful.God was very happy.

The seventh dayGod made six days for work and one day for rest.

On the seventh day God rested.He made the seventh day a day of rest.

God made the day of rest for us.

Six days a week we work.The seventh day we rest.

We go to God’s houseon our day of rest.

Do you go to God’s house?

In God’s house we talk with God and learn about Him.We talk with God at home too when we pray.

Are you glad God made this beautiful world?Have you thanked God for making you?

Learn this prayer and say it to God.

PrayerThank You, God, for all the world,For making all the things I see,For days of work and a day of rest;And thank You, God, for making me.


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Lesson 3

GOD MADE YOU


God made the fi rst man and woman like Himself.God wanted them to be His children.God loves His children and takes care of them.God made you too and wants you to be His child.You will be happy doing what God wants you to do.


The Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And man became a living person.

Genesis 2:7 (LBM)

Can you do this?Write the letters that are missing in the answer.

1. What did God use to make the body of the fi rst man?

The d ..... ..... ..... of the g ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

2. What does God want you to be?

His c ..... ..... ..... .....

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Answers:1. dust, ground 2. child


God made the fi rst man like Himself.God made the fi rst man from the dust of the ground.

God breathed His life into the manGod named the fi rst man Adam

Adam was like God in many ways.

Adam could see and hear.

Adam could walk and talk.

Adam could work and play.Adam could think and feel.

Adam could love God like God loved him.Adam was God’s child.

God loved Adam and took care of him.God made a beautiful garden home for Adam.He called the garden Eden.There were shady trees and bright fl owers.Green fi elds and rivers of cool water.Beautiful birds and friendly animals.There were good fruits to eat.Everything that God had made was good.Adam lived in a perfect world.

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God gave Adam work to do.God gave him work for his hands.Adam took care of the beautiful garden.God gave Adam work for his mind.Adam named all the animals and birds.God helped Adam do his work right.Adam was very happydoing what God told him to do.Adam wanted to please God, and he did.

Every day God came into the garden.God and Adam talked to one another.

God and Adam loved one another.

Adam liked the friendly animals.Adam liked the pretty birds.

Adam liked to talk with God.But Adam needed something else.

God knew what Adam needed.God always knows what His children need.

God made Adam go to sleep.From Adam’s side God took a rib.From the rib God made a woman.She would help Adam and make him happy.

God woke Adam up and showed him the woman.Adam loved the woman God gave him.Adam called her Eve.Eve became Adam’s wife.Adam and Eve were the fi rst people in the world.

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Adam and Eve were happy together in Eden.They loved their beautiful home.

They loved one another.They loved God.

Together Adam and Eve walked and talked with God.

God made you too and wants you to be His child.God didn’t make you full-grown like He made Adam.God made you a baby fi rst.He gave you a father and mother to take care of you.God loves you as much as He loved Adam.God wants to be your Father too.

God wants you to be happy too.You too have work to do—

work for your hands and mind.Try to do your work well.

Try to please God like Adam did.You will be happy doing

what God wants you to do.Do you want God to help you in your work?

Memorize this prayer and say it to God every morning.

PrayerThank you, God, for work and play.Help me in my work, I pray.Help me please you, God, today,In all I do and all I say.


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Lesson 4

GOD WILL HELP YOUBE GOOD

Learn this about God:God teaches His children to do what is right.

God’s enemy tries to make people sin.

Sin separated Adam and Eve from God.

God still loves those who have done wrong.

God tells you what to do in the Bible.


The Lord God charged the man: You may eat freely from every tree in the garden; but do not eat from the tree of knowing good and evil; for the day you eat from it you will certainly die. Genesis 2:16, 17 (BV)

Can you do this?Draw a circle around the right answer, like this:

1. What does God want His children to be? good bad

2. What separated Adam from God? love sin

3. Does God still love those who do wrong? yes no

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Answers:1. good 2. sin 3. yes

Words for you to learnSin means to disobey God or to do wrong.Sins are bad things a person does or says.Evil means bad.The devil is God’s enemy who tries to make people sin.Satan is another name for the devil.


God teaches His children to do what is right.

Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world.Everything that God had made was good.

Adam and Eve were good.God had made them good like Himself.

God told Adam and Eve what to do.God told them what they should not do.God told them not to eat thefruit of a certain tree.He warned them that if theydid eat it, they would die.

God loved Adam and Eve.He wanted them to do right.God didn’t want them to die.

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God’s enemy tries to make people sin.God has an enemy called the devil or Satan.God is good, but the devil is bad.God helps people to be good and do what is right.The devil tries to make people do wrong.

One day the devil came into the Garden of Eden.The devil used a snake to talk to Eve for him.

The snake showed Eve the fruitthat God had told her not to eat.

The devil told Eve a lie.“Eat that fruit,” the devil said,

“and you will not die.You will be as wise as God.”

Eve knew that she should obey God.But she listened to the devil’s lie.Eve ate some of the fruitthat God had told her not to eat.Eve gave some to Adam, and he ate it too.Both Adam and Eve sinned.Then something terrible happened!

Sin separated Adam and Eve from God.Adam and Eve had always loved God,but now they were afraid of Him.

They knew they had done wrong.They tried to hide from God.They were naked and ashamed.They made themselves clothes of leaves.But the clothes were no good.

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God still loves thosewho have done wrong.

No one can hide from God. God saw what Adam and Eve had done.

But God still loved them.He made them clothes from animal skins.

God talked with Adam and Eve about their sin.God had to punish them for doing wrong.

God punished them to teach them to do right.They had to leave their beautiful home in Eden.

Their sin brought sickness and death into the world.But God told Adam and Eve that a Savior would come.

The Savior would make things right again.

God tells you what to do in the Bible.God tells you what is right and what is wrong.

Have you done things that you knew were wrong?God still loves you and wants to help you.

Tell God you are sorry. Ask Him to help you be good.Then do what God says, and you will be happy.

Say this prayer to God before you go to bed.

PrayerI’m sorry God, for all the timesThat I’ve done wrong instead of right.Please help me do what You tell me to.And now take care of me tonight.


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Lesson 5

GOD CARESHOW YOUTREAT OTHERS


God helps parents take care of their children.

God knows how you feel toward others.

God punishes those who treat others wrong.

God wants you to be good to others.


But Cain had words with his brother Abel . . . and killed him. Then the Lord asked Cain: “Where is your brother Abel?”

Genesis 4:8, 9 (BV)

Can you do this?Draw a circle around the right answer.

1. What will God do to those who treat others wrong? forget bless punish

2. Does God know when you are angry at others? yes no sometimes

3. Who killed his brother? Adam Abel Cain

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Answers:1. punish 2. yes 3. Cain

Words for you to learnAn offering is something that people give to God.A sacrifi ce is a living thing given to God as an offering.To bless is to do something good for a person.


God helps parents take care of their children.Adam and Eve had many children.Their fi rst son was Cain.Their second son was Abel.Cain and Abel were the fi rst children,the fi rst brothers in the world.Adam and Eve had to work hardto take care of their children.God helped them in their work.

They had to plant a garden.They took care of it

and gathered the food to eat.They raised sheep and goats

for milk and cheese and clothes.They taught all their children to work.

And they taught them about God.

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God knows how you feel toward others.Cain gave an offering to Godof food that he had grown.Abel gave God an offering too,a lamb to die for Abel’s sins.God loved both Cain and Abel.God showed them the way to come to Him.They should bring a sacrifi ce for sinjust as Abel had done.God blessed Abel and forgave his sins.

Cain didn’t want to listen to God.Cain wanted to do things his own way.

He was angry at God for blessing Abel.Cain was angry with Abel.

God knew how Cain felt.God knew that if Cain stayed angry,

he would do something bad.God talked with Cain and asked him,

“Why are you angry?”But Cain would not listen to God.

Cain hated his brother Abel.

God punishes those who treat others wrong.Out in the fi eld one day,Cain killed his brother Abel.That was a terrible sin.God saw what Cain had done.God had to punish Cain.God wouldn’t let Cain stay at home with his family.Cain and his wife went away to live by themselves.

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God wants you to be good to others.It is a sin to hate other people.This sin makes people want to hurt others.This sin makes them argue and fi ght and kill.Sin separates people from one another.Sin breaks up homes.

God wants to forgive our sins and to make us good.God wants to take away our bad feelingsand give us love for one another.Then we will always be happy.

Do you ever get angry at other people?Do you ask God to take away the angry feelings?

Do you want to get along better with others?Memorize this prayer.

PrayerO Lord, don’t let me be like Cain.Help me treat others as I should.Forgive my angry thoughts and words.And make me loving, kind, and good.


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Lesson 6

GOD WILLTAKE YOUTO HEAVEN

Learn this about God:God took Enoch to heaven without dying.God has a wonderful home for you in heaven.Walk with God. He will take you to heaven.


Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 5:24 (BV)

I . . . saw an open door in heaven. And the voice . . . said, “Come up here.”

Revelation 4:1 (TEV)

Can you do this?Draw a line to the place where each word on the left belongs, like this:

God ● ● is God’s wonderful home.

Enoch ● ● wants you to walk with Him.

Heaven ● ● can walk with God and go to heaven.

You ● ● went to heaven without dying.

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Answers:God ● ● is God’s wonderful home.Enoch ● ● wants you to walk with Him.Heaven ● ● can walk with God and go to heaven.You ● ● went to heaven without dying.

Words for you to learnHeaven is God’s wonderful home, where you will live after you die if you walk with Him.


God took Enoch to heaven without dying.

Adam had many sons and daughters.And they had many sons and daughters.There were many, many people.

God loved all the people.God wanted to walk and talk with them.God wanted to take them to heaven.

But many people did not love God.They did not pray and talk with God.

They were like Cain.They wanted to have their own way.

They would not do what God told them.They would not walk with God.

Their sin separated them from God.

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But Enoch loved God.Enoch came to God as Abel did,with a lamb to die for his sins.God forgave the bad thingsthat Enoch had done.God took away Enoch’s sinsand made him good.

Enoch talked with God every daywhen he prayed.

Enoch walked with God every daywhen he did what God told him to do.

Enoch was on his way to heavenwhen he walked with God.

God and Enoch loved one another.God let Enoch help Him in His work.Enoch told his neighbors about God.

God told Enoch what to say.Enoch tried to get others to walk with God.

Most of them would not listen.They were terrible sinners like Cain.

People who walk with Godgo to heaven when they die.But God took Enoch to heavenwithout dying.God took Enoch home with Himto His beautiful, wonderful homewhere everything is perfectand everyone is happy.

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God has a wonderful home for you in heaven.There won’t be anything to hurt you there.

You will be perfectly well and happy always.You will never get sick or go hungry or be cold.

Everyone will have everything he or she needs in heaven.You will have many wonderful friends in heaven.

Best of all, you will be with Godwho loves you and wants to take you there.

Walk with God. He will take you to heaven.God sent the Savior to take your sins away.

The Savior is God’s Son—Jesus.You can’t see Jesus, but He is there.

Jesus came to help you walk with God.Ask Him to forgive your sins.

Take Jesus as your Savior.Talk with God every day in prayer.

Do what God tells you to do in the Bible.This is the way to walk with God.

He will take you to heaven.

Learn this prayer.Jesus, come and be my Savior.Please do take my sins awaySo that I can go to heaven.Help me walk with God each day.


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Lesson 7

GOD WILL SAVE YOU


God gets rid of everything bad.

God wants to save people.

God saves all those who obey Him.

God will save you.


God . . . said to Noah, . . . “Make a boat. . . . I am going to cover the earth with a fl ood. . . . But I promise to keep you safe in the ship.”

Genesis 6:12-14, 17, 18 (LBM)

Can you do this?

Fill in the letters that are missing.

1. God saves all those who o ...... ...... ....... Him.

2. God told Noah to build a b ...... ...... ...... .

3. God will get rid of everything ...... ...... ...... .

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Answers:1. obey 2. boat 3. bad

Words for you to learnThe ark is the name of the boat that Noah built.To obey is to do what someone tells you to do.The fl ood means the water that covered the earth.


God gets rid of everything bad.

What would you do if you foundrotten potatoes among good ones?

You would throw away the rottenpotatoes and save the good ones.

If you didn’t, the rotten potatoeswould make the good ones go bad.

God had to do something like that one time.God had to clean up His world before it was all bad.

He had to get rid of the fi ghting and killing,the lying, cheating, ugly words, and other sins.

God was going to have a clean, new world.Everyone in it would be good.

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God wants to save people.After Enoch went to heaven,the people got worse and worse.They did bad things all the time.Noah and his family were the onlygood people left in all the world.

God made Noah His helper.God told Noah: “Build a boat.I am going to send a fl ood.The people in the boat will be saved.”

God loved the people and wanted to save them.He had Noah tell the people about the fl ood.Only Noah’s family believed what Noah told them.Noah’s wife and three sons and their wivesbelieved God and helped Noah get the boat ready.

While Noah built the boat, the people laughed.They said, “You are a fool to obey God.”

Noah told the people they too should obey God.The people laughed and laughed again.

When the ark was fi nished,God told Noah to put food in it:

food for people and food for animals.God was going to save the animals too.

Noah and his family did all that God told them to do.

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God saves all those who obey Him.Pairs of animals and birds came from everywhere.Great elephants tramped the ground.Noisy monkeys chattered.Big birds squawked and screeched.Tiny birds fl ew into the ark.Cats and dogs ran in together.Chickens strutted in.

Noah and his family went in.And God shut the door.

Rain began to fall. The fl ood came.Everyone outside the ark drowned.

Those who had obeyed Godwere safe in the ark.

God will save you.Now the world is full of sin again.God will get rid of everything bad.

But God will save you if you obey Him.Ask God to save you and your family.

PrayerPlease help my family and friendsBelieve You and be saved from sin.Help us obey as all those didWho saw the ark and entered in.


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Lesson 8

GOD WILLTAKE CAREOF YOU

Learn this about God:God takes care of those who obey Him.God is happy when we say, “Thank You.”We give offerings to God to say, “Thank You.”


The rain came down . . . for forty days and nights. Until fi nally the water covered all the high mountains. . . . Leaving only Noah alive, and those with him in the boat.

Genesis 7:12, 19, 23I have placed my rainbow in the clouds as a sign of my promise . . . that never again will the fl oods come and destroy all life.

Genesis 9:13, 15 (LBM)


1. How many days did it rain? four ten forty

2. How many people were left alive outside the ark? all ten none

3. What sign did God give Noah? rainbow stars

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Answers:1. forty 2. none 3. rainbow


God takes care of those who obey Him.

As the fl ood waters rose,the ark rose too.

It fl oated on the watersthat covered the earth.

Noah and his wife withhis three sons and their wives

were safe in the ark.

The animals were safe too.They had food to eat:grass and hay,seeds and nuts,grains and berries.God and Noah took care of the animals.

It rained for forty days.Then God sent a great wind

to dry up the earth.The waters began to go down.

The ark settled down on top of a mountainand stayed there.

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Noah and his family stayed in the arkuntil the land was dry.

They stayed in the ark for a whole year.God took care of them in the ark.

Finally the earth was dry.Noah opened the door.Everyone came out of

the ark into the sunshine,Noah and his family,

all the animals and birds.

The elephants trumpeted for joy.

The monkeys chattered louder than before.

The lions roared and chased their tails.

Everyone was glad to be safe and

out of the ark.

Think about this:Have you ever been afraid in a storm?Who was there to take care of you?Who helped Noah save his family and the animals?Who will help your parents take care of you?Who makes the food grow so that you can eat it?Do you thank God for your food,or for taking care of you when it storms?or for keeping you safe every day?

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God is happy when we say, “Thank You.”The fi rst thing Noah didwas to say, “Thank You,” to God.Noah thanked God for taking careof him and his familyand of all the animals and birds.Noah thanked God for the clean, new world to live in.Noah gave a sacrifi ce to God to say, “Thank You.”

God was happy because Noah said, “Thank You.”

God promised Noah: “I will never destroythe earth again with water.”

The rainbow is a sign of God’s promise.When you see a rainbow, remember:

God will take care of you.

We give offerings to God to say, “Thank You.”We take our offerings to God’s house.

Learn this prayer to say to Godwhen you give Him a “Thank You” offering.

PrayerI thank You, God, for all your care,For home and food and clothes to wear.Accept this little gift I bringTo give you thanks for everything.


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Lesson 9

GOD HEARSYOUR PRAYERS


Lord is another name for God.

Some people make their own gods.

The Lord is the one true God.

God wants you to pray to Him.


The Lord our God is one Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Deuteronomy 6:4, 5 (BV)

Can you do this?

Draw a line under the right answer.

1. To whom does God want you to pray? gods made by people the Lord God

2. How should you feel toward God? love Him be afraid of Him forget Him

3. What is another name for God? Lady Lord Unknown One Principal

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Answers:1. the Lord God 2. love Him 3. Lord


Some people make their own gods.

After the fl ood Noah’s sons had many childrenand grandchildren and great-grandchildren.There were many people on the earth again.

Noah and his sons told the people about God.But the people did not love God like Noah did.They wanted to do everything their own way.They did not want to listen to their parents,to their grandparents, or to God.

A man named Nimrod made himself king.He wanted people to obey him—not God.

Nimrod led the people away from God.He taught them to pray

to the sun and the moonand to make their own gods.

The people made bricksto build a city

and a high tower.

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God saw what the people were doing.He knew that they were doing wrong.

God let the people have their own way for a while.

Then God stopped them.God didn’t send another fl ood.

He just made the peopletalk in different languages.

The people could not talk together.They could not understand one another.

They could not work together.So they stopped building the tower.

They called the place Babel.Babel means confusion.

The people left Nimrod and Babel.They went in every direction.Families lived together,then groups of families.They built their own cities.

They forgot about the one true God.

Wherever the people lived,they made their own gods:

big gods and little gods,gods of wood and stone,gods of silver and gold.

They prayed to the gods they had made.

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The Lord is the one true God.The gods the people had made could not hear.

The gods they had made could not speak.They could not see.

They could not love the peoplelike the true God did.

They were not real, true gods.The Lord is the only true God.He hears and speaks and sees.

The people had forgotten the true God.But God had not forgotten them.

God still loved them and wanted to help them.

God hears your prayers.You cannot see the one true God,

but He is right there with you.When you talk to the true God He hears you.

God wants you to talk with Him.God loves you and wants to help you.

Ask God for what you need.God will hear and answer your prayers.

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Lesson 10

GOD WILLLEAD YOU


God called Abram to follow Him.

God leads and blesses those who follow Him.

God leads you by His book—the Bible.


After the death of Abram’s father, God told him . . . Go to the land I will guide you to. If you do, I will cause you to become the father of a great nation; I will bless you . . . . and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:1, 2 (LBM)


1. Whom did God promise to bless? Abram Nimrod Cain

2. What would Abram become the father of?

a small tribe a great nation a family

3. What does God use to lead you? stars Bible

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Answers:1. Abram 2. a great nation 3. Bible

Words for you to learnUr is the city where Abram lived.

Canaan is the country to which God led Abram.


God called Abram to follow Him.

Some of the families who left Babel built the city of Ur.

Abram was born in Ur.Abram’s father prayed to many gods.

Abram’s people prayed to many gods—gods that could not see or hear.

They did not know the one true God.They did not have the Bible

to tell them about the one true God.

Abram didn’t know the true God.But God knew Abram and loved him.

God called Abram and told him:“Leave your home and country.Leave your father’s gods.Follow me to the land I will show you.”

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God leads and blesses those who follow Him.God promised Abram: “If you follow me,

I will bless you and make you great.I will make you the father of a great nation.I will bless you and you will be a blessing.”

Abram knew that the one true God had called him.Abram believed what God had told him.Abram’s wife, Sarai, believed God’s promise too.Abram and Sarai left the city of Ur.They left the gods that people had made.They followed the one true God.

Abram and God were good friends.Abram talked with God.God talked with Abram.

God went with Abramand showed him which road to take.

God led Abram to the land of Canaan.

Wherever Abram and Sarai lived,Abram built an altar to God.He offered sacrifi ces to Godlike Abel, Enoch, and Noah had done.Abram was a blessing, or help,to many people.He told them about the true and living God.

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God always does what He promises to do.God blessed Abram and made him rich.

But Abram became old and still had no children.Still he believed God’s promise.

And God was happy because Abram believed Him.

God changed Abram’s name to Abraham.Abraham means “father of many.”

God changed Sarai’s name to Sarah.Sarah means “mother of princes.”

God gave Abraham and Sarah a son called Isaac.And a great nation came from him.

God leads you by His book—the Bible.In the Bible God calls you to follow Him.

He promises to lead you and bless you.He tells you what to do.

Follow God, and He will lead you to heaven.No matter what you have to give up,

follow God, like Abram did.God will help you and show you what to do.

PrayerAbraham left his own country and friendsAnd followed You all of his days.Let me follow, too. Let me walk close to YouAnd please You in all of my ways.


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Lesson 11

GOD SENTHIS LAMBTO SAVE YOU


God sent a lamb to save Isaac.

God sent His Lamb to save you.

You must accept God’s Lamb to be saved.


Isaac said . . . “Here are the fi re and the wood; but where is the Iamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham answered, “My son, God will provide Himself the lamb.”

Genesis 22:7, 8 (BV)

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said: “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

John 1:29 (TEV)

Can you do this?Write the answer to each question.

1. Who said, “Where is the lamb?” ......................................................

2. Who said, “God will provide the lamb”? .........................................

3. Who said, “Here is the Lamb of God”? ...........................................

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Answers:1. Isaac said, “Where is the lamb?”2. Abraham said, “God will provide the lamb.”3. John said, “Here is the Lamb of God!”

Words for you to learnSacrifi ce for sin means an animal or person that takes the punishment for the person who

has done wrong.

A burnt offering is a sacrifi ce that was killed and then burned on an altar.

An altar is a place where a sacrifi ce was offered. Many altars were made of a heap of stones.

Hell is a terrible place where people who sin (who don’t love and obey God) will live after they die.


God sent a lamb to save Isaac.

One day God said to Abraham:“Take your son Isaac.Go to the mountain.Sacrifi ce Isaac to me.”

Abraham did not know why God told him to do this.Abraham did not know that God was testing his love.

And God was going to teach Abraham and Isaac.God was going to teach us too

about His sacrifi ce for sin.

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Abraham went sadly up the mountain.Abraham loved Isaac.

But Abraham was going to obey God.Isaac helped carry the wood.

Isaac asked: “Where is the lambfor the burnt-offering?”

Abraham answered: “God willprovide Himself the lamb.”

Abraham and Isaac built an altar.Abraham put Isaac on the altar.Isaac was going to have to die.

But God loved Isaac too.God did not want Isaac to die.God had another sacrifi cethat would die in Isaac’s place.

Abraham lifted his knife to kill Isaac.But just then God called to Abraham from heaven.

“Abraham! Stop! Don’t hurt your son!Now you have proved that you love me!”

Then God showed Abrahama sheep caught in the bushes.God had sent the sheepto take Isaac’s place.The sheep died on the altar.Isaac was free and could live.

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God sent His Son Jesus to save you.People who sin cannot go to heaven.

When they die, they go to hell—a terrible place.We have all sinned and were going to hell.

But God loved us and wanted to take us to heaven.God sent His Son Jesus to die in our place,as He sent the sheep to die in Isaac’s place.

Jesus is the Lamb of God who diedto take away the sins of the world.

Afterwards He came back to life again.You can’t see Jesus, but He is right there.

Jesus loves you and wants to help you.

You must accept God’s Son to be saved.You don’t have to offer a sacrifi ce on an altar now.You must just accept God’s Son as your sacrifi ce.Jesus will be your Savior—the one who saves you.Jesus will take your sins away.Take Jesus as your Savior and you can go to heaven.Use this prayer. Then talk to God in your own words.

PrayerI now accept Your Son who died for me—A sacrifi ce to take my sins away.With Jesus as my Savior, now I’m free.I thank You, God, for saving me today.


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Lesson 12

GOD WILLFORGIVE YOUAND HELP YOU


God’s blessing is worth more than food.

God forgives and blesses Jacob.

God has made a way for you to go to heaven.

God will help you say, “I’m sorry.”


“I am the Lord. . . . I am with you and I will watch over you wherever you go.”

Genesis 28:13, 15 (BV)Jesus answered him: “I am the way.”

John 14:6 (TEV)

Can you do this?

Some of these questions are over past lessons.

Answer as many of them as you can.

1. Who went to heaven without dying? ................................................

2. Who built the ark? ...........................................................................

3. Who killed his brother? ...................................................................

4. What is worth more than food? ........................................................

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Answers:1. Enoch 2. Noah 3. Cain 4. God’s blessing


God’s blessing is worth more than food.Isaac’s wife was Rebecca.

Isaac and Rebecca loved God.God gave them twin sons:

Esau and Jacob.

Esau was a hunter.Esau was born before Jacob.He had the right to receivea special blessing from God.This was the birthright of the oldest son.But Esau was more interested in foodthan in special blessings from God.Esau did not love God. He just loved himself.Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew.Later Esau was sorry he had sold God’s blessing (his birthright).God’s blessing is worth more than all the food there is.

God forgives and blesses Jacob.Jacob did some very bad things to his family.He lied to his father and cheated his brother.

He bought Esau’s birthright and stole his blessing.But God loved Jacob anyway.

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Esau wanted to kill Jacob.Jacob had to go far awayfrom home to escape from Esau.On the way God spoke to Jacobin a dream.

Jacob saw a ladder thatreached from earth to heaven.God promised to bless Jacob.

When Jacob woke up, he was happy.God still loved him.

God would forgive him for the bad things he had done.God would go with him and help him do right.

Jacob knew that if he followed God,God would take him to heaven some day.

God has made a wayfor you to go to heaven.Jesus is the way to heaven.Jesus died to save you.

Follow Jesus all your life,and He will take you to heaven.

God took care of Jacob.Jacob became a shepherd.He had many sheep and goats.God gave Jacob a family too.

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God helps Jacob say, “I’m sorry.”Finally God told Jacob to go back home.

But Esau still wanted to kill Jacob.Esau came out with 400 men to meet Jacob.

Jacob was sorry for what he had done to Esau.Jacob wanted his brother to forgive him.

Jacob prayed to God for help.God forgave Jacob and named him Israel.

God helped Jacob show Esau he was sorry.God helped Esau forgive Jacob.

Then the brothers were good friends again.

God will help you say, “I’m sorry.”Do you ever feel sad because you have been bad?

Maybe you have treated someone wrong.You want God to forgive you and bless you.

You must tell God you are sorry.But you must say, “I’m sorry,” to the person

you have hurt too.God will forgive you and help you.

He will help you be friends again with others.

Memorize this PrayerThe wrongs that I have done to othersPlease forgive me, Lord, I pray.Help me tell them, “I am sorry.”Make us friends again today.


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Lesson 13

GOD WILL BE WITH YOU


Some people try to hurt those who love God.

God will be with you wherever you are.

God will work everything out for your good.

God will help you forgive those who hurt you.


Joseph’s master . . . put him in the prison. . . . But the Lord was with Joseph.

Genesis 39:20, 21Joseph said . . . “You planned evil against me, but God planned it for good.”

Genesis 50:19, 20 (BV)


1. Who was put into prison? Isaac Joseph Jacob

2. Who was in prison with him? Jacob Isaac God

3. What will God help you do to the people who hurt you? forgive them hurt them

4. Who works things out for your good? you God

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Answers:1. Joseph 2. God 3. forgive 4. God


Joseph’s brothers try to hurt him.

Joseph was one of Jacob’s twelve sons.Jacob loved Joseph.

He gave Joseph a beautiful coat.This made his brothers jealous.

They hated Joseph.

God loved Joseph and talked with him.God showed Joseph in dreamsthat he would be a great ruler.Joseph believed what God told him.He told his dreams to his brothers.This made the brothers hate Joseph more.

Joseph’s brothers planned to kill him.They put him in a pit.

They sold him as a slave instead.Then they made Jacob believe that

a wild beast had killed Joseph.

God is with Joseph.The men who bought Joseph took him far away.

They sold him as a slave to Potiphar.But God was with Joseph in Potiphar’s house.

God helped him do all his work just right.God was pleased with Joseph. So was Potiphar.

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Potiphar’s wife tried to make Joseph sin.Joseph would not sin. He loved God.

Potiphar’s wife told lies about Joseph.Potiphar put Joseph in jail.

But God was still with Joseph.

God works everything out for good.One day the king sent for Joseph.God had spoken to the king in a dream.But the king did not understand what it meant.God told Joseph what the dream meant.There would be seven years of good crops,then seven years of hunger—no crops.Joseph told the kingwhat the dream meant.

The king made Joseph governor.The seven years of plenty came.Joseph stored up the extra food.The seven years of hunger came.People came to Joseph for food.God helped Joseph save many lives.

God helps Joseph forgive his brothers.Joseph’s brothers came for food.

God had helped Joseph forgive thebad things they had done to him.

Joseph gave them food and a goodplace to live. He loved them.

God worked everything out for good.Whatever happens to you, keep on

loving God and praying to Him.Forgive the people who hurt you.

God will work everything out for you.

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You have learned many things in these lessons.You have learned how God loves you.You have learned that God is great and good.God made you and wants you to be His child.God is good and wants His children to be good.God wants you to be kind to other people.God sent His Lamb, Jesus, to die for your sins.God wants to forgive you and bless you.

God wants you to live in heaven with Him.God will take care of you anywhere.

God wants you to pray to Himand not to other gods.

God wants you to follow Him.God always tells the truth.

If you love God and obey Him,He will make everything come out all right.

May God bless you as you walk and talk with Him each day.

PrayerI know that You speak to me, God, through the Bible.You took care of Joseph. You blessed Abraham.You walked and You talked with Adam and Noah.You love me. You’re with me wherever I am.You’ve forgiven my sins like You once did for Jacob.Like Isaac, I’m saved by the death of Your Lamb.You’ll take me, like Enoch, to live up in heaven.I’m your child. I will love You wherever I am.


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Lesson 14

YOU CAN KNOW GODBETTER


The Bible will help you know God better.

Jesus will help you know God better.

God’s Spirit will help you know Him better.

God’s people will help you know Him better.

You will know God better in heaven.


The Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. 1 John 5:20 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. John 3:16

Can you do this?Draw a line to the place where the words on the left belong.

1. God’s Son is ● ● will help you know Him.

2. God loved ● ● will have eternal life.

3. Everyone who believes in Jesus ● ● Jesus Christ.

4. God’s Spirit ● ● the world.

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Answers:1. God’s Son is ● ● will help you know Him.2. God loved ● ● will have eternal life.3. Everyone who believes in Jesus ● ● Jesus Christ.4. God’s Spirit ● ● the world.


The Bible will help you know God better.The Bible teaches you many things about God.Read the Bible every day to know God better.God will speak to you through His book.

Jesus will help you know God better.God is three Persons in one—God the Father,

Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.If one is with you, all three are with you.

Jesus became a man to help us know God.Jesus’ mother was a good woman named Mary.

Mary’s husband was named Joseph.But Joseph wasn’t Jesus’ father.

Jesus’ Father was God.

When Jesus was born,angels sang praise to God.They told some shepherds the Savior was born.The shepherds were happy when they found Jesus.God had sent His Son to be their Savior.God had come to be with the people in His Son.

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When Jesus grew up, He told people about God.He showed them what God wants to do for people.

He touched blind people and made them see.He healed the sick, the crippled, the deaf.

He made sad people happy and bad people good.He even brought dead people back to life.

He did everything God told Him to do.

Jesus died on a cross to save us from sin.He was buried but came back to life again.Later His friends saw Him go to heaven.He is coming again for those who love Him—all who have accepted Him to be their Savior.Those who have died will come back to life.Jesus will take us to heaven with Him.

God’s Spirit will help you know Him better.God has sent His Spirit to live in His people.

When you accept Jesus into your heart,God’s Spirit comes to live within you.

God is with you in the Holy Spirit.Jesus is with you in the Holy Spirit.

God’s Spirit helps you talk with God in prayer.Talking with God will help you know Him better.

Ask the Holy Spirit to come and live in you.He will help you live for God and know Him better.

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God’s people will help you know Him better.God wants His people to help others know Him .Those who know Jesus tell others about Him.They meet to study God’s Word and pray.They tell people what God has done for them.Meet with God’s people to learn more about Him.Tell your friends what you know about Godso they can be saved and go to heaven too.

You will know God better in heaven.When you go to heaven, you will see God.

You will hear Him talk to you.You will understand many things then

that you can’t understand now.You will see how wonderful God is.

You will know God better and love Him more.And you will live with Him forever.

PrayerThank You, God, because You love meAnd some day Your face I’ll see.Father, Son and Holy Spirit,Come and live your life in me.Help me tell my friends about You.Help them know You too, I pray,So that they can go to heavenWhen You come for us some day.


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God Loves YouStudent Record

To be used with Student Book

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HOW TO USE YOUR STUDENT RECORD

Open your book God Loves You.Read the letter titled “Dear Student”

at the beginning.Study Lesson 1.

Do whatever it asks you to do.

Now open to your Student Record.Do whatever you want to do in the Fun-to-Do section.Print clearly your name and address.Answer the questions about the lesson.

If you cannot answer a question,read the lesson again in God Loves You

until you fi nd the answer.Then write it in your Student Record.

When you fi nish Lesson 1 in your Student Record, go to Lesson 2 in God Loves You.Do it and all the lessons the same way you did Lesson 1.

If you study in a group,your teacher may want to look

at your work one lesson at atime and comment on it.It will then be promptly

returned to you.

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If You Study by CorrespondenceAfter you fi nish all the lessons, address an envelope to the offi ce

in your area. (You will fi nd it inside the front cover of your book.)Write your own name and address in the

upper left-hand corner of the envelope.Look over the pages for all of the

lessons in your Student Recordto be sure you have fi lled them in right.

Then put them into the envelope.

Put the right postageon the envelope and mail it.The lessons will be gradedand sent back to you.

You will also receive a certifi catefor having studied the course.

(If you study in a class,the teacher will tell you what to do.)

Have fun now as you study God Loves You.

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Lesson 1 GOD KNOWS YOU AND LOVES YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOColor the pictures.

Color these pictures of children from different countries.

Print clearlyYour name .............................................................................................................................

Mailing address .....................................................................................................................

City ........................................................................................................................................

Province or State ...................................................................................................................

Country ........................................................ Postal code.....................................................

Date sent ................................................................................................................................

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Find the right answers.First, read the sentence. Then look in the list of words on the right until you fi nd the word you need to fi ll in the blank correctly. Fill in the blank; then draw a line through the word in the list, like this:

1. The book that tells you the truth about God is the ............................ . lessons

2. God ............................ you just like you are. love

3. These ............................ are to help you know God and love Him. loves

4. ....................... made the world. wants

5. God ............................ you to be well and happy. Bible

6. God wants you to .................... Him. anything

7. God is good and wants to make you ................... . good

8. God is everywhere and can do ............................ . God

You can help others.

Do you have a friend who wants to study God Loves You?


Mailing address .....................................................................................................................

City ........................................................................................................................................



Date sent ................................................................................................................................

Did you do everything in this lesson?....................................................................................

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Lesson 2 GOD MADE THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN

FUN FOR YOU TO DODraw something that God made.

In each box, draw a picture of something God made that day. Or draw it on another paper and paste it in the right box.

First Day Second Day

Third Day Fourth Day

Fifth Day Sixth Day

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Draw a circle around the number of days in which God made the world.

1. 1 6 10 8 365

Answer these questions.

2. What did God do the seventh day? ..................................................................................

3. Is there a house of God or church near where you live?

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4. Do you go to God’s house?...............................................................................................

5. Have you thanked God for making you?..........................................................................

Go outside and look around. Write down the namesof the things you see that God created.

1 .............................................................. 6 ............................................................

2 .............................................................. 7 ............................................................

3 .............................................................. 8 ............................................................

4 .............................................................. 9 ............................................................

5 .............................................................. 10 ............................................................

Have you thanked God for making these things? ..................................................................

If you haven’t done it before, do it now.

Did you do everything in this lesson? ...................................................................................

Print your name clearly .........................................................................................................

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Lesson 3GOD MADE YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOFind the picture of something Adam named.

Begin with number 1 and draw a line from dot to dot.

Draw a circle around the right answer.

1. Who was the fi rst man? Abel Adam Eve Noah

2. Who was the fi rst woman? Eden Adam Eve Abel

3. What was the name of the garden? Adam Eve Eden

4. Do you like to work? yes no sometimes

5. Do you ask God to help you? yes no sometimes

6. Will you try to please God in your work? yes no

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7. Was Adam happy or sad when he did what God told him to do? ......................................................................................

8. Will you be happy or sad when you do what God tells you to do? .....................................................................................

9. What kind of work do you do? .........................................................................................

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Do you have a copy of God’s book, the Bible? ......................................................

Or do you have just a part of the Bible? ................................................................................

If you have a Bible, do you read some in it every day?.........................................................

Questions, Comments, Prayer Requests

Write here any questions or comments on the lessons, or anything you want your teacher to pray about.

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Print clearly your name .........................................................................................................

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Lesson 4 GOD WILL HELP YOU BE GOOD

FUN FOR YOU TO DORead the words written in code.

On the left is a code. Each picture stands for a letter. On the right fi ll in the blank under each picture with the letter it stands for. The words you make will be the names of two people and the place where they lived.


Mailing address .....................................................................................................................

City ........................................................................................................................................



Date sent ................................................................................................................................

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Draw a line from the word on the left to the sentencewhere it belongs, like this:

1. Adam ● ● are the bad things people do or say.

2. Satan ● ● listened to the serpent and sinned.

3. Eve ● ● was the fi rst man.

4. God ● ● tries to get you to do wrong.

5. Sins ● ● tells you what to do in the Bible.

Draw a line under your answer.

6. Did your parents ever punish you for doing wrong? yes no

7. Why do you think that they punished you? to teach you to do right to hurt you

8. Explain in your own words why you think that God punishes people for doing wrong.

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Lesson 5 GOD CARES HOW YOU TREAT OTHER

FUN FOR YOU TO DOColor the picture.

Wild animals fi ght and kill.

Should we be like them? ............................

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Draw a line from each question to the right answer, like this:

1. Does it make any difference to God how we treat one another? ● ● Cain

2. Who took an animal to God as a sacrifi ce for his sin? ● ● yes

3. Who got angry at his brother? ● ● God

4. Who warned one brother about the danger of sinning when he was angry? ● ● Abel

Draw a line under the right answers.5. How do you think God wants you to treat others?

fi ght love argue kill forgive hate


6. Is it always easy to keep from getting angry? ..................................................................

7. When you get angry, do you ever do something or say something that you are sorry for later? ..................................................................

8. Do you want God to help you keep from getting angry at other people? .........................................................................

9. What do you think you should do whenever you feel yourself getting angry?.......................................................................

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Lesson 6 GOD WILL TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN

FUN FOR YOU TO DOFind the right way.

What will you do if you walk withGod? Start at the bottom with“Ask God to forgive sins.” Drawthe road from sign to sign forall the things God wants you to do.

Believe what God says Tell the truth Tell lies Be angry Pray every day

Steal Help others

Do what God Have your own way says in the Bible Love God Forget God Hate others Love others Cheat Read the Bible

Be bad Take Jesus as your Savior

Fight Ask God to forgive sins

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Mark out every C, X, and Z.Then write the words in the blanks below.

CWEX ZTACLXK CWIZTH GCOXD ZWHECXN..........… ................. ................ ............. ...................ZWEX PZRACXY CAXNDZ CREZAXD CTHEX........... ................. ................. ................. .............

BICZBLEX. WEXC ZWAXLKZ CWIZTH ZGOXD................... ........... .................. ............... ...............

WXHECN WEZX DZOX CWHAXT CHEX SZAYS................. ........... ........... ................ .......... ............

Did you do everything in this lesson? ...................................................

Questions, Comments, Prayer RequestsWrite here any questions or comments on the lessons, or anything you want your teacher to pray about. Use another paper if you need more room.

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Lesson 7GOD WILL SAVE YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOPut birds and animals in Noah’s ark.

You can use a box or table for the ark. Make animals or birds out of paper, wood, or clay.To make modeling clay: Mix one-half cupful of fl our with one-fourth cupful of table salt. Add just enough water to make a very stiff dough. Work it with your hands until smooth; then shape it into animals or birds. When not using it, keep the clay covered with a damp cloth so you can use it again.

Congratulations! You are almost halfway through this course now. Are you enjoying the lessons? ...............................................................................................After you fi nish this course there are others that you can study.

Print clearlyYour name ..............................................................................................................................

Mailing address .....................................................................................................................

City ........................................................................................................................................

Province or State ........................................Postal code .........................................................

Country ..................................................... Date sent ...........................................................

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Draw lines to the right answers.

1. God saved Noah and his ● ● fl ood

2. Noah built an ● ● God

3. People laughed at ● ● family

4. Noah and his sons obeyed ● ● ark

5. God always does what is ● ● Noah

6. God saved Noah from the ● ● saved

7. Noah loved God and was ● ● right

8. People should obey God ● ● now

Make a list of your family and friends whom you want to go to heaven. Write your own name on the top line.

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Have you talked to any of these persons about God? ............................Pray for them that they will believe what God says in the Bible. Pray that they will be saved from sin and will go to heaven. Use your own words to talk to God about them. Your teacher will pray for them too.

Did you do everything in this lesson?....................................................

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Lesson 8 GOD WILL TAKE CAREOF YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOMake a rainbow of promises.

Draw from dot to dot to make four curved lines under the top one. Color between the lines where the promises are: 1. Top part—red 2. Below red—yellow 3. Below yellow—green 4. Bottom—blue

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Read each question carefully. Then color the box under the right answer, or fi ll it in with your pencil.

Yes No1. Did Noah and his wife have three sons?2. Did the fl ood cover the earth?3. Was Noah a bad man?4. Did God take care of Noah and his family?5. Did the animals starve to death in the ark?6. Will God take care of you?7. Do you thank God for taking care of you?

Tell some ways in which God has taken care of you.

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Lesson 9 GOD HEARS YOURPRAYERS

FUN FOR YOU TO DOBuild a tower.

Find some fl at rocks. Put them on the ground in a small circle. Put more rocks on, row by row. See how high you can make a rock tower before it falls over.(Be careful not to hurt yourself.)

Underline the right words.1. Underline the words that tell about the true God.

poor great wood sees created cares helps gold good lies loves speaks deaf hears knows blind

2. Underline the words that tell about the people in this lesson.

forgot God were good were kind loved God made gods were scattered

3. Underline the words that tell about the gods people make.

see stone wood hear speak love

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4. Underline the words that tell what God wants you to be or do.

be good have your own way love God be angry pray to the true God be afraid be happy do what God tells you be sad


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Lesson 10GOD WILL LEAD YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOTake a journey with Abram.

Abram is going on a long journey. Fill in the names of the places on his road with the answers to the questions that have the same number. If you don’t remember the answer, look for it in Lesson 10.

1. Where did Abram live?2. Who called Abram?3. What did Abram build?4. What did Abram and Sarai name their son?5. What land did God lead Abram to?

You have studied about many people who loved and pleased God. Name three of them that you want to be like.

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In what ways do you want to be like them?

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Draw a line from each name to the right words.

1. Ur ● ● means “father of many.”

2. Abraham ● ● was the wife of Abraham.

3. Sarah ● ● was the son of Abraham.

4. Isaac ● ● was the city where Abram lived.

5. The Bible ● ● is the Word of God.

Color the box under the word that gives the right answer.

Yes No6. Did all the people love the true God?7. Did Abram change his own name?8. Did Abram believe God’s promise?9. Will God bless those who believe Him?

10. Do you believe what God says in the Bible?

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Lesson 11 GOD SENT HIS LAMBTO SAVE YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOMake a lamb.

Take a little piece of cotton.Shape it for the lamb’s head and body.Put four sticks in it for legs.

Print clearly

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Fill in the missing words.

1. The lamb that G ..... ..... sent to save you is

a person called J ..... ..... ..... ..... .

2. The L ..... ..... ..... of G ..... ..... will take away

your s ..... ..... ..... .

3. Abraham answered: “G ..... ..... will provide

Himself the 1 ..... ..... ..... .”

4. People who sin c ..... ..... n ..... ..... go to heaven.

5. We have all s ...... ..... ..... ..... d.

6. J ..... ..... ..... ..... died on a cross for our s ..... ..... ..... .

7. Jesus is the L ..... ..... ..... of G ..... ..... who died to take

a ..... ..... ..... the s ..... ..... ..... of the w ..... ..... ..... ..... .

Had you already accepted Jesus as your Saviorbefore you started studying these lessons? ..............................

If you hadn’t accepted Him before, have you done it now? If so, write your name and date in the blanks below.

I, ................................................................................. took your name

Jesus to be my Savior ........................................................ month day year

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Lesson 12 GOD WILL FORGIVE YOUAND HELP YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOFind out what Jacob said.

Jacob said something when he woke up after his wonderful dream. It is written in code. Write under each picture the letter that it stands for.

Tell in your own words how you know that God loves you.

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Draw a line from each name to the right words.

1. Adam ● ● was the father of Jacob and Esau.

2. Abram ● ● sold God’s blessing.

3. Jesus ● ● dreamed of a ladder to heaven.

4. Jacob ● ● died to save you from your sins.

5. Esau ● ● was the fi rst man.

6. Isaac ● ● left his country to follow God.

7. Cain ● ● wants to forgive you and help you.

8. God ● ● killed his brother.


Do you have a friend who wants to study God Loves You?Print clearly.

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Lesson 13GOD WILL BE WITH YOU

FUN FOR YOU TO DOFind your way through the woods.

Start at the bottom. Read sentence 1. If it is true, take the road to the right to thenumber 2. If it is not true, go to the left.Do the same for all the sentences.

1. Jacob loved Joseph 2. Joseph’s brothers loved him. 3. Joseph’s brothers sold him. 4. Joseph went to jail. 5. God forgot Joseph 6. Joseph died in jail. 7. God will be with you.


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Lesson 14 YOU CAN KNOW GOD BETTER

FUN FOR YOU TO DOUnscramble the letters.

In John 17:3, Jesus told us how we can have eternal life. In some of the words below, the letters are out of order—like Thsi for This and si for is. Put the letters in the right order and copy the sentence as it should be.

Thsi si etenrla ifel: rof nem ot nowk ouy, the noly

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true God, and ot nowk Jesus Christ, whom ouy ents.

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Tell how you have come to know God.

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CONGRATULATIONS!You have now fi nished the course God Loves You!

Do you love God more now than you did when you started studying these lessons?..............................................You will learn much more about God and His love for you in other courses from Global University. Do you want to receive another course now? ........................................

Print your name clearly just like you want it on your certifi cate.

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Questions, Comments, Prayer RequestsWrite here any questions or comments on the lessons, or anything you want your teacher to pray about.Use another paper if you need more room.

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Did you do everything in this lesson?....................................................

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If you study by correspondence, turn to the section “If You Study by Correspondence” near the beginning

of the Student Record. Do what it tells you to do.

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SEND US THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF YOUR FRIENDS.

We will send them Lesson 1 of “The Great Questions of Life.”Print Clearly.

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THE GREATEST OF ALLIS THE SERVANT OF ALL

Serving is one of the greatest ways we can show our love to God. ICI courses prepare you to better serve others.

Using our courses will create an orderly system of Bible study and encourage a better understanding of spiritual truths.

The following courses will assist you in becoming an able servant of the Lord to others:

THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF LIFEGOD LOVES YOU

WHO JESUS ISWE BELIEVE

GOD’S DESIGN—YOUR CHOICECHRISTIAN WORSHIP

PERSONAL EVANGELISMALIVE IN CHRIST

CHRISTIAN MATURITY

If you desire a more detailed description about each course or directions on how to enroll in any of these courses, contact your local ICI director.

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