25Joshua and Caleb who relied on God
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God spoke to Moses.
“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan.”
Moses sent twelve men to spy out the land of Canaan.
After the spies spend forty days in the land of Canaan,
they came back with big grapes.
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Numbers 13~14
Ten of the spies said, “Canaan is a very beautiful land.
But because the people in Canaan are like giants,
we cannot defeat them.”
Joshua and Caleb replied, “No. God is with us.
The people of Canaan are our bread!” Because Joshua
and Caleb relied on God, they did not fear the giants.
The people of Israel did not listen to Joshua
and Caleb. And as punishment, the people of Israel
spent forty years in the wilderness.
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The people of Israel who went into the land of Canaan
with Joshua continuously gained victory
over the Canana people. This is because God helped
them. Many nations came together to fight
with the Israel people.
107
Joshua prayed to God.
“God, please make the sun stand still!”
God listened to Joshua’s prayer and made the sun stand
still. Joshua relied on God and gained great victory
from the fight.
108
My teacher told me, “If you memorize the memory verses for one month,
I’ll give you a present.”
Namwoo believed in his teacher’s promise and memorized the memory
verses for one month. Even though it was hard, he gained strength
because he thought about his teacher’s promise.
Other students would say “Wow, how can you do that?”
“Will the teacher really give us a present?”
and stopped memorizing, but Namwoo truly believed in his teacher’s
promise.
Believe in Promises
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One month passed. “It has been already a month since I made
the promise. Raise your hand if you memorized the memory verse.”
Only Namwoo raised his hand. And he stood up and recited
the memory verse. “Is Namwoo really the only one who did it?
That’s too bad, because I prepared a present for every student
in this class. I’ll give a present to Namwoo who kept my promise.”
Namwoo received a big present and was really happy.
111
Fruits that grow during the summer are juicy
and very sweet. Say the name of the fruit and color it
beautifully.
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This is the grape that Joshua
and Caleb brought. Glue colored paper
for the grapes and color the leaves.