Amazing Bible Word Searches for Kids

By Richard Spiering and Ruth Spiering

Authors Richard and Ruth Spiering, seasoned homeschool and Sunday school teachers, fill this activity book with fun and creative word searches that encourage kids, ages 8 to 12, to go to the Bible for the answers. Kids will discover incredible facts as they strain their brains to decipher hidden messages and hunt for adventure with these amazing word puzzles. This makes learning about the Bible totally awesome!

Created “to engage the hearts and minds of our youth in the things of eternal worth,” kids will hurry to share this activity book with their friends, family, and even their Sunday school classes. They’ll want to take it along to camp and on vacations, car rides, and plane trips—anytime they want an exciting brain challenge!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Release date: Apr 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9780736940863

Richard Spiering

Richard and Ruth Spiering own a secretarial business. From years of homeschooling their foster children and grandchildren and teaching Sunday school classes, this husband and wife team has generated countless puzzles, word games, and other creative ways to teach youth about God. The Spierings live in California.

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Hints to Make Word Searches More Fun

Choose two different-colored pens or pencils. Work the Word Search with one of them.

Write words and draw lines as neatly as you can.

For best results try to find the longest words first.

When you find a word in the Word Search from the word list) that same word in the list.

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Be sure to read any Hint, Find, and/or Clue printed below a Word Search.

Words may cross each other and share letters.

More Hints:

Scripture-text Word Searches may use ALL-CAPS, BOLDFACE words, or every word in the scripture.

Underlined words APPEAR TOGETHER in a Word Search.

Blank lines on some Word Searches are for you to fill in. Look up the answers in your New International Version Bible.

Hidden message or underline the unused letters. Begin at the top left corner of the puzzle, as you would read a book (see Sample Word Search B). Then write down the letters to read the message.

Are you having trouble finding the diagonal words? (See Sample Word Searches.) Lay a 6″ ruler down on the diagonal rows and move it from line to line. (You may use the ruler with the straight across and up-and-down letters, too, if you want to.)

When you read the verses, ask yourself, What is God saying to me?

Moms and Dads:

Are you curious about why a word was used or wonder about its context? You will find the Scripture reference in the index of Scripture References for Word-List Word Searches at the back of the book on p. 169. You may want to help your child do the more challenging Word Searches.

Remember:

The Bible is God’s Word to us.

Sample Word Search A

Amazing Bible Word Searches for Kids

Find these words: Amazing Bible word searches for kids

Clue: the letters in the puzzle to mark each word that you have found.

Hint: Words are horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.

Sample Word Search B

Word Search with a Hidden Message

Find these words: Amazing Bible word searches for kids

Clue: Words are horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.

Find the hidden message: each unused letter to find an important 5-word message. Write all the letters in order on the line below to read the message:

Jesus said Come follow Me

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Jesus and the Word

Word Search No. 1

No Other Savior

Hint: Words are horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.

Find: 16-word hidden message.

"JESUS CHRIST of NAZARETH…God RAISED from the DEAD… SALVATION is FOUND in no one else, for THERE is no OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN to MEN by WHICH we MUST be SAVED."

— Acts 4:10,12

Word Search No. 2

New Testament Books

Hint: Words are horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.

Please number the books in their proper Bible order (1-27).

Word Search No. 3

Precious Things in Scripture

Find: 7-word hidden message.

The First Miracle of Jesus

"On the third day a WEDDING took place at CANA in GALILEE. Jesus’ MOTHER was there, and Jesus and his DISCIPLES had also been INVITED to the wedding.

"When the WINE was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine.’

" ‘Dear WOMAN, why do you INVOLVE me?’ Jesus replied. ‘My time has not yet come.’

"His mother said to the servants, ‘Do WHATEVER he