Places
Berea in 1 Thessalonians 2
buh-REE-uh
This place shows up in 1 Thessalonians 2:17: “But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Thessalonians 2:17
“But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,”
What kids can learn
When you hear berea in 1 Thessalonians, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Thessalonians 2:17 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Thessalonians 2:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Butwe,bereavedofyouforashortseason,inpresence,notinheart,triedevenhardertoseeyourfacewithgreat