Let’s Learn About Languages!

Did you know that there are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world

today? That’s a lot! And out of all those languages, over 1,600 of them are waiting

for Bible translation to start. That means there are a lot of people in the world who

don’t have any part of the Bible in their own language — not even one word!

Without having the Bible in our own language, we don’t know how much God loves us.

And we don’t know that he wants us to be a part of his family! But when we do have

the Bible in our own language, we learn all about that through different verses. And

that’s what helps us learn more about how God sent Jesus to save us from our sins.

Mack and I thought it would be fun to help show you what it’s like to not understand

the Bible in your own language. In this activity, you’ll see some words in English,

but some words you will have to decode. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to

understand the whole verse in English! And as you decode, you get an idea of what

it’s like for many people around the world who are still waiting to have verses in their

own language.

It’s decoding time! Use the decoder to reveal the missing words in each verse. Then you’ll be able to see what the Bible is saying to us!

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— Psalm 46:1 (NLT)

HOW FASTCAN YOU

DECODE THE BIBLE VERSE?!

DECODER KEY

1. God showed he

us by

his

into the so that

we might have

through him. — 1 4:19

2. So comes by

that is,

the

about .

— 10:17

3. Your is a to

my and a

for my .

— 119:105

4. I have your

in my , that

not

you.

— 119:11

5. But to all who

and

, he the right to

become of

. — 1:12

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Let’s pray!People all around the world are waiting to hear the Good News in their own language. And at Wycliffe, we call that you’re “heart language.” That’s the language you think in, dream in, and pray to God in! Let’s pray that more and more people would get the Bible in their heart language so that they can understand how much God loves them.

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for loving each and every one of us — no matter where we live or what language we speak. And thank you that you want each of us to know about you in our heart language. You speak all of our heart languages, and we praise you for that! Please continue to help Bible translation work around the world, and help more and more people get your Word in their own heart language so they can read about your great love for them. We love you, Jesus!

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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