Jeremiah & Lamentations
Bible Reading Challenge

Challenge yourself to achieve 1000 points by completing your choice of the following activities. Each activity has a certain number of points depending on how challenging it is. Some activites may be particularly suited for children and families, while others may be more suited for adults and teens. One of the best parts of a challenge is doing it together. Find another family to do it with, or involve your Sunday School or CYC.

Read - 400 Points

Read through all of Hebrews and James for 400 points! Below you can find a printable tracker for each chapter so you can check them off as you go!

Bible Journal - 500 Points

Use a notebook or a Bible Reading Journal to take notes while you read. You can order a prepared reading journal on Amazon (link below) or use just a regular notebook. A page of suggested questions to ask is also available below. Share your thoughts or favourite verses with your friends and family or on Social Media.

Bible Marking - 100 Points

As you read through Jeremiah, use coloured pencils to mark all the occurrences of the following words: “remnant” and “in the last days”. These words are from the King James Version and may not be the same in other translations.

Bible Art - 500 Points

Choose a verse that exhorts or encourages you during your Bible readings and illustrate it. Share your creations here: Facebook Bible Journaling Group

Literature - 200 Points

Read through any of the following books and share a quote or two with family and friends or on Social Media. Links to Booksellers below.

Obeying God Rather Than Man by Geoff Henstock
The Life of Jeremiah by Mark Morgan

Media - 300 Points

Search for this talk on Christadelphian Bible Talks and Exhortations:

Herald of Captivity and Restoration by Colin Badger

Write a short review to share what you learn.

Dig Deeper - 400 Points

Find out about clay bullae that were found in Jerusalem from Jeremiah’s time: Biblical Archaeology.

Food - 150 Points

Jeremiah 24 tells the story of the good and bad figs. It was a lesson about the people of Judah – the good figs were those who would be sent away from the land to the land of the Chaldeans. God would keep His eye on them for good. But the bad figs were the king Zedekiah and his officials and the remnant of people in the land: they would be destroyed. Perhaps you can use some good figs to make Fig Newtons and think about how the captives may have felt knowing that even in their captivity God was with them.

Memory Verse - 250 Points

Learn at least one of these selections by heart:

Jeremiah 17:7-8
Lamentations 3:22-23

Print out and colour the bookmarks (below) if you wish.

Language - 150 Points

Do a word study on the word “backsliding.” You can use the above Word Study template. Share what you learn!

Hymn Study - 100 Points

Hymn 163: Take my life and let it be

Sing this hymn. You can find a link below for the music. Write out the hymn (worksheet below), and see if you can find Bible passages that relate to this particular hymn.

Geography - 100 Points

Use the map below and the included worksheet and activity instructions to find places mentioned in Jeremiah! Answer key is also in the pdf download.

Or you can use this link: Jeremiah: Maps and Locations and try to find as many of the places mentioned on your map.

Journey - 100 Points

Read through the Letter below from Israel that goes through archaeology that relates to Jeremiah.

Bible Study - 500 Points

Study the book of Lamentations using the study guide below.

Overview - 300 Points

Use the Overview of Jeremiah below to get a big picture of the book! The completed version is great for teaching, review or coloring, and the worksheet version has blanks to use as an activity page!

Timeline - 300 Points

Use the two page timeline below to fill in words or pictures to summarize the outline of the book of Jeremiah.

Our World - 300 Points

The people did not trust God and keep the sabbath year, so the land would receive its sabbath rest while they are in captivity for 70 years. Learn about the sabbath year: Shmita – The Sabbatical Year – KKL JNF – Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund and The Mitzvah of Shmita.

Art Project - 150 Points

In Jeremiah 18, God is described as a potter. Make your own pottery and think about the lessons from Jeremiah 18. You can use this tutorial: damasklove.com/diy-stamped-clay-succulent-pots/

The Heart - 300 Points

T H I N K ON T H I S :

“In the case of Jeremiah we have to reconcile, as he had to, the misery with what God said to him when He called him to be a prophet. He was especially chosen by God to bring his dread message to God’s people, and God gave him much encouragement and reassurance when He first called him: “And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail” (Jer. 1:19). What did Jeremiah think of that promise when he found himself in the stocks or in the dungeon? Had not God said to him: “I am with thee… to deliver thee” (v19)?

God has said that not only to Jeremiah but to us all: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Heb. 13:5,6).

That is difficult to believe when trouble comes, but it is true. It was true for Jeremiah, and it is true for us. Indeed, it is true for all the children of God. Paul says: “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Cor. 10:13).

The life of Jeremiah demonstrates this. Indeed, it is in the midst of tribulation that Jeremiah demonstrates his faith, his confidence that God is in control. He says: “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD” (Lam. 3:22-26). This conviction that Jeremiah had should be shared by us all.”

excerpt from “Jeremiah under trial” by Ernest A. Stallworthy in the Testimony magazine July 1993