Week 1015 · about 45 minutes
Luke 12
Luke 12 · Memory verse Luke 12:45
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Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Luke 12 in about four minutes, stopping at Luke 12:45: “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Luke 12?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Luke 12 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, “Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.” Luke 12 opens with these words: “Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his…” The line to keep is Luke 12:45: “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be…” Carry the word “servant” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Luke 12:45: “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Luke 12? Then try this: Read “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Luke 12. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Luke 12:45. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Luke 12 and write Luke 12:45 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Luke 12:45
“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Luke 12. Help us remember Luke 12:45 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.