Week 220 · about 45 minutes
Deuteronomy 25
Deuteronomy 25 · Memory verse Deuteronomy 25:18
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Deuteronomy 25), the matching word search and answer key (Deuteronomy 25 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Deuteronomy 25 in about four minutes, stopping at Deuteronomy 25:18: “how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Deuteronomy 25?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Deuteronomy 25 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.” 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, “His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his shoe removed.”” Deuteronomy 25 opens with these words: “If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 25:18: “how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.” Carry the word “struck” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 25:18: “how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 25? Then try this: Read “how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were…” 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 Deuteronomy 25. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Deuteronomy 25:18. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Deuteronomy 25 and write Deuteronomy 25:18 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Deuteronomy 25:18
“how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 25. Help us remember Deuteronomy 25:18 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.