Week 254 · about 45 minutes
Judges 2
Judges 2 · Memory verse Judges 2:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Judges 2), the matching word search and answer key (Judges 2 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Judges 2 in about four minutes, stopping at Judges 2:3: “Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Judges 2?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Judges 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.” 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, “They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.” Judges 2 opens with these words: “Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give…” The line to keep is Judges 2:3: “Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”” Carry the word “drive” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Judges 2:3: “Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Judges 2? Then try this: Read “Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, 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 Judges 2. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Judges 2:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Judges 2 and write Judges 2:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Judges 2:3
“Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Judges 2. Help us remember Judges 2:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.