Week 483 · about 45 minutes
Job 11
Job 11 · Memory verse Job 11:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Job 11), the matching word search and answer key (Job 11 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a small lamp
Hold a small lamp. Read Job 11 in about four minutes, stopping at Job 11:3: “Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Job 11?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Job 11 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,” 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 he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.” Job 11 opens with these words: “Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,” The line to keep is Job 11:3: “Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?” Carry the word “boastings” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Job 11:3: “Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Job 11? Then try this: Read “Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?” 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 Job 11. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Job 11:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Job 11 and write Job 11:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Job 11:3
“Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Job 11. Help us remember Job 11:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.