Week 508 · about 45 minutes
Job 36
Job 36 · Memory verse Job 36:13
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Job 36), the matching word search and answer key (Job 36 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a seed
Hold a seed. Read Job 36 in about four minutes, stopping at Job 36:13: ““But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Job 36?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Job 36 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Elihu also continued, and said,” 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, ““But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.” Job 36 opens with these words: “Elihu also continued, and said,” The line to keep is Job 36:13: ““But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.” Carry the word “godless” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Job 36:13: ““But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Job 36? Then try this: Read ““But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.” 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 36. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Job 36:13. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Job 36 and write Job 36:13 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Job 36:13
““But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Job 36. Help us remember Job 36:13 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.