Week 530 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 16
Psalms 16 · Memory verse Psalms 16:2
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 16), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 16 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 16 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 16:2: “My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 16?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 16 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.” 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, “The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.” Psalms 16 opens with these words: “Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.” The line to keep is Psalms 16:2: “My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”” Carry the word “soul” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 16:2: “My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 16? Then try this: Read “My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”” 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 Psalms 16. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 16:2. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 16 and write Psalms 16:2 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 16:2
“My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 16. Help us remember Psalms 16:2 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.