Week 534 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 20
Psalms 20 · Memory verse Psalms 20:7
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 20), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 20 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Psalms 20 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 20:7: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 20?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 20 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,” 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, “We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.” Psalms 20 opens with these words: “May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,” The line to keep is Psalms 20:7: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.” Carry the word “trust” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 20:7: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 20? Then try this: Read “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.” 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 20. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 20:7. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 20 and write Psalms 20:7 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 20:7
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 20. Help us remember Psalms 20:7 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.