Week 560 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 46
Psalms 46 · Memory verse Psalms 46:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 46), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 46 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 46 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 46?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 46 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” 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 nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.” Psalms 46 opens with these words: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” The line to keep is Psalms 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Carry the word “refuge” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 46? Then try this: Read “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” 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 46. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 46:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 46 and write Psalms 46:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 46. Help us remember Psalms 46:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.