Week 581 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 67
Psalms 67 · Memory verse Psalms 67:7
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 67), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 67 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a wooden spoon
Hold a wooden spoon. Read Psalms 67 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 67:7: “God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 67?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 67 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.” 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, “Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.” Psalms 67 opens with these words: “May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.” The line to keep is Psalms 67:7: “God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.” Carry the word “bless” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 67:7: “God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 67? Then try this: Read “God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.” 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 67. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 67:7. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 67 and write Psalms 67:7 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 67:7
“God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 67. Help us remember Psalms 67:7 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.