Week 592 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 78
Psalms 78 · Memory verse Psalms 78:7
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 78), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 78 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Psalms 78 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 78:7: “that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 78?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 78 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.” 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, “For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.” Psalms 78 opens with these words: “Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.” The line to keep is Psalms 78:7: “that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,” Carry the word “hope” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 78:7: “that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 78? Then try this: Read “that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,” 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 78. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 78:7. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 78 and write Psalms 78:7 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 78:7
“that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 78. Help us remember Psalms 78:7 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.