Week 610 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 96
Psalms 96 · Memory verse Psalms 96:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 96), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 96 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 96 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 96:4: “For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 96?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 96 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.” 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, “Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.” Psalms 96 opens with these words: “Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.” The line to keep is Psalms 96:4: “For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.” Carry the word “great” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 96:4: “For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 96? Then try this: Read “For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.” 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 96. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 96:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 96 and write Psalms 96:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 96:4
“For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 96. Help us remember Psalms 96:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.