Week 615 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 101
Psalms 101 · Memory verse Psalms 101:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 101), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 101 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Psalms 101 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 101:1: “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 101?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 101 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” 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, “I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.” Psalms 101 opens with these words: “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” The line to keep is Psalms 101:1: “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” Carry the word “sing” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 101:1: “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 101? Then try this: Read “I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.” 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 101. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 101:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 101 and write Psalms 101:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 101:1
“I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 101. Help us remember Psalms 101:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.