Week 630 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 116
Psalms 116 · Memory verse Psalms 116:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 116), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 116 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 116 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 116:1: “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 116?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 116 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” 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 believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”” Psalms 116 opens with these words: “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” The line to keep is Psalms 116:1: “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” Carry the word “love” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 116:1: “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 116? Then try this: Read “I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.” 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 116. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 116:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 116 and write Psalms 116:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 116:1
“I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 116. Help us remember Psalms 116:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.