Week 632 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 118
Psalms 118 · Memory verse Psalms 118:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 118), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 118 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Psalms 118 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 118:4: “Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 118?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 118 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.” 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, “The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.” Psalms 118 opens with these words: “Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.” The line to keep is Psalms 118:4: “Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.” Carry the word “fear” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 118:4: “Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 118? Then try this: Read “Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.” 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 118. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 118:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 118 and write Psalms 118:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 118:4
“Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 118. Help us remember Psalms 118:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.