Week 660 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 146
Psalms 146 · Memory verse Psalms 146:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 146), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 146 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 146 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 146:5: “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 146?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 146 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.” 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, “who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;” Psalms 146 opens with these words: “Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.” The line to keep is Psalms 146:5: “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:” Carry the word “happy” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 146:5: “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 146? Then try this: Read “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:” 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 146. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 146:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 146 and write Psalms 146:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 146:5
“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 146. Help us remember Psalms 146:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.