Week 725 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 10
Isaiah 10 · Memory verse Isaiah 10:16
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 10), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 10 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 Isaiah 10 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 10:16: “Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 10?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 10 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;” 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, “He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.” Isaiah 10 opens with these words: “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;” The line to keep is Isaiah 10:16: “Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.” Carry the word “armies” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 10:16: “Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 10? Then try this: Read “Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning…” 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 Isaiah 10. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 10:16. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 10 and write Isaiah 10:16 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 10:16
“Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 10. Help us remember Isaiah 10:16 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.