Week 730 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 15
Isaiah 15 · Memory verse Isaiah 15:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 15), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 15 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Isaiah 15 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 15:1: “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 15?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 15 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.” 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, “My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.” Isaiah 15 opens with these words: “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and…” The line to keep is Isaiah 15:1: “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.” Carry the word “burden” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 15:1: “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 15? Then try this: Read “The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of…” 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 15. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 15:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 15 and write Isaiah 15:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 15:1
“The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 15. Help us remember Isaiah 15:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.