Week 744 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 29
Isaiah 29 · Memory verse Isaiah 29:13
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 29), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 29 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Isaiah 29 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 29:13: “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 29?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 29 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;” 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 Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;” Isaiah 29 opens with these words: “Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;” The line to keep is Isaiah 29:13: “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear…” Carry the word “people” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 29:13: “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 29? Then try this: Read “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have…” 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 29. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 29:13. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 29 and write Isaiah 29:13 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 29:13
“The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 29. Help us remember Isaiah 29:13 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.