Week 746 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 31
Isaiah 31 · Memory verse Isaiah 31:6
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 31), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 31 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a cup of water
Hold a cup of water. Read Isaiah 31 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 31:6: “Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 31?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 31 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!” 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, “As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”” Isaiah 31 opens with these words: “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they…” The line to keep is Isaiah 31:6: “Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.” Carry the word “return” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 31:6: “Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 31? Then try this: Read “Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.” 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 31. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 31:6. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 31 and write Isaiah 31:6 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 31:6
“Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 31. Help us remember Isaiah 31:6 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.