Week 752 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 37
Isaiah 37 · Memory verse Isaiah 37:10
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 37), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 37 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Isaiah 37 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 37:10: ““Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 37?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 37 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.” 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, “Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”” Isaiah 37 opens with these words: “When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.” The line to keep is Isaiah 37:10: ““Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of…” Carry the word “thus” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 37:10: ““Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 37? Then try this: Read ““Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you,…” 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 37. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 37:10. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 37 and write Isaiah 37:10 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 37:10
““Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 37. Help us remember Isaiah 37:10 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.