Week 769 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 54
Isaiah 54 · Memory verse Isaiah 54:8
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 54), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 54 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Isaiah 54 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 54:8: “In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 54?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 54 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says 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, ““For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.” Isaiah 54 opens with these words: ““Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the…” The line to keep is Isaiah 54:8: “In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.” Carry the word “overflowin” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 54:8: “In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 54? Then try this: Read “In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness I will 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 54. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 54:8. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 54 and write Isaiah 54:8 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 54:8
“In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 54. Help us remember Isaiah 54:8 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.