Week 775 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 60
Isaiah 60 · Memory verse Isaiah 60:19
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 60), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 60 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Isaiah 60 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 60:19: “The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 60?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 60 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.” 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 that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.” Isaiah 60 opens with these words: ““Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.” The line to keep is Isaiah 60:19: “The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will…” Carry the word “light” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 60:19: “The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 60? Then try this: Read “The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh…” 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 60. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 60:19. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 60 and write Isaiah 60:19 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 60:19
“The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 60. Help us remember Isaiah 60:19 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.