Week 780 · about 45 minutes
Isaiah 65
Isaiah 65 · Memory verse Isaiah 65:14
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Isaiah 65), the matching word search and answer key (Isaiah 65 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Isaiah 65 in about four minutes, stopping at Isaiah 65:14: “Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Isaiah 65?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Isaiah 65 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.” 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, “Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;” Isaiah 65 opens with these words: ““I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not…” The line to keep is Isaiah 65:14: “Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.” Carry the word “behold” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 65:14: “Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Isaiah 65? Then try this: Read “Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for…” 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 65. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Isaiah 65:14. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Isaiah 65 and write Isaiah 65:14 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Isaiah 65:14
“Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Isaiah 65. Help us remember Isaiah 65:14 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.