Week 793 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 12
Jeremiah 12 · Memory verse Jeremiah 12:2
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Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a small lamp
Hold a small lamp. Read Jeremiah 12 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 12:2: “You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 12?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 12 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?” 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, “Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field. Bring them to devour.” Jeremiah 12 opens with these words: “You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper?…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 12:2: “You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.” Carry the word “planted” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 12:2: “You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 12? Then try this: Read “You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their…” 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 Jeremiah 12. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 12:2. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 12 and write Jeremiah 12:2 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 12:2
“You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 12. Help us remember Jeremiah 12:2 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.