Week 806 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 25
Jeremiah 25 · Memory verse Jeremiah 25:6
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Jeremiah 25), the matching word search and answer key (Jeremiah 25 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a cup of water
Hold a cup of water. Read Jeremiah 25 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 25:6: “Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 25?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 25 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),” 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, “and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;” Jeremiah 25 opens with these words: “The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 25:6: “Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”” Carry the word “other” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 25:6: “Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 25? Then try this: Read “Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your…” 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 25. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 25:6. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 25 and write Jeremiah 25:6 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 25:6
“Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 25. Help us remember Jeremiah 25:6 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.