Week 847 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 9
Ezekiel 9 · Memory verse Ezekiel 9:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 9), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 9 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a folded cloth
Hold a folded cloth. Read Ezekiel 9 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 9:1: “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 9?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 9 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.”” 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, “Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.” Ezekiel 9 opens with these words: “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying…” The line to keep is Ezekiel 9:1: “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.”” Carry the word “cried” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 9:1: “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 9? Then try this: Read “Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near,…” 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 Ezekiel 9. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 9:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 9 and write Ezekiel 9:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 9:1
“Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 9. Help us remember Ezekiel 9:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.