Week 862 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 24
Ezekiel 24 · Memory verse Ezekiel 24:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 24), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 24 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Ezekiel 24 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 24:3: “Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 24?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 24 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,” 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, “I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways, and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”” Ezekiel 24 opens with these words: “Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 24:3: “Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.” Carry the word “utter” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 24:3: “Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 24? Then try this: Read “Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Put the cauldron on the…” 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 24. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 24:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 24 and write Ezekiel 24:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 24:3
“Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 24. Help us remember Ezekiel 24:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.