Week 865 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 27
Ezekiel 27 · Memory verse Ezekiel 27:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 27), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 27 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Ezekiel 27 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 27:4: “Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 27?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 27 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh’s word came again 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, ““‘“Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus were among your merchandise.” Ezekiel 27 opens with these words: “Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 27:4: “Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.” Carry the word “borders” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 27:4: “Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 27? Then try this: Read “Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.” 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 27. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 27:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 27 and write Ezekiel 27:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 27:4
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 27. Help us remember Ezekiel 27:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.