Week 868 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 30
Ezekiel 30 · Memory verse Ezekiel 30:2
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 30), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 30 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a seed
Hold a seed. Read Ezekiel 30 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 30:2: ““Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 30?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 30 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, “I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.” Ezekiel 30 opens with these words: “Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 30:2: ““Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’” Carry the word “prophesy” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 30:2: ““Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 30? Then try this: Read ““Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’” 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 30. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 30:2. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 30 and write Ezekiel 30:2 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 30:2
““Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 30. Help us remember Ezekiel 30:2 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.