Week 871 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 33
Ezekiel 33 · Memory verse Ezekiel 33:17
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 33), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 33 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a wooden spoon
Hold a wooden spoon. Read Ezekiel 33 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 33:17: ““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 33?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 33 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “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, ““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.” Ezekiel 33 opens with these words: “Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 33:17: ““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.” Carry the word “children” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 33:17: ““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 33? Then try this: Read ““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not…” 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 33. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 33:17. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 33 and write Ezekiel 33:17 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 33:17
““‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 33. Help us remember Ezekiel 33:17 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.