Week 922 · about 45 minutes
Amos 9
Amos 9 · Memory verse Amos 9:15
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Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Amos 9 in about four minutes, stopping at Amos 9:15: “I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Amos 9?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Amos 9 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.” 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, “Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahweh.” Amos 9 opens with these words: “I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in…” The line to keep is Amos 9:15: “I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.” Carry the word “plant” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Amos 9:15: “I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Amos 9? Then try this: Read “I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given…” 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 Amos 9. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Amos 9:15. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Amos 9 and write Amos 9:15 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Amos 9:15
“I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Amos 9. Help us remember Amos 9:15 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.