Week 932 · about 45 minutes
Micah 5
Micah 5 · Memory verse Micah 5:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Micah 5), the matching word search and answer key (Micah 5 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Micah 5 in about four minutes, stopping at Micah 5:4: “He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Micah 5?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Micah 5 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.” 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, “The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.” Micah 5 opens with these words: “Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod…” The line to keep is Micah 5:4: “He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to…” Carry the word “stand” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Micah 5:4: “He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Micah 5? Then try this: Read “He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God:…” 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 Micah 5. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Micah 5:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Micah 5 and write Micah 5:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Micah 5:4
“He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Micah 5. Help us remember Micah 5:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.