Week 942 · about 45 minutes
Zephaniah 2
Zephaniah 2 · Memory verse Zephaniah 2:6
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Zephaniah 2), the matching word search and answer key (Zephaniah 2 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Zephaniah 2 in about four minutes, stopping at Zephaniah 2:6: “The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Zephaniah 2?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Zephaniah 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,” 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 have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.” Zephaniah 2 opens with these words: “Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,” The line to keep is Zephaniah 2:6: “The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.” Carry the word “coast” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Zephaniah 2:6: “The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Zephaniah 2? Then try this: Read “The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.” 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 Zephaniah 2. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Zephaniah 2:6. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Zephaniah 2 and write Zephaniah 2:6 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Zephaniah 2:6
“The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Zephaniah 2. Help us remember Zephaniah 2:6 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.