Week 945 · about 45 minutes
Haggai 2
Haggai 2 · Memory verse Haggai 2:9
Get the free weekly Sunday school and bedtime printable pack
For a parent or teacher. Children do not make accounts here. The pack is a week of printables, not a child profile.
Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Haggai 2), the matching word search and answer key (Haggai 2 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a piece of bread
Hold a piece of bread. Read Haggai 2 in about four minutes, stopping at Haggai 2:9: “‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Haggai 2?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Haggai 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai the prophet, 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, “‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’” The priests answered, “No.”” Haggai 2 opens with these words: “In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,” The line to keep is Haggai 2:9: “‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”” Carry the word “latter” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Haggai 2:9: “‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Haggai 2? Then try this: Read “‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place…” 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 Haggai 2. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Haggai 2:9. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Haggai 2 and write Haggai 2:9 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Haggai 2:9
“‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Haggai 2. Help us remember Haggai 2:9 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.