Psalm 74.10-17
“Yours is the day, yours also the night” Why fear the days ahead? Why dread the darkness of night? They both belong to the LORD who loves you.
Genesis 8.13-9.17
For younger children read at least Genesis 9.6 You may also talk about how seriously God takes the life of every human and what an amazing thing that we are made in his image.
For older children you could discuss this prayer – “After the fearsome yearlong experience on the ark, God reassures Noah and his family that He will never again send a universal flood. As time would soon tell and continues to tell, no amount of amazing rescues and rainbow sightings can keep humankind, including God’s own people, from falling into sin. But God is faithful to His covenants, even when people are not. The message of every rainbow tells us He is faithful to His promise to provide a Savior.” The Lutheran Study Bible
Mark 4.1-20
For younger children read at least Mark 4.20 and repeat it so that it might be written on the heart. You might also talk about the importance of hearing God’s Word.
For older children you could discuss this – “Lord, continue to plant Your Word richly in us. Remove the stones and weeds that impede Your Word, and thereby bring forth a harvest of mature fruit in all who believe. Amen. ” The Lutheran Study Bible
Write it on the heart verses – Genesis 9.6 and Mark 4.20
Small Catechism for the week: The Sixth Petition Lead us not into temptation. What does this mean? God surely tempts no one to sin, but we pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us, so that the devil, the world, and our flesh may not deceive us or lead us into false belief, despair, and other great and shameful sins; and though we are tempted by them, we pray that we may overcome and win the victory.
Small Catechism question for the day: How does Jesus feel about those who tempt others to sin? Matthew 18.7 Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but wo to the one by whom the temptation comes.