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Case File: Four Prophets and a Promise

Crack a 700-year-old clue, climb Habakkuk’s watchtower, and find out what the Lord really wants from us

  • ⭐ Valiant 9–11
  • Week 49
  • 📅 Sunday, December 6, 2026
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

The Lord always keeps His promises and delights in mercy, so I can trust Him with my hard questions and give Him what He wants most.

I can do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God, and trust His timing when I have questions.

Come, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah)
Know the chapters

Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah are four short books near the end of the Old Testament. Micah prophesied in Judah at the same time as Isaiah, about 700 years before Jesus was born (Micah 1:1). Judah’s leaders took bribes and its priests taught for money, yet they bragged, “Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us” (Micah 3:11). Nahum foretold the fall of Nineveh, the proud capital of Assyria, which had carried away the northern tribes of Israel; the city later fell, just as he said. Habakkuk wrote as Babylon was rising, and Zephaniah preached during the reign of good King Josiah (Zephaniah 1:1). All four warned about pride and wickedness, but every one of them also pointed to the Lord’s mercy and a future full of hope.

The headline prophecy for your class is Micah 5:2. Micah named the exact village where Israel’s promised Ruler would be born: Bethlehem, “little among the thousands of Judah,” and added that His “goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting,” a hint that Jesus lived before His birth. Seven hundred years later, when wise men asked where the new King was, Herod’s chief priests and scribes answered by quoting Micah (Matthew 2:4–6). Nine- to eleven-year-olds are old enough to love this: they can find the prophecy themselves, then turn to Matthew and watch it come true. That is the heart of today: the Lord keeps His promises.

Micah 6:6–8 is one of the most famous passages in the Old Testament. Micah imagines people offering bigger and bigger gifts to God (calves, thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of oil) and then gives the Lord’s real answer: “to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.” Jesus taught the same three ideas when He called “judgment, mercy, and faith” the “weightier matters of the law” (Matthew 23:23). Help your class see the difference between doing merciful things and loving mercy: the Lord wants our hearts, not just our actions. Micah ends his book praising a God who “delighteth in mercy” and casts our sins “into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:18–19).

Habakkuk is perfect for this age group because he asks God real, honest questions: How long? Why do wicked people seem to win? (Habakkuk 1:2–4). Instead of quitting, he climbs his watchtower to wait for an answer (2:1). The Lord tells him to write the vision plainly and wait, “because it will surely come” (2:2–3), and by chapter 3 Habakkuk sings that even if every crop fails, “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD” (3:17–18). Joseph Smith asked similar questions in Liberty Jail and received comfort (Doctrine and Covenants 121:1–8). Let your class know that questions are welcome; what matters is bringing them to the Lord. Zephaniah adds a tender promise to close: the Lord “will joy over thee with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).

Only have 5 minutes?

Read Micah 5:2 with Matthew 2:4–6, Micah 6:6–8 and Habakkuk 2:1–3. Do the Case File hook with your own scriptures (tap “I brought nothing” and the app gives you the Twenty Questions version), let Teach Mode run the Four Prophets drama, teach the Micah 6:8 motions, and finish with Forehead Guess. The Watchtower Journal challenge works even without cards: they can write it at home tonight.

What to bring7 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Write the mission card and seal it in the envelope: “CASE FILE: WHERE IS THE KING? About 2,000 years ago, wise men arrived in Jerusalem asking where the newborn King of the Jews was. King Herod’s experts answered by quoting a prophet who wrote 700 years earlier. YOUR MISSION: find that prophecy and read the name of the town. CLUE: Micah chapter 5.”
  2. In one set of scriptures, put a sticky note at Micah 5:2, Micah 6:6–8, Nahum 1:7, Habakkuk 2:1–3 and Zephaniah 3:17 so your four prophets can read their own lines in the drama. Also mark Matthew 2:6 for the Scribe.
  3. Practice finding Micah yourself: it sits between Jonah and Nahum. Kids who have never found it will need the tip.
  4. Pick a sturdy chair for Habakkuk’s watchtower, and decide which corner of the room will be the Stronghold.
  5. Add your kids’ names in the My Class tab so you can hand out the eight story parts with one tap. Give the four prophet parts to your strongest readers.

If your class is wild

  • Nine- to eleven-year-olds love to win. Keep a running team score on your fingers or the Goal Jar across the hook, Forehead Guess and Showdown, and announce the champions at the end.
  • Give King Herod to your loudest kid and let him stomp and fume. Put the volume where it helps the story.
  • “Wait for It… SURELY!” doubles as your attention signal: whenever you say “Wait for it…”, they crouch and freeze until you say “Surely.”
  • Give responsibility to the ones who test you: make your wiggliest reader the Scribe or the Forehead Guess scorekeeper.
  • If a question stumps you in Deep Dive, say so and write it down. That is exactly what Habakkuk did, and it models faith.

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

Case File: Where Is the King?

3 min

A scripture-finding race lets them discover a 700-year-old prophecy with their own hands.

  1. Pair kids up with scriptures. Hand the sealed envelope to a kid and let them open it and read the mission card aloud like a detective.
  2. SAY“Micah is a tiny book tucked between Jonah and Nahum near the end of the Old Testament. Use the table of contents if you need it. Ready… go!”
  3. The first pair to stand and read the name of the town in Micah 5:2 cracks the case and wins a point for their side of the room.
  4. Have another kid read Matthew 2:4–6 aloud. Ask: “Which words in Matthew match Micah? Who was reading Micah to King Herod?”
  5. SAY“A prophet named the exact town 700 years early, and Herod’s own experts read it out loud. Today we meet Micah and three other prophets, and we’ll find out what the Lord really wants from us.”
🌪️ Only the pair’s “reader” may hold the scriptures; the partner is the “lookout” who calls out book names. No grabbing.

Class screen: 🕵️ Case File: Where would the promised King be born? · Clue: Micah chapter 5 · Find it. Read it. Win it.

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Scriptures for each pair of kids (their own, a classroom set from the library, or Gospel Library on a parent-approved device), An envelope marked TOP SECRET: CASE FILE with the mission card inside (see prep)

Twenty Questions: Where Is the King?

  1. SAY“Case file! About 2,000 years ago, wise men asked King Herod where the newborn King of the Jews was. Herod’s experts answered by quoting a prophet who wrote 700 years earlier. Your mission: guess the town.”
  2. Split into two teams. Teams take turns asking yes-or-no questions (“Is it a big city?” “Is it near Jerusalem?”). Keep count on your fingers.
  3. The first team to name Bethlehem wins a point. If nobody gets it by 15 questions, give a clue: “It’s where King David grew up.”
  4. Hand your scriptures to a kid to read Micah 5:2, then to another to read Matthew 2:4–6. Ask: “Which words match? Who was reading Micah to Herod?”
  5. SAY“A prophet named the exact town 700 years early. Today we meet Micah and three other prophets, and we’ll find out what the Lord really wants from us.”

Class screen: 🕵️ Twenty Questions: Where would the promised King be born? · Yes-or-no questions only · First team to guess wins

2. Story

Story Drama: Four Prophets and a Promise

6 min

Kids read the prophets’ real words themselves while the class acts out each message.

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Give the bookmarked scriptures to Micah first; it passes to each prophet in turn and ends with the Scribe.
  2. Everyone else is the Crowd & Sound Crew. If you have extra kids, one can be Mary and hold the doll during the last scene.
  3. Read each scene aloud (or hand the narration to a strong reader) and pause for the action cue. Each prophet reads their own verse from the scriptures.
  4. At scene 6, Habakkuk stands on a sturdy chair while you hold it steady. At scene 9, set the doll on a chair and let the Wise Men kneel.
  5. End by asking: “Why do you think the Lord told Micah the town 700 years early? What does that tell you about His other promises?”
🌪️ Habakkuk’s watchtower is the freeze signal: when you say “Watchtower!”, everyone freezes and looks up at Habakkuk.

Class screen: 🎭 Story Drama: Four Prophets and a Promise · Prophets read their own lines · Everyone else: Crowd & Sound Crew

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: 5 sticky notes to bookmark the prophets’ verses in one set of scriptures, A baby doll, or a hand towel wrapped in a small blanket, to be the young child Jesus (no child plays Jesus)

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Everyone else is the Crowd & Sound Crew.
  2. Keep your own scriptures. When a prophet’s turn comes, read their verse one phrase at a time and the prophet echoes it in a big prophet voice.
  3. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue.
  4. At scene 6, Habakkuk stands on tiptoe on the “tower” (a spot by the wall) and shades his eyes. At scene 9, the Wise Men kneel toward your phone or tablet showing the scene, and one kid pretends to cradle a baby; no one plays Jesus.
  5. End by asking: “Why do you think the Lord told Micah the town 700 years early? What does that tell you about His other promises?”
3. Wiggle break

Wait for It… SURELY!

2 min

Habakkuk 2:3 becomes a jump-when-you-hear-it reflex game that burns energy and teaches patience.

  1. Everyone crouches low like a spring. Say: “The Lord told Habakkuk, ‘Wait for it; because it will surely come.’ You may only jump when I say SURELY.”
  2. Tap drumroll on the Sound Board, then call trick words slowly: “Sure-ish… Surfboard… Sherbet… Shirley… SURELY!” Everyone leaps up.
  3. Anyone who jumps early does three slow-motion jumping jacks and rejoins. No one is out.
  4. Play 3–4 rounds, then let a kid be the caller.
  5. SAY“Waiting is hard. But God keeps every promise, right on time.”
🌪️ If the room gets loud, the next round is silent: the caller mouths the words and everyone reads lips.
🔊 Sound Board (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: ⏳ Wait for it… jump only on SURELY! · Habakkuk 2:3

4. Scripture

Scripture Spotlight: Micah 6:8

4 min

Reading the whole passage and a cross-reference shows them what the Lord wants most, and why.

  1. Pick two readers. Reader 1 reads Micah 6:6–7 like an auctioneer, getting louder as the offers grow. Reader 2 answers calmly with Micah 6:8.
  2. Ask: “Why would God turn down thousands of rams and rivers of oil?” (He already owns everything; He wants our hearts and how we treat people.)
  3. Unpack it: do justly = do what’s fair and right even when no one is checking. Love mercy = not just forgive, but want to. Walk humbly with God = stay close, admit you need Him, let Him lead.
  4. Have a kid read Matthew 23:23. Say: “Jesus called judgment, mercy and faith the ‘weightier matters.’ Same three ideas as Micah, 700 years later.”
  5. Teach the motions and say the verse together twice. Then ask: “Who can say it without looking?”
  6. Speed round: read a situation and they show the motion that fits. You’re the ref and your best friend is out. · A kid who teased you drops their lunch tray. · You win the spelling bee.

Class screen: ⚖️ What does the Lord require of thee? · Do justly ⚖️ · Love mercy 💗 · Walk humbly with thy God 🙏

5. Game

Forehead Guess: Minor Prophets Edition

4 min

A Heads Up–style challenge with harder words reviews every prophet, place and idea from today.

  1. Split into two teams. Tap Forehead Guess. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing their team.
  2. Teammates give clues without saying the word or anything that rhymes with it. Tilt down for “got it,” up to pass. Turns last 45 seconds.
  3. Bonus point if a clue-giver names the book and chapter where the word appears.
  4. Alternate teams. Highest score takes the round.
🌪️ Pick each guesser with the Name Spinner, and the other team keeps score so everyone stays involved.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess: Minor Prophets Edition · No saying the word · Bonus: name the chapter

6. Game

Four Corners of the Prophets

3 minBONUS

A running review that helps them tell the four prophets apart.

  1. Name the corners: Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.
  2. Read a clue; everyone speed-walks to the prophet it fits: Bethlehem · the watchtower · Nineveh falls · the Lord sings over you · rivers of oil · “Yet I will rejoice” · a strong hold in trouble · seek the Lord, ye meek.
  3. Ask one kid in the right corner to explain the clue in one sentence.

Class screen: 🧭 Which prophet said it? Go to the corner! · Micah · Nahum · Habakkuk · Zephaniah

7. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz with harder questions reviews the whole lesson.

  1. Split into two teams and pick a captain for each. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  2. Read each question aloud. Teams huddle for 10 seconds; only the captain may answer.
  3. Bonus point if the team can name the verse where the answer is found.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

8. Talk it over

Deep Dive

4 min

Honest “why” questions connect the prophets’ messages to their own lives.

  1. Sit in a circle. Toss the soft ball to whoever answers next; they toss it on.
  2. Ask one question at a time. Give a quiet 10 seconds of thinking time before anyone answers, and share your own answer too.
💬 Ask the class
  • Why do you think the Lord told Micah where Jesus would be born, 700 years before it happened? How does that help you trust His other promises?
  • Micah said the Lord wants mercy more than rivers of oil. Why would God care more about how we treat people than about expensive gifts?
  • What’s the difference between doing something merciful and loving mercy? When is it hardest to love mercy?
  • Habakkuk asked God “How long?” and “Why?” Is it okay to ask God hard questions? What did Habakkuk do while he waited?
  • Habakkuk said “Yet I will rejoice” even when everything went wrong. How can someone feel joy in the Lord on a really hard day?

Class screen: 💬 Deep Dive: why does it matter?

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A soft ball or a rolled-up pair of socks

  1. Sit in a circle. Roll up an invisible scroll and hand it to whoever answers next; they unroll it before they speak and roll it back up to pass it on.
  2. Ask one question at a time. Give a quiet 10 seconds of thinking time before anyone answers, and share your own answer too.
9. Testimony

Testimony & Watchtower Journal

2 min

End calm, with a way to bring their own questions to the Lord this week.

  1. Lower your voice. Share one or two sentences about a time the Lord kept a promise to you or answered a question in His own time.
  2. Hand out cards. Invite each child to write one question they’d like to ask Heavenly Father on one side (it stays private), and “Micah 6:8” on the other.
  3. Introduce the Watchtower Journal challenge on the screen.
  4. Ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🗼 Climb your watchtower: ask, watch, and wait for it · Write your question · Pray about it · Watch for the answer

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: One index card or half sheet of paper per child, and a few pencils

  1. Lower your voice. Share one or two sentences about a time the Lord kept a promise to you or answered a question in His own time.
  2. Ask everyone to close their eyes and silently think of one question they’d like to ask Heavenly Father. Say: “Tonight, write it down at home. That’s your watchtower.”
  3. Introduce the Watchtower Journal challenge on the screen.
  4. Ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Story drama

Four Prophets and a Promise

Micah 3; 5–7; Nahum 1; Habakkuk 1–3; Zephaniah 2–3; Matthew 2:1–11 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • MicahThe country prophet: reads Micah 5:2 and Micah 6:8 from the scriptures.
  • NahumWarns proud Nineveh, then reads Nahum 1:7 and leads everyone into the Stronghold.
  • HabakkukAsks God hard questions, climbs the watchtower (a sturdy chair) and waits for the answer.
  • ZephaniahInvites the meek to seek the Lord and reads Zephaniah 3:17.
  • King HerodSits on a chair throne, troubled and grumpy: “Another king?!”
  • The ScribeOpens the scriptures and reads Matthew 2:6 to Herod, quoting Micah.
  • Wise MenTwo or three kids who travel from the East and kneel before the young child (the doll).
  • Crowd & Sound CrewEveryone else: greedy leaders, a proud city, wilting crops, and the loudest cheers.

Scenes

  1. 🧑‍🌾📣 A country prophet speaks up

    About 700 years before Jesus was born, a prophet named Micah came from a small country town. Judah’s leaders were taking bribes, and priests were teaching for money. Yet they bragged that the Lord was among them, so nothing bad could happen to them. Micah told them the truth: God cares how you treat people.

    🎬 Crowd rubs their hands and counts pretend coins. Micah points and says, “The Lord sees!”

  2. 🏘️📜 A tiny town gets a giant promise

    Then the Lord showed Micah something amazing. Israel’s greatest Ruler would not be born in a palace or a capital city. He would come from Bethlehem, a village so small that hardly anyone noticed it. And this Ruler had existed long, long before, from everlasting.

    🎬 Micah reads Micah 5:2 from the scriptures. Crowd: “Bethle-WHO?”

  3. 🐏🛢️ Thousands of rams? Rivers of oil?

    The people wondered what gift would please God. Burnt offerings? Thousands of rams? Ten thousand rivers of oil? They kept offering bigger and bigger things. Micah’s answer surprised them: the Lord wanted their hearts and the way they treated others.

    🎬 Crowd members shout bigger and bigger offers: “A hundred sheep!” “A MILLION!” Micah shakes his head, then reads Micah 6:8.

  4. 🏙️💥 Nahum: proud Nineveh will fall

    Long after Jonah’s visit, Nineveh had gone back to cruelty. It was the capital of Assyria, the empire that had carried Israel away. The prophet Nahum said the proud city would fall, and it did. But Nahum also told God’s people something comforting about the Lord.

    🎬 Crowd stands on tiptoe as a tall, proud city, then slowly crumbles to the floor. Nahum reads Nahum 1:7 and everyone huddles into the Stronghold corner.

  5. 🙋❓ Habakkuk asks God hard questions

    The prophet Habakkuk looked around and saw violence and unfairness everywhere. He prayed, “O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear!” He asked God why He let it happen. He was honest with God about how he felt.

    🎬 Habakkuk reads the first part of Habakkuk 1:2. Crowd holds up one hand bent like a question mark.

  6. 🗼👀 Waiting on the watchtower

    Habakkuk didn’t give up on God. He climbed his watchtower to watch and wait for the Lord’s answer. The Lord told him to write the vision down plainly, and to be patient: the promise would come at the right time.

    🎬 Habakkuk climbs the watchtower chair (hold it steady) and shades his eyes. Crowd whispers, “Tick… tock…” Habakkuk reads Habakkuk 2:3.

  7. 🌳🎉 “Yet I will rejoice!”

    Habakkuk wrote a song. Even if the fig tree has no blossoms, even if the vines and olive trees fail, even if the fields grow nothing and the flocks are gone, he said, “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD.” His joy didn’t depend on his crops. It depended on God.

    🎬 For each loss, Crowd wilts lower like a dying plant. Then Habakkuk shouts, “Yet I will rejoice!” and everyone springs up.

  8. 🎶💛 Zephaniah: the Lord sings over you

    The prophet Zephaniah warned proud Jerusalem too, but he invited the meek, the humble people, to seek the Lord. Then he shared a beautiful promise: one day the Lord would be so glad about His people that He would rejoice over them with singing.

    🎬 Zephaniah reads Zephaniah 3:17. Crowd hums a happy tune and sways.

  9. 👑📜⭐ 700 years later, the scroll opens

    Seven hundred years passed. Wise men came to Jerusalem asking, “Where is He that is born King of the Jews?” King Herod was troubled and called his experts. They opened Micah’s old words and read the answer: Bethlehem! The wise men followed the star, found the young child with Mary, and worshipped Him.

    🎬 Herod stomps: “Another king?!” The Scribe reads Matthew 2:6. Wise Men walk to the doll, kneel and offer gifts. Everyone: “Micah was right!”

Key verse

Micah 6:8 ↗
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
In kid words: God has already shown you what is good: do what is fair and right, love being kind and forgiving, and stay humbly close to Him.
🙌 “He hath shewed thee… what is good” = open your hands like a book · “what doth the LORD require of thee” = palms up, shrug, then point to yourself · “to do justly” = hold both hands flat like balanced scales · “and to love mercy” = cross your arms over your heart · “and to walk humbly” = walk in place with your head gently bowed · “with thy God” = point up and smile

More verses

Micah 5:2 ↗
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
In kid words: Little Bethlehem, you’re a tiny town, but Israel’s Ruler will be born in you, and He has existed forever.
Nahum 1:7 ↗
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
In kid words: The Lord is good. He is like a fortress when trouble comes, and He knows everyone who trusts Him.
Habakkuk 2:3 ↗
“though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
In kid words: Even if it seems slow, wait for it. God’s promise will come at exactly the right time.
Zephaniah 3:17 ↗
“he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
In kid words: The Lord is so happy about you that it’s like He sings for joy.

Forehead Guess words20 words

  • 🧑‍🌾 Micah
  • 🏰 Nahum
  • 🗼 Habakkuk
  • 🎶 Zephaniah
  • 🏘️ Bethlehem
  • 🏙️ Nineveh
  • ⚔️ Assyria
  • 👀 Watchtower
  • 🛡️ Stronghold
  • 🌳 Fig Tree
  • 🛢️ Rivers of Oil
  • 🚜 Plowshare
  • 📜 Scribes
  • 👑 King Herod
  • 🔭 Wise Men
  • ⚖️ Justice
  • 💗 Mercy
  • 🙇 Humble
  • 🌊 Depths of the Sea
  • ✍️ Vision
Clues for each word
  • Micah: Country prophet who named Bethlehem 700 years early
  • Nahum: Prophet who said the Lord is a strong hold in trouble
  • Habakkuk: Prophet who asked “How long?” and climbed a watchtower
  • Zephaniah: Prophet who said the Lord rejoices over us with singing
  • Bethlehem: “Little among the thousands of Judah”
  • Nineveh: Assyria’s proud capital; Jonah warned it, Nahum saw it fall
  • Assyria: Empire that carried away the northern tribes of Israel
  • Watchtower: Where Habakkuk waited for the Lord’s answer
  • Stronghold: A fortress; Nahum said the Lord is one
  • Fig Tree: Even if it didn’t blossom, Habakkuk would still rejoice
  • Rivers of Oil: Ten thousand of them still wouldn’t be what God wants most
  • Plowshare: Micah said swords would be beaten into these
  • Scribes: Experts who read Micah’s prophecy to King Herod
  • King Herod: Troubled ruler who didn’t want another king
  • Wise Men: Followed a star from the East to worship Jesus
  • Justice: Doing what is fair and right
  • Mercy: Micah says the Lord delights in it
  • Humble: How Micah 6:8 says to walk with God
  • Depths of the Sea: Where the Lord casts the sins we repent of
  • Vision: The Lord told Habakkuk to write it plainly
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown10 questions

  1. Which book sits right between Jonah and Nahum?
    • A. Micah
    • B. Malachi
    • C. Hosea
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Micah Micah is tiny and easy to miss, just like Bethlehem!

  2. Micah 5:2 calls Bethlehem “little among the thousands of” what?
    • A. Egypt
    • B. Judah
    • C. Babylon
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Judah Bethlehem was a small village in Judah, and that’s where the Savior was born.

  3. Who read Micah’s prophecy to King Herod?
    • A. The wise men
    • B. The shepherds
    • C. The chief priests and scribes
    Show answer

    ✅ C. The chief priests and scribes Herod’s own experts quoted Micah in Matthew 2:4–6.

  4. Micah asked if the Lord wanted ten thousands of rivers of what?
    • A. Milk
    • B. Oil
    • C. Gold
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Oil Micah 6:7. Even rivers of oil can’t replace a good heart.

  5. Jesus called judgment, mercy and faith the “weightier matters” of what?
    • A. The law
    • B. The temple
    • C. The harvest
    Show answer

    ✅ A. The law Matthew 23:23: the same three ideas Micah taught in Micah 6:8.

  6. Which city did Nahum say would fall?
    • A. Jericho
    • B. Nineveh
    • C. Bethlehem
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Nineveh Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. It had gone back to cruelty after Jonah’s day.

  7. Where did Habakkuk go to wait for the Lord’s answer?
    • A. Up on his tower
    • B. Into a cave
    • C. Onto a ship
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Up on his tower “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower” (Habakkuk 2:1).

  8. Micah 7:19 says the Lord casts our forgiven sins where?
    • A. Into a fire
    • B. Over a mountain
    • C. Into the depths of the sea
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Into the depths of the sea When we repent, the Lord doesn’t keep our sins on display. They’re gone.

  9. Even with no figs and no crops, Habakkuk said…
    • A. “I give up”
    • B. “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD”
    • C. “Send more rain”
    Show answer

    ✅ B. “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD” Habakkuk 3:17–18. His joy came from God, not from his crops.

  10. Zephaniah 3:17 says the Lord will joy over you with what?
    • A. Trumpets
    • B. Thunder
    • C. Singing
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Singing The Lord is so glad about His people that He rejoices over them with singing.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • O Little Town of Bethlehem Hymns, no. 208

    Sing it right after the drama: it’s about the little town Micah named. Find it ↗

  • Dare to Do Right Children’s Songbook, p. 158

    “Do justly” in song form: doing right even when it’s hard. Find it ↗

  • We’ll Bring the World His Truth Children’s Songbook, p. 172

    Habakkuk saw a day when the knowledge of the Lord would fill the earth (Habakkuk 2:14), and we can help. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Watchtower Journal

Write down one question you have for Heavenly Father. Pray about it this week, and each night “climb your watchtower”: write one thought, scripture or experience that helped. Also do one Micah 6:8 thing every day: something fair, something merciful, or a humble, real prayer.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we cracked a 700-year-old case: Micah named Bethlehem as the Savior’s birthplace (Micah 5:2), and Herod’s scribes quoted him (Matthew 2:4–6). We learned what the Lord wants most: “to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God” (Micah 6:8), and that Habakkuk brought hard questions to God and waited for His answer. Ask your child: what question did you put in your Watchtower Journal, and how can our family help you watch for an answer?

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

👯 Twin Prophecies · 5 min

  1. Split into two teams. Team A reads Micah 4:1–3; Team B reads Isaiah 2:2–4.
  2. Race to find what’s the same and what’s different. They’re nearly identical, because Micah and Isaiah lived at the same time.
  3. Ask: “Both prophets saw people streaming to the ‘mountain of the LORD’ to learn His ways. What is that mountain today?” (Temples.)
  4. Ask: “What does ‘beat their swords into plowshares’ look like at school or at home?”

🌊 As the Waters Cover the Sea · 4 min

  1. Read Habakkuk 2:14: the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord “as the waters cover the sea.”
  2. Set out an empty clear cup. For every true thing a kid can share about Jesus Christ (something He did or taught), pour in a little water.
  3. When it’s full, ask: “How could you help fill your school, team or neighborhood with knowledge of Jesus? Who do you know serving a mission?”

⛈️ Questions in the Storm · 5 min

  1. Read Habakkuk 1:2 and Mark 4:37–40. Both Habakkuk and the disciples asked, in effect, “Don’t You care?”
  2. Summarize Doctrine and Covenants 121:1–8: in Liberty Jail, Joseph Smith asked “Where art thou?” and the Lord answered with peace and a promise.
  3. Ask: “What did the Lord do in each story? What can you do when you have a question that isn’t answered yet?”

🎉 Reasons to Rejoice · 4 min

  1. In pairs, read Zephaniah 3:14–20. Finish this sentence as many ways as you can: “Be glad and rejoice with all the heart because…”
  2. The pair with the most reasons reads their list aloud.
  3. Mention that when Jesus visited the Nephites, He blessed their children one by one and angels surrounded them (3 Nephi 17:21–24). Ask: “How does Jesus feel about you?”

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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