He Is Risen!
Month 7: He Is Risen! — Why We Believe · Memory Verse
Today's Scripture
Read together: Matthew 28:6
6 He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
Memory Verse
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.”— Matthew 28:6 (BSB)memorize this week
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Hosea 5–9
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Hosea pleads with a wandering people; the risen Christ still calls us home.)The Heart of It
Let's slow down and treasure each phrase of this little verse, because it carries the whole weight of Easter. First, "He is not here." The tomb is empty. The body is gone. Next, "He has risen." He didn't simply survive. He was dead, and now He is alive forevermore. Then, "just as He said." This was no surprise. It was no accident. Jesus had promised it, and He kept His word right on time. Last, "Come, see the place where He lay." God invites us to look and check for ourselves. Christianity has never asked anyone to believe with their eyes closed. It says, come and see.
This is a verse worth hiding deep in your family's hearts. There will be days when fear, grief, or doubt knock at the door. When that happens, this single sentence answers back: He is risen. If Jesus conquered the grave, then nothing your family faces is bigger than Him. A buried Savior could comfort us a little. A risen Savior changes everything. He is alive right now. He hears your prayers. He holds your future. And He keeps every promise, just like He kept this one. Say it together until it lives in you: He has risen, just as He said.
Around the Table
Let's learn three happy words: "He is risen!" Jesus was dead, but now He's alive — and He stays alive forever!
Let's do it: Take turns shouting "He is risen!" and answering "He is risen indeed!"
The verse says "just as He said." Jesus promised He would rise, and He did. What does that tell you about His promises?
Let's talk: Can you say the whole verse from memory yet? Try it together, then help each other fill in the gaps.
"Come, see the place" means God invites us to look and check. He does not ask for blind faith. The resurrection is offered as something you can examine and trust.
Let's go deeper: Why is it important that our faith rests on something that really happened, not just a nice idea?
💬 Conversation Starter
What's a promise someone made to you that they actually kept? How did it make you trust them more? Jesus kept the biggest promise of all.
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Could the disciples have just made this up? Notice that the verse invites people to "come, see the place." That would be a dangerous thing to say if there were a body to produce. Inventors of a lie hide the evidence. They don't hand out directions to the tomb.
For Dad · Go Deeper
Memory work isn't busywork. You are giving your children sentences that will rise up in their minds decades from now, at hospital bedsides and gravesides, long after you are gone. Notice how this verse trains a particular kind of faith. It is anchored to history, in "the place where He lay." And it is anchored to the trustworthiness of Christ's word, in "just as He said." Don't rush past the repetition. Children learn truth by hearing it sung, recited, and lived in the rhythms of ordinary days. The same God who told Israel to bind His words on their hearts and teach them to their children () is at work in your living room tonight. Faithful repetition is not boring to God. It is discipleship.
Draws on: Sam Rainer, Raising Spiritually Healthy Kids.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You for words we can carry in our hearts forever. Plant them deep in each of us. When we are afraid, help us remember: Jesus is risen, just as He said. In Jesus' name, amen."
Three unbeatable words for any hard day: He is risen.