In Six Days the Lord Made
Month 3: Creation & Science · Memory Verse
Today's Scripture
Read together: Exodus 20:8–11
8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Memory Verse
“For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.”— Exodus 20:11 (BSB)memorize this week
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: 2 Peter 1-3
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Peter warns that scoffers will mock God's promises — but God keeps His word.)The Heart of It
Here is something amazing. When God wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger (), He pointed back to creation as the reason for the Sabbath. "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth…" God didn't say "long, long ago over countless ages." He said six days. And then He used those six days to teach His people how to live their week. The God of the commandments is the same God of . He treats the six days of creation as real, ordinary days. They are days we can build a whole week around.
That's why memorizing this verse matters so much. It ties together two things that the world tries to pull apart. It ties how God made the world to how we are to live in it. Six days of work, and one day set apart for rest and worship. And the foundation under all of it is that the Maker actually made things this way. When you hide in your heart, you're not just learning a fact. You're learning to trust that God means what He says, all the way back to the very beginning.
Around the Table
Say it in two parts. First, "In six days the LORD made…" (count six fingers). Then, "…and rested the seventh day" (fold hands). Try it three times, a little louder each time!
Let's do it: March around the room saying the first half. Then sit down still and quiet for the second half.
This verse is in the Ten Commandments, the rules God Himself wrote in stone. God ties our whole week back to how He made the world.
Let's talk: Why do you think God reminded His people about creation when teaching them about a day of rest?
Notice that God Himself, in His own law, treats the six days as real days. That's a strong reason to read the same way.
Let's go deeper: Practice saying the whole verse from memory. Then explain in your own words how it connects creation to the way God wants us to live.
💬 Conversation Starter
What's one thing your family does that you only do on a special, "set apart" day?— God set apart a whole day just for rest and worship!
🛡️ Defending the Faith
If someone says the "days" of creation must mean millions of years, gently point out one thing. God used those very days to define our weekly Sabbath. And our week isn't millions of years long. Sharing that kindly honors .
For Dad · Go Deeper
Memory work is discipleship, not decoration. When your children carry in their hearts, you've handed them an internal anchor. It connects the fact of creation to the practice of a God-ordered life. Notice the logic God uses. The Sabbath command rests its weight on the historical reality of the six-day creation week. If those days dissolve into vague ages, the command loses its footing. This is why the question "were they real days?" isn't a side issue. It's load-bearing. Make memorization warm, not grim. Repeat it at meals, in the car, at bedtime. You are filing truth where your kids can reach it for the rest of their lives.
Draws on: Natasha Crain, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You for Your Word. We can trust it from beginning to end. Help us hold Your words close in our hearts. Help us believe what You say about how You made the world. In Jesus' name, amen."
God Himself counts the six days as real. So I can build my whole week on His Word.