{"id":504,"date":"2019-02-24T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T01:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2019-08-18T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:11:49","slug":"lesson-41-psalms-1-41-book-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/lesson-41-psalms-1-41-book-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2 (Lesson 41): Psalms 1-41: Book 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.\u201d \u00a0Colossians 3:16<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 After reading the verse with your students use the following definitions to help them understand it a little better.<\/p>\n

word of Christ:\u00a0 <\/strong>refers to the revelation which Jesus brought into the world which is undiscoverable except by God and the Scriptures<\/em><\/p>\n

wisdom:<\/strong>\u00a0 practical wisdom; sound judgment; good sense<\/em><\/p>\n

teaching:<\/strong>\u00a0 to advise, or put in mind \u2013 as a tutor would do<\/em><\/p>\n

admonishing:<\/strong>\u00a0 to caution or reprove gently; to warn<\/em><\/p>\n

hymns:<\/strong> a song sung in praise to God<\/em><\/p>\n

Use this discussion to prepare your students to understand the importance of the Psalms as we begin our study of them.\u00a0 We see in our memory verse that the Psalms are songs sung as praises to God, but they are also to instill wisdom and good judgment in our hearts and minds to teach us how to live.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 Today we continue with the second of the Personal books, Psalms. Psalms is known as the Israelites\u2019 songbook.\u00a0 David is often accredited to as its author.\u00a0 Although he probably wrote almost half of them (about 73), there were other authors, known and unknown.\u00a0 Many of the Psalms were written when different men approached God in prayer because of circumstances surrounding them.\u00a0 You can see instances of great sorrow, admitted sin, repentance, hope and trust in God, faith, and a great love for God.\u00a0 Throughout Psalms, man\u2019s prayers from the heart turn to singing in that prayer \u2013 ending with man praising God, revealing that the Psalms are not only prayers from the heart, but songs as well.\u00a0 Some were written in praise and adoration of who God is vs. who man is. So, many of these hymns are rich in Israel\u2019s history.\u00a0 If we know the history, we will better understand the circumstances surrounding many of these songs.<\/p>\n

In the book of Psalms, we find God is infinite \u2013 sovereign; yet despite man\u2019s failings, God still communicates with man, and allows man to communicate with him.<\/p>\n

We will especially see how the Psalms, broken into five books, parallel to the first 5 books of the Bible (the Law).\u00a0 Many believe the 5 books of the Law (Genesis through Deuteronomy) are God\u2019s words to His people, whereas the 5 books of the Psalms are God\u2019s people\u2019s words (prayers and songs) back to God.\u00a0 Each of these five divisions ends with its own doxology (a hymn of praise to God).\u00a0 We begin today with the first book of the Psalms (chapters 1-41) revealing man and God\u2019s dealings with man as compared to the book of Genesis.\u00a0 Remember in Genesis, we saw sin enter into the world, causing separation from God.\u00a0 We also found God actively involved in men\u2019s lives.\u00a0 You may want to review that in Genesis there were 4 main events (the Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel) and 4 main people (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph).<\/p>\n

Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!<\/p>\n

Emphasis:\u00a0 All<\/em><\/strong> of God\u2019s Word is important \u2013 converting the soul and making wise the simple (Psalm 19:7).<\/p>\n

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Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:<\/p>\n

Lesson 41 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 41 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ideas for children:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).\u00a0 I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!\u00a0 Pinterest always has great ideas!<\/p>\n

You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.<\/p>\n

One idea for today\u2019s lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0 (See picture below).\u00a0 For today\u2019s lesson we took an outline of a sheep and filled it with cotton balls to make a fluffy sheep.\u00a0 That was one way to remember that David (who we learned was a shepherd boy) wrote many of the Psalms.\u00a0 You could choose to do a craft that reminds your students of one of the 4 Main Events in Genesis (Creation, Fall, Flood, and Tower of Babel) as we compare them to Book 1 of Psalms.<\/p>\n

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Mural idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.<\/p>\n

By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.\u00a0 Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.\u00a0 Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God\u2019s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.<\/p>\n

Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.\u00a0 Encourage everyone to participate.<\/p>\n

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Key Verse \u201cLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.\u201d \u00a0Colossians 3:16   Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 After reading the verse with your students use the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[220,177,224,40,221,33,50,225,223,184,46,222,211],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-one-quarter-four","tag-book-1","tag-david","tag-good-judgment","tag-history","tag-hymns","tag-law","tag-personal-books","tag-praise","tag-praises","tag-prayer","tag-psalms","tag-songs","tag-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}