{"id":1871,"date":"2025-02-13T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/?page_id=1871"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:46:07","slug":"the-sword-of-the-spirit-the-word-of-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/the-sword-of-the-spirit-the-word-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD&#8217;S WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bible References: Eph 6:10-17; Heb 4:12; Is 55:11; Jer 23:29; 2 Tim 3:16; Ps 119:105; Ps 19:8<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON ROUTE TO THE CLASSROOM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TURN OUT THE LIGHTS in the hallway. Start walking towards the classroom. Let them BRIEFLY experience how hard it is to walk in the dark. Turn on a powerful flashlight. Shine it at their feet and guide them to the classroom door.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LAMP.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discuss the experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAISE GOD IN THE GATES (AT THE CLASSROOM DOOR)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Word of God is like a powerful light.\u00a0 It guides us. It shows us the safe way to go.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s declare together: <strong>GOD&#8217;S WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/printing-line-GWIAL1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"167\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKTABLES<\/strong>:<a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/worksheet-GODS-WORD-IS-A-LAMP-blank-scaled.jpg\"> worksheet<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/drawing-lesson-2.pdf\">step-by-step guide<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Printing: GOD&#8217;S WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET<\/li>\n<li>Drawing: A FLASHLIGHT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/worksheet-GODS-WORD-IS-A-LAMP-sample-scaled.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CIRCLE SONGS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transition: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-D1NV1cKWg4\">Criss Cross Applesauce<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call to worship:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N6khg9svAxI\"> I Hear the Blowing of the Shofar\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Year Theme Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sy-PsWb-4wk\">God Covers Me in Armor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Song for today&#8217;s lesson: God&#8217;s Word Is A Lamp To My Feet \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=44vz7FdzfS4\">Tune and Words<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_cYuJAW2nuw\">Dabke Dance Step<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Debka-Dance1.jpg\" width=\"166\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIBLE STORY PREPARATION<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Song: Holy Spirit Teach Us \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dWhA-hOMf7o\">Tune only<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9pKWVtTUVGg\">Lyrics and Actions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BIBLE LESSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Review the lesson on <strong>The 10 Commandments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-tables-visual.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who wrote the 10 Commandments? (GOD)<\/li>\n<li>Are His Laws good or mean? (Good and Right&#8230;They give us joy in our hearts. Ps 19:8)<\/li>\n<li>Can you summarize the 10 Commandments into 2 Laws? (Love God with all your heart \/ Love each other)<\/li>\n<li>How do the 10 Commandments protect us? (They protect our hearts and minds from the lies of the sneaky snake)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Review the lesson on the <strong>Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/enactmentj.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who was trying to trick Jesus? (satan)<\/li>\n<li>How did satan try to trick Jesus? (with lies)<\/li>\n<li>What happens when someone listens to satan? (Destruction\/Death)<\/li>\n<li>Jesus had to decide who He would listen to&#8230; God the Father <strong>OR<\/strong> the sneaky snake! Who did Jesus always obey? (God the Father)<\/li>\n<li>What happens when someone listens to God (LIFE&#8230;ABUNDANT LIFE)<\/li>\n<li>Jesus taught us how to say no to satan&#8217;s lies. What did Jesus teach us to do? (Jesus spoke the true <strong>WORD OF GOD<\/strong> whenever satan spoke lies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRUTH OR LIE CHALLENGE<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/T-or-L-LAMP-123.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s practice identifying the truth in each of these challenges (think up enough challenges so each child can have a turn):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God&#8217;s Laws are mean <strong>OR<\/strong> God&#8217;s Laws are right and good<\/li>\n<li>The Sword is for the protection of our hearts and minds <strong>OR\u00a0<\/strong>The Sword is for fighting each other<\/li>\n<li>Words are powerful <strong>OR<\/strong> Words are weak<\/li>\n<li>I will have ABUNDANT LIFE\u00a0 when I do what I want <strong>OR<\/strong> I will have ABUNDANT LIFE when I listen to God<\/li>\n<li>God&#8217;s Words are True <strong>OR<\/strong> Satan&#8217;s words are true<\/li>\n<li>I can be strong all by myself <strong>OR<\/strong> I need God&#8217;s help to be strong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prayer-SWORD1.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prayer-SWORD1.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>FREE PLAY IN CENTERS<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Release children one at a time, with their play cards, to choose a center.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">DRY TABLE: White Sand \/ Red Foil Hearts \/ White Foil Snowflakes \/ Construction Vehicles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">TRAIN TABLE: Vet Clinic (Stuffed animals and Toy First Aid Kit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">KITCHEN: Standard Foods \/ Valentine tablecloth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">PLAY DOUGH: Assorted Playdough Colors \/ Shape Cutters HEARTS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">EASEL: Sponge Paint Hearts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">PROJECT: Call students 1 at a time to complete the SWORD project. Sponge paint front side. Decorate the back of the sword with <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SWORD-STICKERS.jpg\">stickers<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WOG-Sword-project-scaled.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"102\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sword-back-side.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"98\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><strong>CLEAN-UP:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Students must tidy up the centers where they were playing when the timer rang. Teachers\/Helpers oversee this activity.\u00a0 Students learn to sort and return items to their proper place.\u00a0 In so doing, they are learning to take care of the classroom.\u00a0 It also helps them be prepared for dismissal.\u00a0 Once the centers are tidy, students move to the BOOK NOOK and quietly look at books.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLASSROOM:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-891\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-5.35.57\u202fPM-292x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-5.35.57\u202fPM-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-5.35.57\u202fPM-768x789.png 768w, https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-5.35.57\u202fPM-480x493.png 480w, https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-27-at-5.35.57\u202fPM.png 857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-905\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/armor-book-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"156\" \/><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>FEATURED GAME<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Using the 10 Commandment <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sign-1-2-3-4.pdf\">Flashcards<\/a>: Name one of the Commandments (#1-10)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>DISMISSAL:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Assign an adult to greet parents\/guardians.<\/p>\n<p>Call students ONE AT A TIME when families arrive.\u00a0 Prompt the remaining student to call out, &#8220;GOODBYE (student&#8217;s name).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Families check mailboxes.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s TAKE HOME: Flashlight worksheet \/ Booklet:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>CLOSING DOWN THE CLASSROOM:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash brushes and close paint jars<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the battery-operated keyboard<\/li>\n<li>Stack chairs and carpet mats<\/li>\n<li>Vacuum area rug (rechargeable vacuum plugged into corner outlet)<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the heat and lights<\/li>\n<li>Place garbage can outside the classroom door<\/li>\n<li>Return teaching materials to the packet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible References: Eph 6:10-17; Heb 4:12; Is 55:11; Jer 23:29; 2 Tim 3:16; Ps 119:105; Ps 19:8 ON ROUTE TO THE CLASSROOM: TURN OUT THE LIGHTS in the hallway. Start walking towards the classroom. Let them BRIEFLY experience how hard it is to walk in the dark. Turn on a powerful flashlight. Shine it at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1972,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871\/revisions\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}