{"id":1974,"date":"2025-02-25T18:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/?page_id=1974"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:45:51","slug":"armor-of-god-breastplate-of-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/armor-of-god-breastplate-of-righteousness\/","title":{"rendered":"ARMOR OF GOD \/ BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Part 1 \/ Zacchaeus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ZACCHAEUS CHOOSES RIGHTEOUSNESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shirt-RIGHTEOUSNESS.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luke 19:1-10; Jer 23:6; Is 45:8<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON ROUTE TO CLASSROOM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop at the life-size tracings in the hallway. Each child stands in front of his\/her poster. Using their pointer fingers, review the 6 parts of the ARMOR OF GOD.<\/li>\n<li>We are talking about the Breastplate of Righteousness today. Jesus ALWAYS did what was RIGHT and He will help us do what&#8217;s right, too.\u00a0 When we hold onto His hand and listen to Him, we will be safe and protected from that sneaky lying snake.<\/li>\n<li>Teach ASL for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qYDI3ijIK9w\">RIGHTEOUS<\/a> (doing what is right; following God&#8217;s Laws)<\/li>\n<li>Each student labels their armor with THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS sticker <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BREASTPLATE-STICKERS-text-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRAISE GOD IN THE GATES (BEFORE ENTERING THE CLASSROOM DOOR)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today&#8217;s story is about a man named Zacchaeus. Nobody liked him because he stole money from them.\u00a0But Zacchaeus heard Jesus was coming to town. More than anything, he wanted to see Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus ALWAYS did what was RIGHT.\u00a0 Maybe Jesus could help Zacchaeus do what was right, too!<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s declare together:<strong> THE LORD MY RIGHTEOUSNESS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ps-THE-LORD-MY-RIGHTEOUSNESS-scaled.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKTABLES<\/strong>:<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> student worksheets <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/worksheet-RIGHTEOUS-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/span> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/worksheet-drawing-lesson.pdf\">step-by-step guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Printing: THE LORD MY RIGHTEOUSNESS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Drawing: Jesus and Zacchaeus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/worksheet-RIGHTEOUSNESS3-scaled.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SONGS AT CIRCLE<\/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<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Song-The-Armor-of-God-lam-scaled.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Righteousness Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/J-JPUAsUUZs\">You Heavens, Rain Down Righteousness!<\/a> \/ words and actions <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/song-YOU-HEAVENS-RAIN-DOWN-RIGHTEOUSNESS-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/song-YOU-HEAVENS-RAIN-DOWN-RIGHTEOUSNESS-scaled.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"357\" \/><\/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<li>Find the story in one of the student Bibles. Encourage the children to read the story with their families at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BIBLE STORY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/up-tree.jpg\" width=\"159\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h-6igJfKoCY\">VIDEO PRESENTATION OF THE ZACCHAEUS STORY<\/a>\u00a0 (Start the video at 1:35 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CHALLENGE: TRUTH vs LIE \/ RIGHT vs WRONG THINKING<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/T-or-L-ZACCHAEUS-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/T-or-L-ZACCHAEUS-scaled.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAYER<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/prayer-RIGHTEOUSNESS-ZACC-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/prayer-RIGHTEOUSNESS-ZACC-scaled.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREE PLAY IN CENTERS<\/strong>:<\/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:\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">TRAIN TABLE: Cars\/Trucks and Roadway<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">KITCHEN: Standard Foods\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">PLAY DOUGH: Assorted Playdough Colors \/ Shape Cutters\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">EASEL: Zacchaeus coloring page <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zacchaeus-8.5x14-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zacchaeus-8.5x14-scaled.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">:<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Call students 1 at a time to work on the<\/span> BREASTPLATE project \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vHQIE-b_suc\">sponge-paint letters on prepared shirt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tshirt-prep.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RIGHTEOUSNESS-stamps.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"133\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shirt-RIGHTEOUSNESS.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zacchaeus-book.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>CLEAN-UP:<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Students<\/span> 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<p><strong>FEATURED GAME<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If parents have not arrived after 5 minutes of quiet reading, lead the children in a game (such as Bean Bag Toss, Duck Duck Goose, Doggie Doggie Who Has My Bone, I Spy, etc). Featured game for the month of March: Marbles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>DISMISSAL:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Assign an adult to greet parents\/guardians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Call students ONE AT A TIME when families arrive.\u00a0 Prompt the remaining student to call out, \u201cGOODBYE (student\u2019s name).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Families ckeck mailboxes.\u00a0 Today\u2019s TAKE HOME:\u00a0 Zacchaeus worksheet \/ Zacchaeus narrative <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/zacc1.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZACCHAEUS CHOOSES RIGHTEOUSNESS Luke 19:1-10; Jer 23:6; Is 45:8 ON ROUTE TO CLASSROOM: Stop at the life-size tracings in the hallway. Each child stands in front of his\/her poster. Using their pointer fingers, review the 6 parts of the ARMOR OF GOD. We are talking about the Breastplate of Righteousness today. Jesus ALWAYS did what [&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":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974","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=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}