{"id":2052,"date":"2025-02-28T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/?page_id=2052"},"modified":"2025-03-08T13:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T13:23:20","slug":"the-breastplate-of-righteousness-apostle-paul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/the-breastplate-of-righteousness-apostle-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"ARMOR OF GOD \/ BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Part 2 \/ Apostle Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE CONVERSION OF PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS<\/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>Acts 9:1-22; 2 Cor 5:21; Romans 5:1; Is 45:8; Ps 146:8,9<\/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. RIGHTEOUSNESS is making RIGHT CHOICES. It&#8217;s the opposite of wrong choices.\u00a0 We have all done wrong things. If we tell God we are sorry, He will forgive us. JESUS will help us do what&#8217;s RIGHT.<\/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>\u00a0 \u00a0(if not already done)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 Saul. Saul did not believe Jesus was the Son of God. He didn&#8217;t like people who believed in Jesus (Christians). In fact, he arrested Christians and put them in jail. Today, we will hear the story of Saul&#8217;s amazing encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus!.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s declare the truth: <strong>JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Believing in Him makes us RIGHT with God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7813-scaled.jpg\" width=\"154\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKTABLE<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/worksheet-RIGHTEOUS-paul1-scaled.jpg\">worksheet<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/worksheet-RIGHTEOUS-paul0.pdf\">step-by-step lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/worksheet-RIGHTEOUS-paul4-scaled.jpg\" width=\"178\" height=\"230\" \/><\/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<p><strong>RIGHTEOUSNESS SONGS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><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=\"204\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optional: The Lord Loves The Righteous (Instrument: Purim Noise Maker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIBLE STORY: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rD1bQmRIqoI\">The Story of Saul<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/saul.paul-video.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow-up to video: <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Saul-to-Paul-Questions.pdf\">Comprehension Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRUTH VS LIE CHALLENGE: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/T-or-L-CHALLENGE-PAUL1-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/T-or-L-CHALLENGE-PAUL1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAYER: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/prayer-RIGHTEOUSNESS-paul.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/prayer-RIGHTEOUSNESS-paul.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"218\" \/><\/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: Colored Rice and Weigh Scales \/ Balance<\/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 \/ Specialty Food:<\/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:\u00a0 Conversion of Paul coloring page <a href=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/coloring-PAUL-scaled.jpg\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/coloring-PAUL-scaled.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"239\" \/><\/li>\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<h6><strong>CLEAN-UP OF CENTERS (IN PREPARATION FOR DISMISSAL):<\/strong><\/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<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 Breastplate worksheet \/ Breastplate T-shirt (when paint dried)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CONVERSION OF PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS Acts 9:1-22; 2 Cor 5:21; Romans 5:1; Is 45:8; Ps 146:8,9 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. 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