Singing     Opening Prayer: May we thank the Lord for this time together in sharing, learning and singing about Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Memory Verse Focus:   Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in  Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;   Read Aloud Poem Singing Heart  Melody heart  Beats with joy  Filled with pleasure  Faith is my treasure.  Melody heart  Beats with gladness  Filled with song  All day long  Singing to my Lord.  Julie Pisacane © 2006  ____________________________ Today's Hymn \ SINGING TODAY There’s joy in the sunshine and love in the air, When Jesus we meet by the way; His smile makes each blossom more lovely and fair, And so we are singing today. Refrain Singing today, singing today, Singing glad songs as we go on our way; We’re singing today, singing today, Singing the praises of Jesus today. The beautiful flowers of grace daily grow, In hearts that are free from all sin; And Jesus will help us the good seed to sow, Because we are trusting in Him. Refrain Our souls are illumed by the sunlight of God, Our gifts at His altar we lay; Our lives are made bright by believing His Word, And so we are singing today. Refrain Lesson Discussion Questions  1. Do you ever sing?  2.  What are some of your favorite songs? 3. Do you know that we learn of others in the Bible that also liked to sing?   Read the following to the children: 1 Chronicles 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 4. Did you know that we learn in the Bible of God singing? Read the following to the children”   Zephaniah 3:17The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.   5. Do the children of God have good reasons to sing? Take turns naming some of those reasons out loud! 6. Fill in the blanks to today's Bible verse: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and________ and spiritual _______, singing and making melody in your heart to the ________;   6. In the hymn that goes with today's lesson ---there is a part of the song that says:" our lives are made brought by believing His Word ".   Isn't that a great reason for us to sing today and every day?   Amen.   Lesson Activity: Take time to name and sing some of your own favorite worship songs today.     Close In Prayer and always with a song to God in your heart.