Today’s Lesson
Pray Point – Pray to God to grant you spirit of praising 'Him in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Pray likewise for grace to admonish believers also.
Previous Knowledge - Students should mention what they benefitted from the previous week's lesson. Teacher should mark the· students workbook and make
1. Opening   

A. BIBLE PASSAGE - Psalm 33: 1-8

B. Memory Verse - "Let 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" Colossians 3: 16

C. Lesson Introduction - Today, our focus is on the use of psalms, hymns and other spiritual songs. The psalmist admonishes us to sing psalms unto the Lord. Also, Apostle Paul admonished Christians to edify one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. This is one of the ways by which we can load our lives with the word of God.

TEACHER’S DIARY
A. Lesson Aim - To study the place of Psalms, hymns and spiritual sons in giving thanks to God.

B. Teaching Objectives and Lesson Plan

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to use Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual songs to praise the Lord. To achieve these objectives, teacher explains the place of psalms in thanksgiving. Teacher also explains that spiritual songs and hymns produce inspiration that draws us to the presence of God or draws down the mighty hand of God .
Teacher concludes by encouraging students to sing songs, hymns and, psalms to the Lord to thank Him for His all-round kindness.

C. Text Review - PSALM 33: 1-8
David mentioned some reasons why God must be praised in today's passage. These were as follows:         
i.   The Lord is right and true. VA
ii. Love for righteousness and judgement. V5
iii. Goodness.                             iv. Authority of His word. V6
v. Great work. V7                        vi. His commandment. V9
vii. Makes heathen's counsel nothing. V1 0
He mentioned also some instruments to praise Him.
i. Harp.                                          ii. Psaltery.
iii. 10- string instrument.           iv. New songs.
v. Loud noise. Psalm 33:23

D. Teaching Method - Teacher should use lecture teaching method.

E. Time Management - 15 minutes for Opening, 30 minutes for '- Lesson Outline, Summary, Conclusion and Assignment, 15 minutes for General Review.

2. Lesson Outlines
i. LESSON OUTLINE 1 - PSALMS QA. What are Psalms?
Ai. They are songs which are sung to a harp. Psalm 98:5
ii. They are songs to talk to God for his wondrous ways. Psalm 105:2
iii. They are song to enter into God's presence.
QS. What are the types of Psalms?
Ai. Thanksgiving psalms. Psalm 30
ii. Psalms of praise. Psalm 117: 1, Psalm 145: 1
iii. Psalm of prophesy. Psalm 2: 1-12; 16:1-11
iv. Penitential psalm. Psalm 6:1-10; 25:1-22
v. Intercessory. Psalm20:1-9; Psalm67:1-7
vi. Psalm of affliction. Psalm 3: 1-8; 4:1-8;
vii. Psalm relating to didactic & history. Psalm 1: 1-6; 78: 1-72
Class Activity 1 - Each student should recite at least one verse of any psalm which they have learnt by heart.
II. LESSON OUTLINE 2 - HYMNS AND SPIRITUALSONGS
QA. What are Hymns?
Ai. They are religious canticles, songs, or psalms. Eph. 5: 19, Co1.3: 16
ii. They are songs inspired by God, written by spiritual men.
Psalm 42:8
QB. Who sang or should sing?
Ai. Christ and His disciples sang to God. Matt. 26:30
ii. Kings, apostles and holy men in the Bible. E.g Moses, Marian etc iii. Believers in our days should sing spiritual songs & hymns.
QC. Which song should we avoid and why?
Ai. Songs that glorifies flesh, sin and devil.
ii. Why? They affect our worship.
QD. In addition to praising God, does song serve other purpose?
Ai. Yes. It is a way to load our lives with the word of God. Co1.3:16
ii. The various songs perform different functions e.g. some are prayers, some are prophesies, etc. Psalm 20:1-9; Psalm 2:1-12; Psalm6:1-10.
iii. They also edify our souls. Matthew 26:30

Class Activity 2 - How can the youth show greater love to spiritual songs than secular songs?

Summary: Sing spiritual songs, hymns, psalms to God always.

Conclusion: One of the ways one can maximise gains from psalms, hymns and songs is for one to be born again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Hymns come from divine inspiration, therefore, one must be in the spirit to get the best from them.

Assignment: See assignment in the workbook.