{
  "lessonDate": "2026-08-28",
  "lessonNumber": 209,
  "lessonTitle": "Praise — \"My Mouth Shall Shew Forth Thy Praise\"",
  "semester": "fall-2026-ot",
  "source": "Teacher-created. Follows Lesson 104 (Psalm 51) and Lesson 105 (Psalms 61–86), which ends on \"GAVE PRAISE — Psalm 86:12\". The manual holds lessons 1–208; teacher-created days are numbered from 209.",
  "scriptureBlock": "Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86",
  "bookName": "PSALMS 51; 86; 150",
  "deckType": "virtual",

  "lessonObjective": "Have students notice that the psalmists praised God out loud and on purpose, decide what praise looks like for them, and make an image they will actually keep where they will see it.",

  "doctrinePrinciple": "Praising Jesus Christ is something we choose to do out loud — and singing is where most of us do it.",

  "personalScriptureStudy": {
    "chapters": "Psalm 51:15; Psalm 86:11–12; Psalm 150",
    "questions": "Count how many ways Psalm 150 says to praise God. Then ask: which of these have I ever actually done?"
  },

  "teacherNote": "VIRTUAL DAY — no class. Text the card image to every student Thursday night and again at 6:30 AM Friday. This grew out of Wednesday's class: praise came up at the end of Lesson 105 and a student asked why we don't praise more. Keep the framing honest and warm — we DO praise, mostly when we sing, and the question is whether we mean it. Do not let it become a criticism of the Church or of anyone's ward. What comes back is one image plus one sentence; that is Friday's attendance and journal entry. On Monday, open Psalm 119 by showing three or four of the images and reading their sentences — then ask who actually put theirs on a lock screen.",

  "cards": [
    {
      "card": 0,
      "layout": "virtual-assignment",
      "sectionName": "VIRTUAL FRIDAY",
      "tagline": "Sing like you mean it.",
      "title": "PRAISE HIM — OUT LOUD",
      "subtitle": "Read. Think. Create. Send.",

      "readHead": "1. READ",
      "readList": [
        "Psalm 51:15  —  open my lips to praise",
        "Psalm 86:12  —  praise with all my heart",
        "Psalm 150  —  count the ways they praised"
      ],

      "thinkHead": "2. THINK",
      "thinkText": "We pray a lot. We praise less. What would change on Sunday if you sang like you meant it?",

      "createHead": "3. CREATE",
      "createText": "Make an image you would actually keep on your phone — one that reminds you to praise Jesus Christ. Ask ChatGPT for it, and keep changing your words until it feels like yours.",

      "sendHead": "4. SEND IT IN",
      "sendText": "Send me your image and one sentence: what will remind you to praise Him?",

      "scrollQuote": {
        "text": "Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.",
        "attribution": "Psalm 150:6"
      },
      "artPrompt": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a congregation standing and singing together, open hymnbooks in their hands, faces lifted and joyful, warm light streaming through tall windows behind them."
    }
  ],

  "journalPrompt": "The sentence you send with your image is Friday's journal entry: what will remind you to praise Him? Write it in your spiral journal too, under Friday, and add one way from Psalm 150 that you have never tried."
}