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| Would you rather: • Eat at Burger King or McDonald’s? • Die by drowning or by burning? • Vacation in a 5 star hotel or in a wilderness camp way up in the mountains? • Skateboard or wind surf? • Read your Bible or write in a prayer journal? • Eat liver or Limburger cheese? • Do whatever God tells you to do or get flogged and go to jail? CONNECT: (5 minutes) Ask, “How easy was it for you to be honest on the last set of choices?” Have the youth list some things that would make suffering or persecution for God easier. For example, they may list knowing that I’ll go to heaven, believing that God will rescue me, remembering how much Jesus did for me, etc. Transition into the Bible lesson by saying, “Humanly speaking, it’s really hard to follow God when that means persecution. It’s almost like the followers have to know something, believe something, that the rest of the world doesn’t get. Be looking for that “something” as we read the scriptures.” EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (20 minutes) Ask the students to verbally review all the lessons they learned so far in the book of Acts. If you are doing this lesson in isolation, then skim chapters 1 though 4 with the students. Continued... |
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