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| If students don’t raise questions, here are some to start with: • If God gave us the ability to choose, why does Paul make it sound like we have no control over our actions? • What does this passage say about the power of sin? • Are you surprised by Paul’s honesty and his struggles with sin? Doesn’t it seem strange that a person like Paul would be writing something like this? APPLY: (7–10 minutes) Ask for a volunteer. Tie one rope to each hand of the volunteer, and have the person stretch their arms out to the left and right. Ask for a volunteer to pull on each rope, so the person is being pulled from both directions. Ask: What might these two ropes represent? (One rope represents sin, one represents our desire to follow God.) Ask students to look at what they wrote on their papers during the Connect time, and to reflect on that compared to what Paul wrote. Invite them to jot down their responses and comparisons between their thoughts and Paul’s. RESPOND: (10–20 minutes) Optional: Invite students to get into small groups and share some of their reflections. Don’t pressure them. Make sure they know it‘s okay not to share personal things they want to keep to themselves. Ask them to pray for each other. Hand out the copies of The Message verses to each student. Ask students to take their papers and go someplace alone. Depending on the weather and your location, this might be outdoors or to another part of the church. Ask them to read the papers and spend some time in prayer, asking Jesus for forgiveness for their sins and to help them set things right in their life. Continued... |
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