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| Hand out paper and pencils. Ask the guitar player to play a quiet reflective song as students spend time thinking and writing. RESPOND: (5–10 minutes) Set up 3 prayer stations. Place the guitar at one station, a Bible and candle at the second station, and the computer showing the pictures you took today at the third station. Invite students to take turns at the stations, and to spend time praying there. Encourage them to think about the value of their bodies at the guitar, the Holy Spirit’s presence in their bodies at the Bible, and their commitment to respecting their bodies at the computer. Close with a group prayer. INSIGHTS FROM SCRIPTURE: Paul’s instructions that the body is a temple of God, and that the body belongs to God carry huge implications for what we do with our bodies. It may be hard to identify with the powerful temple imagery because in our culture, we don‘t have a place that is reverenced as the singular dwelling place of God. Still, if we can impress upon our youth (and ourselves too!) that the Holy Spirit dwells within our body, perhaps we can change how we view the “right” we feel we have to do what we want to with our body. All through the Bible, we see the importance placed on holiness and sexual purity. Perhaps we need to work harder at our approach to sex education within the church, emphasizing the fact that if the Spirit dwells within us, we don’t have the right to engage in sexual immorality. In Paul’s words, “Do you not know.…that you are not your own? You were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.” If we belong to God, we are not free to invent our own moral standards or do anything we like. Continued... |
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