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| "HOPE and POWER" by Michele Hershberger | ||||||||||||
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BIBLE STUDY SESSION 111
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SESSION OUTLINE Focus: (10 minutes) Have magazines, scissors, glue and poster board ready for the youth as they come in. It’s also great to have snacks available. As they gather, ask them to look through the magazines and find symbols of power. Each person is to make a collage of power symbols and be prepared to discuss what kinds of power the symbols represent. Connect: (10 minutes) Gather the group together and give each person a chance to share his or her collage, highlighting one or two symbols of power. Have a discussion about what the word power means, how power can be abused, and what might be the most powerful force in the world. Ask, What takes more power—the power to kill or the power to bring back to life? Why do you think so? After discussing these questions, transition into the Bible story with this statement, The book of Ephesians has a lot to say about power, and for the congregation at Ephesus, a group that may have felt pretty powerless, these were life-giving words to hear. Life-giving that is—if they choose to believe them. Explore the Bible: (17 minutes) Ask for a volunteer to read Ephesians 1:15-23. Explain that Paul, in his great love for these people, has broken out into a beautiful prayer that he put on paper. He has both a prayer of thanksgiving and a prayer of intercession. Ask if anyone has ever interceded. Make two columns on the white board—thanksgiving and intercession—and have the youth list everything Paul prays about for each category. Continued... |
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