This week’s destination: Being right with God – The Place of Temptation

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Download The Place of Temptation PowerPoint Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download Leadership Handout Download Full audio MP3 The Place of Temptation

MATERIALS: Laptop and sound system to play music. Multimedia projector and screen to show the PowerPoint.
Print: Pictures of the Game 1.
Photocopy: Teacher Notes/Handout. Bible Verse Visual Aids and student take home ‘Sword Play Memory Verse Track’. Activity books for youth. Seven SOAP Daily Devotional Journals photocopy a set of seven for each teen to take home.

AS YOUTH ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON:
Welcome Teacher/Trainers and students. Get ten of the younger children to colour the Bible Verse Visual Aids.

1. GAMES: (For Junior youth only 10 minutes)
Zoom is a classic classroom cooperative game that never seems to go out of style. Simply form students into a circle and give each a unique picture of an topic you wish to discuss. You begin a story that incorporates whatever happens to be on your assigned photo. The next student continues the story, and so on around the circle. This can result in some in depth conversation on different topics from stealing, to domestic violence, child slavery, partying, drugs, school shootings etc

2. Giggle Game (For Junior youth only 10 minutes)
To play the Giggle Game, separate the group into two teams. Name one youth from each group as “SELF CONTROLLED.” The other children in the team can do anything they want to make this person laugh, except touch them. Once the youth laughs, another teen takes a turn being SELF CONTROLLED” until all the players have had a chance. The last team to finish is the winner, because they had more self control!

After the game talk about self-control. Explain that it is usually okay to laugh, but there are times when we shouldn’t laugh. Like when someone is hurt or sad, during quiet time at school or church, if you are somewhere and you have been asked to be quiet.

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS: (For all youth 10 minutes)
(Download music videos and lyrics)
Self Control

Self Control, Gotta have some Self Control,
Self Control, Gotta have some Self - Control,
Self Control, Gotta have some Self Control,
Self Control, Gotta have some Self - Control,

When you are angry and you wanta shout
When you are angry and you wanta pout
When you are mad and you are feeling bad
When you are sad and you are not feeling glad

Optional: Download Temptation song

4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (For all youth 5 minutes)
Let us be self-controlled believers

5.TEACHING:
a) Review
1. What was last week’s Memory Verse? (Romans 6:23) ‘For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.’
2. Can you sing the Books of the Bible song?

b) Sword Play
Ready…Swords up… Proverbs 7:1… CHARGE!
My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.

(Download and distribute the Sword Play Memory Verse Tracks one for each youth)

c) Teaching the Lesson - The Place of Temptation

Set up the Multimedia projector and screen to show the PowerPoint, or connect to the TV.
Use the Teachers Notes to assist with managing the PowerPoint.
Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system to play the Faithbuilder MP3 The Place of Temptation.

The Junior Youth OSL audio has been divided into two sessions

Download Junior Youth curriculum Part 1 Download The Place of Temptation Junior Youth PowerPoint Part 1 Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download The Place of Temptation Junior Youth Part 1 audio MP4 Download SOAP Weekly Bible Devotional for both Parts.

Download Junior Youth curriculum Part 2 Download Session #3 Part 2 Music Download Junior Youth PowerPoint Part 2 Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download Junior Youth Part 2 audio MP4 Download Bible Memory Verse Part 2

SOAP:

• Review and discuss the seven SOAP BibIe Study Devotional Journals from last week.

• Download and distribute to each youth the seven SOAP Devotional Bible Study handouts one for each day of the week to follow.

6. APPLICATION/ENCOUNTERING GOD:
Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system to play soft worship music to set the atmosphere.

Have the youth sit on the floor in a circle and have a time of sharing
Remember Jesus fought temptation

(Get someone to read Luke 4:1-13)
The Bible says Satan tempted Jesus for forty days. During this time, Jesus did not eat. Satan tempted Jesus with food, power and the opportunity to show off His power and to honour Himself instead of God.

When Satan tempted Jesus, Jesus used Bible verses to tell Satan why He wasn’t going to do what he asked Him to do. Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit, which means God helped him be self-controlled and resist temptation.

It is the same for you and I. If we try to fight Satan and temptation on our own, it is difficult, and perhaps impossible. If we ask God to fill us with His Holy Spirit to help us fight Satan we can be strong and victorious like Jesus.

Questions for discussion:
1. Have you ever been really hungry? (Share)
2. How badly did you want to eat? (Share)
3. Can you imagine how hungry Jesus must have been after not eating for 40 days?
4. Jesus had all the power in the world and Satan tempted him to show it off, but Jesus didn’t. How did Jesus resist temptation? (He used the Word of God against Satan)

Close with a time of worship. Open the alters for those young people who want to ask God to give them the strength that they need to resist temptation.

CLOSING PRAYER: Heavenly Father help us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives. Dear God, I am having trouble controlling my tongue. I say unkind things without thinking. Please help me to be full of Your Holy Spirit so I think before I speak. I am having trouble not looking at things on the internet I should not be looking at, help me to make a covenant with my eyes not to look at anyone lustfully. Father I am having trouble not being swayed by my friends at school, help me to choose godly friends. Father I am having difficulty reducing my media time, and having the desire to listen to secular music, may I put a guard on my ears. Amen.

TAKE HOME MATERIAL:

Optional: SOAP Bible Study Devotional Journals- one for each youth

Optional: ‘Take Home Quiz Activity Books’ are available for the younger children at the end of this session, they can be cut in half and shared around the class.

Optional: ‘Sword Play Memory Verse Track’ one for each youth

Information sourced from Pastor Jerry Dirmann Founder and Senior Pastor of The Rock visit his website for more great resources

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