This week’s destination: Being right with God – Overcoming sin Part 1

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MATERIALS: Laptop and sound system to play music. Multimedia projector and screen to show the PowerPoint.

Photocopy: Clean and unclean hearts and small hearts for games. 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 youngest youths to colour the Bible Verse Visual Aids.

1. OPENING GAME: (For Junior youth only 10 minutes)
Laptop and sound system to play music.
Hopping Hearts: Lay the cut out hearts with the actions face down around the room. Start the music the youth have to run from one heart to another, once the music stops they have to act out what is on their heart. Eg: Skip, Hop, Run. Once music starts the game recommences continue on and off until everyone is laughing and making a lot of noise.

2. TEAM GAMES: (For Junior youth only 10 minutes)
Heart race: Pin the two large hearts at far end of room or place them on two small tables with two markers. Divide the group into two teams. At start get each teen run up to the heart and write on the heart what they want to thank God for eg My family, brothers, friends, good school, teachers, Pastor, good health, food on the table etc.

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS: (10 minutes):
His banner over me is love

4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)
Abide in me

5.TEACHING:
a) Review
What can remember last week’s memory verse? (Romans 5: 12)
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on what things? (Things of the flesh give examples)
But those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on what things? (Things of the Spirit give examples)

b) Sword Play
Ready…Swords up… 1 John 1:9 … CHARGE!
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Split the youth into six groups listen to the MP3 audio and each group recite their part of the verse.
1. If we confess our sins,
2. He is faithful and just
3. to forgive us our sins
4. and to cleanse us from
5. all unrighteousness.
6. 1 John 1 vs 9

(Use the Bible Verse Visual Aid and listen to the MP3 to assist with learning the verse)

c) Teaching the Lesson - Overcoming sin Part 1

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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 Overcoming sin Part

The Junior Youth OSL audio has been divided into two sessions

Download Junior Youth Part 1a Curriculum Download Overcoming Sin Part 1a Youth PowerPoint Download the Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download Overcoming Sin Part 1a Youth audio MP4 Download Junior SOAP Weekly Bible Devotional for both Parts

Download Junior Youth Part 1b Curriculum Download Overcoming Sin Music Part 1b Download Bible verse Part 1b Download Overcoming Sin Part 1b Youth PowerPoint Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download Overcoming Sin Part 1b Youth audio MP4

Download Prayers and Declarations

SOAP:

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

• Give each youth the next 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.
Remember your spirit became new right away when you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and your mind is being transformed, to see you as a royal priesthood, it’s only the body that will be dealt with in the end. Lets pray.

CLOSING PRAYER: Lord we thank you for the forgiveness of sins that is in the Lord Jesus by His blood we are cleansed, we thank you for what He did for us on the cross and we declare that we are over comers of sin, it doesn’t matter how long we have been in bondage, it doesn’t matter how many times we have sinned. It doesn’t matter how much our flesh likes the sin. We declare right now that we will no longer be dominated by sin. Because we are the people of God, we have been bought with a price, cleansed by the blood of Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit, filled with the peace of God and His joy, so therefore we can do all things in Christ who strengthens us, thanks you Lord.

Lord we confess our sins, you hear all our sins Father we ask you to forgive us Lord. Any sin of the eyes, any sins of the ears any sin of the mouth. Lies we have told, perversity, slander and gossip we confess and ask forgiveness. Any sins of the feet being in the wrong place we confess these sins. Our mind Lord any evil wrong, perverse thoughts and imaginations we confess them now, please forgive us. We thank you Lord for what your word says that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleans us from any unrighteousness. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Amen

When 1 John 1: 9 says if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleans us from any unrighteousness.

God did not say He is merciful and gracious to forgive our sins although Mercy and Grace is part of forgiveness but John says He is faithful and just. You don’t even have to beg to be forgiven because the debt has been paid for so if God did NOT forgive you He would be unfaithful and unjust if He did not forgive you every time. Why? Because it’s been paid for on the cross. Mercy and Grace happened when Jesus came down and now that it has been paid for, for God to withhold forgiveness when Jesus, in His own blood, bought that forgiveness would make God unfaithful and unjust. The full blessing of the cross washes always the sin, He cleansed you from it.

I believe the word of God that if I confess my sins He is faithful and just to forgive my sins and cleans me from all unrighteousness. I know in my heart now that the flood of the blood of Jesus cleanses me completely from sin and bondage and all the effects of death I am a new person, pure and hold, free from sin, cleansed completely, walking in a whole new life, with no guilt, no condemnation. I am royalty, I’m in the family of God, a new being, walking with my Father with no division, with no shame, he is not embarrassed by me because I am the perfect child.

Because the imperfection has been washed away and all that is left is the new, and holy, and righteous child. That is who I am. So I present myself to you Lord, not as that old dead person, the old sinner, but as a righteous child, cleansed with the blood of Jesus, ready to walk in an new like, ready to walk in new power, filled with the Holy Spirit, to be used by God, to minister his love to a hurting world, royalty, part of the family of God, a new life, new way of thinking, new way of speaking, new way of walking, new things to look at, new things to talk about. I am a child of God the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus . Amen

TAKE HOME MATERIAL:
Set of seven SOAP Devotional Bible Study Handouts one for each youth

Optional: ‘Take Home Quiz Activity Books’ are available for the youth at the end of this session

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

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