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Rev 22.13
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
CELL GUIDE – Summer 2004 – No 3 – Keeping Pure!
Welcome
Barbie Race
Which pair can undress and dress a Barbie quickest?
(Boys Version) Which pair can undress and dress a Barbie quickest? Hey why change this….? Perhaps you’ll need to use one of Paul’s action men – or you could aim to do something else entirely – like undressing and dressing the marmite off a piece of toast… or the chocolate off a choc digestive, then using tongue to spread chocolate from a twirl onto it…
Then see if Paul would eat it – not telling him what it is of course
Worship
Have a piece of white paper - be thankful for the holiness and perfection of God
Mark the paper with various things – be thankful that even though we muck up – God forgives us and still sees us pure
Word
Read Colossians 3:1-14 – go through it slowly – discussing the bits that are most difficult to do (not the bits difficult to understand – but the ones difficult to put into practice)
Perhaps put in bits from the Street Bible
Col 3:5-10
Kill off all those dark habits. Starve out sexual deviance, twistedness. Lop off the groping, grabbing hand. All this is what gets God furious. Yeah, that was you in your ‘previous life’ – but no more. Lose the temper, fight the anger, beat the aggression, pick on the cruelty, embarrass the slander, bad-mouth the foul language. Don’t lie. All these ‘old rags’ are ripped off you and you’re wearing the ‘New You’ – renewable every time you get more of a glimpse of the Tailor.
Col 3:12-14
God’s picked you out to be pure, passionately loved. Clothes are a big statement, so lets see you sporting an image that reflects the New You: compassion suits you, kindness goes with the colours of your soul, humility sets you off nicely, gentleness is so ‘you’, patience is perfect with your complexion. It all fits so well, Tailor made…. But you’re still undressed without the finishing touch – love. Love holds all the stitches together, love makes it all look just right, love transforms an outfit into a statement.
Talk about how living in this world makes it so difficult to remain ‘pure’. The things that make it difficult to dress as God wants and easy to dress as the world expects.
Bad language / jokes / comments
Things we see and hear
We need to want to keep pure
How is it easy to be wearing the wrong clothes when you are going out with someone.
Older girls…
are there lines we want to agree to – beyond which we recognise our clothes are becoming dirty.
Encourage them to agree to remain true to their faith, resisting temptation to conform to what they think others are doing or what they think their boyfriend deserves to have!
Witness
Pray for one another – perhaps be really specific with particular attributes need to take off or put on!