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Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
EDGE 4: Being on the Edge is Exciting
WELCOME
Get them to think up and then mime things that can be turned inside out.
Finish off with the challenge to turn an After Eight wrapper inside out (I'll buy a box and distribute them if you want!)
WORSHIP
Read...
"Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He now showed the disciples the full extent of his love. It was time for supper, and the Devil had already enticed Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to carry out his plan to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he had around him.
When he came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, why are you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You don’t understand now why I am doing it; someday you will."
"No," Peter protested, "you will never wash my feet!"
Jesus replied, "But if I don’t wash you, you won’t belong to me."
Simon Peter exclaimed, "Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!"
Jesus replied, "A person who has bathed all over does not need to wash, except for the feet, to be entirely clean. And you are clean, but that isn’t true of everyone here." For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when he said, "Not all of you are clean."
After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, "Do you understand what I was doing? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because it is true. And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. How true it is that a servant is not greater than the master. Nor are messengers more important than the one who sends them. You know these things—now do them! That is the path of blessing."
John 13:1-17
Look again at the first paragraph - perhaps the strangest 'so' ever! Jesus knew he had complete authority SO he got up and washed the disciple's feet...
What else did Jesus do to surprise people...
(spend time with sinners, upset tables, welcome children, heal on Sabbath, ride in triumph on a donkey, stay quiet over Easter)
Offer to wash their feet
Pray thanks for what Jesus did
WORD
Give them paper and pen - to write/draw numbers/graph
What friendships are exciting...?
New ones / where you find things out, do things together...
Is your Christian life (friendship with God) exciting? Rank it from 1-10
Why is it there?
Has it ever been higher? When?
What made it exciting?
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"I have given you an example to follow..."
How could our Christian life be more exciting...
Do we have to turn our thinking inside out?
The world thinks of driving fast, risking big money, drinking too much, seeking pleasure as exciting
Jesus shows us that living right, thinking of others, going out of your way to serve others, to spend time with people, to not do what people expect is exciting...
WITNESS
Stand in a circle, all face one way round the circle - put hands on the person in front and pray for them - silently - but definitely that they would life differently, their faith would be exciting.... turn round, do it the other way...