Lesson 6 - The Devil is Everywhere

5 min icebreaker -
Bill Hodel was our special guest and so the ice breaker focussed on him. Well his age actually. I listed a number inventions that occured before and after Bill's date of birth and the kids had to guess. [ADD the LIST]

1 min quiz - fruits = dollars
So knowing our 13 year olds a bit I decided to pass out a $1 to everyone who could list all of the fruits of the spirit with the warning i wouldnt be doing it every sunday.

5 min scripture read
luke 4 & job 1

5 min questions/discussion? This is likely not how the devil will come to you. He will come as wolf in sheeps clothing. What does that mean? Will he hit you with a big sin? Will he lure you in? Will he convince you that what you are considering is really for the best?
15 min - 20 min---- exercise ----
temptations of the 13 yr old [chart it]
I asked the kids to chart what temptations they faced. As a parent i'd like to think the ole devil would leave my kids alone, at least for awhile, but I and they knew better. Here is the list they came up with.

Physical Agression [against classmate, siblings, etc]
Gossip
Music [bad language and innappropriate lyrics]
Friends [wanting them to do bad things]
Texting [gossip]
Internet = entertainment = pornography
drugs
competition
language [bad]

So we also then talked about what things they could do to combat these temptations and they came up with this list...some of them match the others.

Count to Ten [Agression]
Turn the other cheek [agression]
Mind your own business [gossip]
Talk about lyrics [with an adult]
Walk away
Say NO
USe emotions [versus saying something you shouldnt in a text]
Becareful
Watch where you surf
Ask people not to cuss
Dont be competitive
Read the Bible
Pray

Bill pointed out we probably had the list upside down in priority.