Lessons on purity for your daughter from a christian perspective. Teach young girls purity of body and mind .
A couple of years ago I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. From time to time that happens and sometimes I feel God speaking to me. That night I felt like he was…
Quick youth group lessons can be powerful, especially with topics such as media, purity, and Christian living. Here's a free teen ministry resource.
Lessons on purity for your daughter from a christian perspective. Teach young girls purity of body and mind .
I don't remember where I heard this story before, but it is something from my girlhood that really "sunk in" and stayed with me. The Gir...
Lessons on purity for your daughter from a christian perspective. Teach young girls purity of body and mind .
Lessons on purity for your daughter from a christian perspective. Teach young girls purity of body and mind .
Lessons on purity for your daughter from a christian perspective. Teach young girls purity of body and mind .
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I highly recommend leading a youth Bible study on purity for preteens and middle schoolers on up. Follow these tips and suggestions.
This morning (like before breakfast!) I put a bowl in front of the kids. I told them it was them–their
If you’ve known me for a decent amount of time, you have probably heard me say that Purity Culture has…
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What Joseph of the Old Testament can teach teens about purity.
This morning (like before breakfast!) I put a bowl in front of the kids. I told them it was them–their
This character building object lesson about forgiveness takes a fun science experience and relates it to the risks of choosing not to forgive. This is one more activity in my character building series. Object lessons helps connect a hands-on and visual experience with the heart. A picture like the one presented today is more likely...Read More
The other morning, our 8-year old son, Luke, was eating small, dill pickles. As he chattered on about various topics, he eventually paused, held up his pickle, and asked me, "Mom... do you know how I know THIS pickle... is mine....?" When I looked at him quizzically and asked, "How?," he replied by sticking out his tongue and licking all over the pickle. He's right about one thing.... that is definitely HIS pickle. And that funny episode rattled around in my brain for a few days until this morning, when I started thinking about my sons and the road ahead of them regarding purity.... and a white plastic fork. (Don't ask me how my brain works... just go with it!) This is untested - as I don't run a teen group and my kids are too young for this talk... for now. So if you use it, please let me know how it goes. Fork In The Road An Object Lesson on Purity by Maggie Buckley, 2012 Intended Audience: Junior High or Older Materials White plastic forks Sharpie Markers CAKE! (or some other awesome dessert) Instructions Pass out one plastic fork to each student as well as a Sharpie Marker (any colors - having each kid with a different color will help illustrate this better). Adapt this conversation for your group: Take your fork, and color on it with your Sharpie marker. You don't have to color the whole thing - just make enough of a mark to show you've been there. Imagine you are using the fork for real - the marker symbolizes your spit/germs/etc. But obviously, for germ reasons, we are not all going to lick the forks! Instead, we are going to color with markers to show that we "used" it. Now pass the fork 2 to the left. THIS is now your fork. Claim it by coloring on it. Pass it 3 to the right. THIS is now your fork. Claim it by coloring on it. Pass it 2 more to the right. THIS is now your fork. Claim it by coloring on it. Continue passing the forks around in different directions and patterns until the forks are all yucked-up with marker. Then bring out the gooey dessert. If all of these people had "licked" or "used" your fork for real, how interested would you be in using the fork to eat this cake? How many people would prefer that I give them a new, clean fork? Notice that while you all had fun coloring the forks, but when it actually came time to USE the fork, you didn't want the dirty, germy, used-up forks; you wanted a nice CLEAN un-marked fork. Notice that sometimes, when you got another fork, someone had colored where you would like to have colored on the fork. You had to move over and find a new place. Now imagine that fork was your body. When you make decisions about sex you are like the fork. Every time you choose to have sex or intimate behaviors with someone, it is just like when your fork was colored on by someone else . And when you choose to have sex or intimate behaviors with multiple people, you are used over and over just like the forks that were colored on again and again. And, as with a permanent Sharpie marker, those experiences never go away. They are always stored in your brain - comparing experience to experience. When you receive God's wedding gift to you (sex) on your wedding night, you *SHOULD* be able to enjoy it without worrying who else has been there too. And your spouse deserves the same consideration. Choosing abstinence may not be the world view or the "popular" path... But if you wouldn't even eat cake with a fork that had been used by 1...2...5...10+ other people, why in the world would you share the most intimate of moments with a person who had similarly been so used?! In a bar, the best liquor is kept on the top shelf - hence the expression "Top-Shelf Liquor." This is the most expensive and typically viewed to be "the best" when it comes to liquor. Middle-priced liquor is on the middle shelves - and the bottom shelves, the "well," holds the cheap stuff. Not many people buy the "Top-Shelf" liquor - because it's too expensive and they are just as content with something cheaper or more common. "Top-Shelf" liquor is considered exclusive... special... priceless. Not many people experience a "Top Shelf" drink. When you are looking for your future husband or wife, you need to be looking for a "Top-Shelf" person. You are deserving of a "Top-Shelf" Spouse! Find someone who didn't choose to be common, used, average, or cheap. Find someone who valued their body enough to treat it as an exclusive treat for their future spouse. Back in high school, we studied Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Less Traveled." In it, Frost ponders the choice of which path to take when you come to a "fork" in the road: TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. He took the path LESS traveled - the exclusive one - the one NOT already trampled by a myriad of other people... that THAT has made all the difference. Cherish yourself and your body. Treat yourself as a "Top-Shelf" person and look for the same in the person to whom you will pledge your faithfulness and the rest of your life. You are worth it. :) Mags
Discover how Bible study can deepen your relationship with God and lead to a transformative, pure life today.
Seen any music videos recently or tuned into the Disney Channel after dark? If so you might feel as if you've stepped into an alternate universe where Bible Object Lessons for Kids "Dirty Water" Bible Object Lesson - 2 Timothy 2:22
Sheila Wray Gregoire is the founder of Bare Marriage (baremarriage.com) and the author/co-author of several books, including the great breaking The Great Sex Rescue, which she co-authored with her daughter, Rebecca Lindenbach, my other guest. Rebecca also works for Bare Marriage and is the co-host of the bare marriage podcast. Rebecca and Sheila are coming... Read more »
The Passport2Purity boxed set Nate and Trey spent the weekend at Lake Whitney, making their way through a program called "Passport2Purity." A gift from Nate's mom, it was a wonderful series of talks, activities, and discussions focused on making sure Trey understood what would be occuring over the next months and years ... a.k.a "THE talk." We decided that Dad would be the best guide for our boys and they planned a fun weekend to conduct it all. I provided a letter to Trey (in his journal) and helped gather the materials for the various activities. Nate took it from there. The weekend included a Friday night dinner out (at Trey's favorite restaurant, Olive Garden) and a drive to Lake Whitney where they stayed in a lake house owned by some family friends. Five different object lessons were interspersed through a weekend of fishing, hiking, and enjoying time together. Nate's report is that the program itself is fantastic. Here are some highlights of their time together: Friday Night dinner and introduction to the program. Exploring beautiful Lake Whitney Project 1 teaches that the Bible is our instruction book for Life through a little competition including two puzzles, two competitors, but only one instruction guide. Project 2 focuses on the potentially unhealthy influences of peer pressure. Project 3 digs in a little deeper into the birds and bees ... and demonstrates that they are some things that can only be given away once. Project 4 shows how even the smallest compromises can lead up to large consequences. Project 5 demonstrates that unhealthy relationships can destroy the innocence of both people involved. Trey enjoys another nature walk and shows off his special gift to commemorate the weekend ... a sports watch that includes a digital compass, reminding him of the moral compass he must keep straight. There is a time for everything under Heaven! Fishing for dinner The next best thing to catching your own dinner? Have a restaurant catch and cook it for you. Trey loves Buzzard Billy's!
Our children are consumers of movies and media, and this new purity curriculum will help them learn to navigate media choices in our sex-focused culture.
Discover how Bible study can deepen your relationship with God and lead to a transformative, pure life today.
