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January 31, 2009

The Greatest Love was not shown on Valentine's Day!

The Greatest Love was not shown on Valentine's Day, but when Jesus opened the way to heaven for us 2000 years ago! Use this evangelistic Valentine's Day object lesson as a Children's sermon or teaching activity. Based upon the "wordless book" concept, it uses black, red, white, green, and gold (or yellow) hearts to explain the key points of the gospel message. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 07:36 PM | Link | Comments (3)
Category: Object Lessons
Average: 2.85 (118 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Valentine's Day, salvation, evangelism, hearts

January 30, 2009

Story of Valentine's Day

Unsubstantiated story about St. Valentine (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:14 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.83 (115 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Love, Valentine's Day, Relationships

January 29, 2009

Angry?

Sometimes our anger is a little misplaced. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:46 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.75 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: anger, accusation

January 25, 2009

Foil Faces

Our goal as a Christian is to me conformed (molded) into the image of Christ, (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Creative Teaching Ideas
Average: 2.93 (113 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: image of Christ, peer pressure, molded, transformed, change, likeness, conformed

January 24, 2009

Youth Ministry Ideas

A great resource for your youth ministry! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 11:02 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 2.92 (109 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: youth ministry website, resources, survivor, lock-in

Turtle Picnic

Looking for faults in others to excuse your own lack of action? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 06:42 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.92 (109 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: obedience, finding fault, finger pointing, criticism, gossip

January 19, 2009

Youth Minister Performance Rating

how well do you rank as a youth minister? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.96 (118 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: youth minister performance evaluation

January 18, 2009

Coming or Going?

It is easy to be too busy and lose direction in life. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:06 AM | Link | Comments (1)
Category: Humor
Average: 3.08 (120 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: humor, farmer, cow, humor, busyness, time

January 17, 2009

Christ's Heirs

what does it mean to be an heir? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:03 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.86 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: grace, heirs in Christ, chosen

January 16, 2009

Recreation in Youth Ministry: Things to Consider

Guidelines for games and activities in youth ministry. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Youth Ministry
Average: 3.06 (126 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: games, activities, recreation

Recreation as a teacher of life skills in youth ministry

While games may not be overtly spiritual, they are a very powerful teaching tool to condense many of the realities of life down into a short period of time. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Youth Ministry
Average: 3.02 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: recreation, games, youth ministry, fun activities

January 15, 2009

Recreation as a Relational Bridge in Youth Ministry

Recreation serves a role in building relationships in youth ministry (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 08:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Youth Ministry
Average: 2.86 (125 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: recreation, games, fun activities, relationships

Recreation as a Tool in Youth Ministry

Recreation is an important tool in youth ministry (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Youth Ministry
Average: 2.91 (119 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: games, recreation, entertainment, fun activities

January 14, 2009

Mustard Seed Faith

Grasshopper or Caleb - The choice is Yours! Do you have faith that God will do what he has promised in your life? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (2)
Category: Youth Sermons
Average: 2.98 (127 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: faith, trust, obstacles, victory, promises of God, God's Blessings

January 13, 2009

Perfect Love...

How do we restore our relationships with God and others? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (2)
Category: Object Lessons
Average: 2.90 (122 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: forgiveness, purity, true love, relationships, Valentine's Day

January 12, 2009

Where I Came from

Where did you come from? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:53 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 2.84 (107 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: miscommunication, birth, facts of life, sex, children, parents, mother

January 11, 2009

Slow Starters

Inside each of us God has placed an incredible amount of potential! (more)

January 10, 2009

God In the Clouds

We often find God in places we never expected. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 11:02 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 3.09 (109 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Keywords: pain, struggles, fear, perseverance, fear, faith, growth Author:

January 09, 2009

Dead Horses

Sometimes traditions and specific ways of doing things must be kept at all costs, but sometimes we need to make room for the new. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 10:28 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 3.04 (109 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: tradition, church growth, folk wisdom, Dead horses

Carpe Diem

Seize every moment and live it for the glory of God! (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 2.85 (109 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: death, life

January 08, 2009

Brave Training

God watches over us/ (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:05 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.96 (111 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: God's protection, parents

Grasshopper Olympics

When we focus on ourselves we often get the wrong perspective on things. We need to learn to see things from God's perspective. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Creative Teaching Ideas
Average: 3.04 (121 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: perspective, trust, God's promise, significance, victory in Christ, fear, overcoming

January 07, 2009

Carried Away

It is better to never have followed Jesus, than to have followed and him and denied him. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Resource Reviews
Average: 2.83 (115 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: Peter, commitment, deny Christ, denial, sacrifice

January 06, 2009

Christ of the Andes

Sometimes the solution to conflict is learning to see something from a different perspective. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 06:00 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Humor
Average: 3.17 (113 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: conflict, criticism, complaint, discord, anger, protection of God

God Hears

Even when it may seem like God is not listening, we can have confidence that He is listening and that He cares. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 12:00 AM | Link | Comments (3)
Category: Object Lessons
Average: 2.91 (123 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: persistent prayer, God hears prayers, God answers prayers

January 05, 2009

The Emperor Moth

Sometimes the struggle is exactly what we need for growth and life. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:34 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.83 (112 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: pain, suffering, trials, tribulations, circumstances, adversity, struggles, overcoming, hurt, affliction, testing

January 04, 2009

Around The Rim

Do we miss out on the blessings and provision of God because we are too focused on religion rather than what he is doing in our lives? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 09:43 AM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 3.08 (115 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: tradition, leaders, followers, spiritual food, provision

January 03, 2009

The Frog and the Ox

Pride will end in destruction, but when we are humble God himself will lift us up. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 05:02 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Teaching Illustrations
Average: 2.98 (107 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: pride, conceit, ego, frog, ox

The Bus Driver

God never gives up on a lost person. In the same way we should never give up in our service to God because we never know when that small act of service might yield its harvest for eternity. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 04:45 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category:
Average: 2.86 (122 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: faithfulness, VBS, salvation, perseverance

January 02, 2009

Pizza Prayer

Is calling upon God in prayer like calling and ordering a pizza? (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 04:35 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Object Lessons
Average: 3.02 (127 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: prayer, calling upon God, answered prayers, God's provision

January 01, 2009

Four Things

Hellen Keller's four things are a good start as a New Year's resolution. (more)

Posted by Ken Sapp at 04:56 PM | Link | Comments (0)
Category: Food for Thought
Average: 2.74 (127 votes) | Rate It: 1 2 3 4 5 | (5="Great", 1="Bad")
Keywords: lessons, blind, wisdom, new year, principles to live by

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