Tag Archives: Joseph
Potiphar Says (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge teaches that we don’t always get to choose our circumstances, but we always get to choose our attitude about those circumstances. It highlights Joseph’s way of handling his enslavement to Potiphar in Genesis 39:1-20. … Continue reading
Filed under Attitude, Challenges, Choices, Coping skills, Energizer, Game, Hardship, Joseph, Object Lesson, Overcoming obstacles, Waiting on the Lord
Let Go, Let God, Get Free! (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge teaches how bitterness, unforgiveness, hatred and resentment create a trap for us and how forgiveness and turning things over to God (especially when we are having a hard time forgiving in our own power) … Continue reading
Filed under forgiveness, Joseph, Object Lesson, Relationships, Teaching
Joseph and Jesus (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge uses a two-sided puzzle, with the image of Joseph on one side and the image of Jesus on the other. It makes comparisons between Joseph (of Genesis) and Jesus and shows how Joseph was … Continue reading
Filed under Jesus, Joseph, Lesson, Object Lesson, Teaching
Fortunately-Unfortunately (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge teaches what happens to us is not as important as how we respond to what happens to us. If we trust God with even our “unfortunate” events and circumstances, He can use everything for … Continue reading
Filed under Abundance, Attitude, Challenges, Daily walk, Expectations, Failure, Hardship, Joseph, Paradigm Shift, Scarcity
Bloom Where You Are Planted (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge makes the point that we can make a choice to honor God even if difficult situations. Joseph was sold into slavery by his own brothers, but he was such a trustworthy slave, that Potiphar … Continue reading
God’s Permissive Will (OBJ LESSON)
Time 45 minutes Audience Children, Teens, Adults Description This object lesson teaches about how God’s permissive will works with God’s unchangeable will. It uses the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and his brothers to illustrate how God allows … Continue reading
Do Clothes Really Make the Man? (OBJ LESSON)
Time 30 minutes Description This object lesson looks at the different clothing Joseph wore and asks the question, “do clothes really make the man?” The old adage means that how you dress says a lot about you, but in Joseph’s … Continue reading
Filed under acceptance, Agape Love, Belief, Character, Christianity, Eternity, faith, Jesus, Joseph, Object Lesson, Performance, salvation, sanctification, Transformation
Joseph’s Journey
For summer camp this year, I’ve written ten Challenges (Bible activities for small groups and a leader to do together – sometimes in competition with other groups) and some large group lessons on the story of Joseph. They are all … Continue reading
Filed under Abraham, Abundance, acceptance, activity, Agape Love, Annointing, Belief, Bible study, blessing, Challenges, Change, Character, Christianity, Comfort Zone, Coping skills, courage, Discipline, distractions, drama, exercise, faith, Fear, forgiveness, Future, Game, Games that Teach, God's dream, God's favor, God's Plan, God's Will, Hands-on, Healing, heart, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joseph, Kindness, leadership, Lesson, Listening to God, Love, Obedience, Object Lesson, Overcoming obstacles, Pride, purity, Relationships, Repentance, Salt of the earth, sanctification, spiritual disciplines, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Warfare, Strengths, struggles, team, temptation, territory, test, tool, Transformation, Trust, unconditional love, Waiting on the Lord
Why Jesus Came to Earth (BIBLE LESSON)
Time 25-30 minutes Description This lesson teaches about why Jesus came to earth. It’s a good lesson to do around Christmas time, and it includes a game to keep things light. Scriptures Matthew 5:17, 20:28 Luke 4:18, 5:32, 19:10 … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Christmas, Eternity, Game, Games that Teach, God's Plan, Gospel, Heaven, Jesus, light, Light of the world, Repentance, salvation
