Youths · About 15 minutes

Sin and the Need for Good News

This week we are revisiting Jesus Announces the Kingdom. Keep the focus on what Mark 1:14-20; Luke 4:16-21 actually says and one faithful response.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Connect Jesus Announces the Kingdom to the story already learned in Jesus, Gospel, and Discipleship.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Connect Jesus Announces the Kingdom to the story already learned in Jesus, Gospel, and Discipleship.
5 min
Read
Read a manageable selection from Mark 1:14-20; Luke 4:16-21 and name direct observations.
3 min
Understand
Restate the big idea in your own words: Jesus announced God's reign and called people to repent, believe, and follow.
3 min
Play
Use Jesus Announces the Kingdom Evidence Grid verbally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Name one concrete faithful response for this week.

Talk about it

What does the passage directly say?
What meaning follows from it?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response connected to jesus announced god's reign and called people to repent, believe, and follow and practise it this week.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear in the passage; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the text supports.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.

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