Text:
Read the first commandment (Ex 20:3)
Read the account in Acts 19 where the people burned all the articles associated with the Devil.
Materals:
Paper grocery bags, markers/crayons/whatever, lighter or matches and a safe place for fire.
Process:
Ask if anybody has ever seen an idol in person? Then why is this verse in the Bible? An idol is anything we worship instead of God. As this goes on, hand out paper grocery bags and markers. Have group make an Idol that represents what they are most tempted to place in front of God. Each can explain what their idol is about.
Provide an opportunity to burn their Idols if they are serious about keeping God first in front of these temptations.
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