This will only take 10-15 minutes. Good for Sabbath school or retreats. Items needed: small 3″ x 5″ cards or pieces of paper, pens or pencils, and a jar or box representing a trash can. Hand out the pieces of paper and pens to the youth and ask everyone to write down at least one sin or worldly thing that takes them away from God. Could be anything that person thinks is a vice in their lives. (i.e. listening to rock music, watching too much T.V., or swearing)
Tell them that no one will ever see this piece of paper, but God will know what you have written. Tell them all to pray and ask that God give them the strength to let go of these sins.
Now tell them to shread the papers into the smallest possible pieces and then place these pieces of paper into the jar or box that will be passed around. After the container is filled take it up to the front and pray that God take these sins away for good and ask for God’s forgiveness. Before you pray, you can talk about how Paul had a sin that he called “a thorn in his flesh” found in 2 Corinthians 12:6-9. But, no matter how bad you think you are or how hard it might be to let that sin go, read that text, where verse 9 says, “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” Afterwards throw away the trash in to a real trash can so that no one will ever be able to see those sins again.
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