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Winterfest 2021 - Devotional Ideas for Friday Night Devotional-2Discussion Questions for use following the Friday night sessionRead Colossians 2:6-8· Have you ever had a time in your life when you made a decision or acted on a piece of information that you realized later was not true or right? What were the consequences of you acting on the misinformation?· Have you ever thought you believed in someone or something or some principle with all of your heart, only to find out through experience or circumstances, that you didn’t really believe it like you thought? In other words, your belief in someone or something or some principle was more “shallow” than you realized? · When it comes to Jesus – what’s difficult to believe about Him?· When it comes to Jesus – are there any teachings of His that are difficult to trust?· As you think about your journey with Jesus to this point, what is it you know to be true from personal experience? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Below you’ll find two illustrations provided for you that fit the theme of the lesson.? Feel free to to use both (or either) of them. Both stories have been excerpted/adapted from “Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks” by Wayne Rice.------------------------------------------------------------------------Illustration #1 - True or False?There is an online news group in which readers post “urban myths” and discuss whether they are true, false or unanswerable. Below are some of the myths that have been discussed and conclusions that have been drawn about them. What do you think? Are they true or false?1. A penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building will embed itself in the pavement. (false)2. The bubbles in bubble-wrap (the packing material) contain a toxic gas. (false)3. You can send a coconut through the mail without wrapping it. (true)4. If the entire population of China jumped up and down at the same time, the earth’s orbit would be disturbed. (false)5. Welding while wearing contact lenses will cause the lenses to stick to your eyeballs. (false)6. Unless marked “dairy,” fast-food shakes aren’t milk, but mostly carrageen gel. (true)7. If your college roommate commits suicide, you get automatic ‘A’s in all your courses. (false)8. A woman was impregnated by swimming in a pool with loose sperm. (false)9. Koalas are always stoned (drunk) from ingesting the alcohol in eucalyptus leaves. (false)10. Albert Einstein did poorly in school. (false)11. A woman adopted a stray dog in Tijuana, Mexico, and later discovered it was a sewer rat. (false)12. Some Oregon highway workers blew up a whale and showered the town with whale blubber. (true)13. Some people like to eat the placenta of their newborn children. (true)14. A mime had a heart attack during his act. The audience thought it was part of the act and did nothing. He died. (false)15. Bubble Yum bubble gum is made with spider eggs. (false)16. You can tell if a big operation is under way at the White House by the level of pizza orders that come from there. (false)In today’s world, it’s hard sometimes to determine the true from the false. Some things sound true, but they are only myths. Other things seem hard to believe, but they are absolutely true. And many times, there’s no way to know which is which.Myths come and go. But truth endures forever. That’s one reason the Word of God has survived for thousands of years. No other document has stood the test of time like the Bible. Generation after generation has found that God’s Word is true. It can be trusted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illustration #2 - I Didn’t Know That! Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.White Out was invented by the mother of the Monkee’s Michael Nesmith.A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.In England the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.Frank Sinatra never owned a pair of Levis.If a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building, it has about 30 percent less chance of surviving than a cat falling off the twentieth floor. It takes about 8 floors for a cat to realize what is happening, relax, and correct itself.Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.The Monongahela River’s name translated into English means “high banks breaking off and falling down in places.”A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12,345,678,987,654,321.No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.Canada is an Indian word meaning “Big Village.”“I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.The term “the whole 9 yards” came from World War II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. The ammo belts for .50-caliber machine guns measured exactly 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”The most common name in the world is Mohammed.Mel Blanc, the original voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.A “jiffy” is the name for an actual unit of time—1/100th of a second.The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.The “dot” over the letter “i” is called a tittle.Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life. What about milk you say? A cow has to eat grass to produce milk and grass is living.Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.Dr. Seuss pronounced “Seuss” such that it rhymed with “rejoice.”More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. That’s how we got the modern military salute.Los Angeles’s full name is: “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Poriuncula.”Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.Although these pieces of “useless trivia” are true, none of them require any action or response on our part. And knowing them won’t improve the quality of your life—or anyone else’s for that matter.But there’s a kind of truth that can change your life! That truth is the Word of God. Jesus promised that you could know the truth, “and the truth shall set you free.” The writer of Hebrews described the Word of God as “quick and powerful and sharper than a two-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12).If you think that the Bible is nothing more than ancient trivia, think again! It has the power to do a mighty work in your life. That’s why Christians want to spend time in God’s Word every day, even though they may already know what’s in the Bible. You need to allow the Bible to do its work on you. God speaks to us and changes us through his Word. Read it and you will experience true freedom in Christ! ................
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