TF Teen Transformed by Bishop Celso Rebequi.

TF TransFomed

Are the teens that are been TransFormed by the word of God, this teens are well observed to be part of this separeted group within the TF Teen, and every now and then Bishop Celso Rebequi will be given a special message for these teens, note, it's not for all the Teens but only for those Teens that have been TransFormed!

This 1st video is special for all the teens to be played at the TF Party!

Send us your party pictures, we are so curious to see then!!!

TF Teen Lesson

Lesson for 4^th February to 9^th March 2012

Bible Verse:  

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7

Purpose of the meeting:

Teach the teenagers the benefit of praying to God

Key Verse:

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Initiating the meeting:

Start the lesson by having a donut on a plate. Place it in front of the class so all the teens can see it. Only have ONE donut on show. Then, begin the lesson as normal, make a prayer. Show them the donut and then put it down again. See if any of them asks for the donut. For sure, one will be the first to ask!

Then, give to that teen. For sure all the other teens will moan and say, ‘This is not fair!’ Then explain to them that the teen got the donut because he or she asked! Anyone could have had it!

Now you will have the whole class asking for a donut, so bring in a tray of donuts for them to enjoy!

Message that edifies:

Ask the teens if they enjoyed the donuts. Now read with them the Bible verses above. (Mathew 7:7-8)

From these verses we see that it’s exactly what happened with the donuts. The person, who asked, received. This is how it is with prayer. Prayer is asking and seeking from God through conversation, talking.

The same way we knew you teens wanted the donut, God also knows what you want, and not only that, but what you need also!

A prayer to God is a sincere conversation, when you are honest and tell God what is in your heart, your needs, desires, what your are happy about, or what may be bothering you.

God hears sincere prayers and for sure He will answer you!

Conclusion:

Prayer is talking to God. Anyone can pray. Praying is our communication between God and us and that is why it is so important. It does not matter how we sound when we pray or if our words are beautiful or not, what God looks at is that we are sincere and open our hearts in our prayer.

Activity

The children will make the party invitations for the parents and teens they will be inviting. Remember to attach the information slip that was sent to you regarding the party.

TF Teen Lesson

                                                   

 Lesson for 5^th February 2012 

Biblical reference: "Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother and led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light." Matthew (17:1)

Purpose of the meeting: Today we are going to teach the pre-teens about having a TRANSFORMATION in their lives, we will be doing this by using the example of the transfiguration of Jesus, when the Lord Jesus took some of his disciples up to the mountain and appeared to them transfigured into His glorified being. We are going to teach the pre-teens that they too can be transformed, although many areas of their lives can be transformed today we will be focusing on one important area that they can transform which is their character.

Initiating the meeting: Start off with an opening prayer asking the Holy Spirit to take control of our meetings and that through us He may speak directly inside of the hearts of each junior.

Activity: listed below are the names of some famous people who have been transformed in a negative way. These people went to the extreme to transforming themselves and others were influenced to be transformed in a negative way. You can get pictures of how these people were before and after, if you think of other people that you know were transformed in a negative way feel free to include them also.

Lil’ Kim, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga etc

Aim: to open the eyes of the pre-teens; if people are willing to go to extreme to be transformed in a negative way we too must be willing to be transformed in a positive way.

Spiritual Message: Transfigure means to transform or in more simple terms it means to change! Many of the pre-teens want to change and recognise that there are things they need to change, that they need to stop or even start doing. Some say they want to change but are not willing to stop doing certain things, so we are going to challenge themselves this month to be different.

Explain to the pre-teens about the transfiguration of Jesus. When Jesus was transfigured He changed completely and everything about Him was Light, was shining, was pure and there was no darkness at all, this is also what happens when we change completely. We become new, full of good things, light and all that is dark (the bad things that we used to do, say and are) goes away.

The pre-teens should understand that when we make a decision to be different, we change. 

Conclusion:  We are in the month of transformation, ARE YOU READY TO BE TRANSFORMED? (this is the question we will ask) Our aim is to encourage the juniors to seek a transformation in a positive way. At this present moment many of them are being influenced to be transformed in a negative way, by friends, music they listen to, what they watch on T.V. We have to do the opposite and influence them to be TRANSFORMED through the Holy Spirit. Let us introduce the subject of transformation this week and teach them that in the same way people are willing to be transformed in a negative way we must be willing to be transformed in a positive way. As Jesus was transfigured, God spoke from heaven confirming that that was His son whom He is well pleased with (Matt 17:5). When we become transformed, God confirms that He is pleased with us, with our new character, our new behaviour, our new way of thinking etc.

Seek the Spirit of Transformation with the pre-teens – the Holy Spirit is the one who causes us to be transformed, when we seek Him with a desire to change to leave behind all the bad things He gives us strength to be different!

TFteen - Lesson 29th January

                                      

Biblical reference: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs (3:5-6)

Purpose of the meeting: we are going to teach the pre-teens about TRUST, what does it really mean to trust? What does it mean to lean on your own understanding? How can they benefit from placing their trust in God and what does it mean to trust in God, the juniors should leave with a clear understanding of trust – and should be able to make a decision that if they trust in God and consider Him in everything they do, then surely He will guide them in everything and He will help them to build up a relationship with Him.

Initiating the meeting: Start of with an opening prayer – lets really ask the Holy Spirit to take control of our meetings and that through us He may speak directly inside of the hearts of each junior.

Activity: for them to understand what we will speak about you will start off with the following tasks so that you can better explain the message and that they can have a clearer understanding of what we will speak about.

The classic trust game: Get the juniors to pair up into two’s if there is not enough of them then they can get into a group of three and take it in turns, try to make them to pair up with someone they do not usually speak to regularly as this will make the game more effective, your going to need a bit of space for this. Ask them to face their partners and one will need to shut their eyes, then the person with their eyes opened will ask their partner “do you trust me?” and if the other one says yes then the one with their eyes open will slowly spin the person with their eyes closed round three times and then the person with their eyes open will stand a reasonable distance away from the one with their eyes closed then the one with their eyes open will say to the one with their eyes closed “if you trust me, fall back and I will catch you” then depending on if they trust the person then fall either reluctantly or will fall freely, let them swap round for the other person to have a turn also.

Spiritual Message: Ask them about the activity how they found it? Who found it hard to fall back? Who fell back easily? Ask them why? Those who were reluctant to fall was because they did not trust the person behind them and those who fell freely was because they had a trust in the person, ask them what they think the words trust means? As we see from the simple passage in proverbs, trust is very important especially trusting in God, but the sad reality is that nowadays many people are deciding not to trust in God or they are beginning to loose their trust in Him, just like the example there are some who are willing to fall backwards with their eyes closed because they know God will catch them and others are scared or don’t feel comfortable to do this and this is down to trust!

God promised to not only takes care of us but also guides us, this passage talks about leaning on your own understanding and not acknowledging Him in everything we do, these are the ways we show lack of trust in God and when we begin to do this at times we do not realise it but we begin to trust more in ourselves then in God, when we think we know it all and that we do not need God then we make decisions on our own, you can ask them how many times have you decided to do or say something and later on regretted it and thought “oh my! Why did I do say or do that?” this was because we were leaning on our own understanding, and this is one of the ways we show that we do not trust in God, (give other examples of leaning on your own understanding) Another way as we said is not acknowledging Him in ALL our ways meaning remembering God in everything we do and through out our day, you can ask them, who here has ever decided not to pray for their food at lunch time because they were in the lunch hall in front of so many people/friends and they were scared of what people would say if they closed their eyes to pray (that is a classic example of not acknowledging God) or asking God for help before an exam or test, asking God to help you to understand the work you are given at school, or to give you the right words to say to your friend who is feeling upset, this is to acknowledge God in all your ways, and when we do this we show that we trust in Him. Trust is a very important thing, your parents trust in you and that’s why many times they give you money, they allow you to go out to certain places on your own, why do they do that? Because they believe in you, or better still, you all trust in your parents? that’s why you ask them for things, That’s why you obey them, that’s why you do what they tell you to do, why? Because you trust that everything that they are doing and telling you is for your own good, this is exactly how we should trust in God, because everything that He says and does is for our best interest and He loves us and would never do or say anything to harm us.

Conclusion: Are you willing to trust in God? It is not wrong to trust our family and friends but above everyone and everything God invites us to trust Him with ALL of our hearts, why should we not put all of our hearts into trusting others because like us they are humans and sometimes we humans can disappoint each other, but God will never disappoint us. So there are two important ways that we can show that we trust in God with all of our hearts 

1) leaning not on our own understanding – i.e. Not thinking we are Mr or Mrs know it all and that we do not need guidance or advice & 

2) acknowledge Him in ALL our ways – Try to remember God during your day, e.g. – praying before you have a lesson asking God to help you, praying for God to bless your food before you eat, if your friend is down or upset you can ask God to give you the words to help them. As a result of this God will do His part which is to take care of you and to direct your paths always.

Invite the juniors to seek the Holy Spirit with you, invite those who want to begin to trust in God, those who already trust Him should ask God to help them to keep their trust in Him.

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