WHO NEEDS FRIENDS?
Watch these 2 videos and then answer the questions below.
FRIENDS: Why have them?
Questions
1.What were some of the ways that the paralyzed man was helped by his friends?
2. What did Jesus do in this story?
3. What does this show us about the kind of person Jesus is?
4. Jesus said "greater love has no man than to lay down his life for a friend. You are my friends if you obey me". What do you think Jesus meant by this?
5. Activity
Visit http://tagxedo.com and make a "Tagxedo" using words from this Bible story. Remember the more often you type a word in the Tagxedo the larger it appears in the final image so important words should be typed more often.
Questions
1.What were some of the ways that the paralyzed man was helped by his friends?
2. What did Jesus do in this story?
3. What does this show us about the kind of person Jesus is?
4. Jesus said "greater love has no man than to lay down his life for a friend. You are my friends if you obey me". What do you think Jesus meant by this?
5. Activity
Visit http://tagxedo.com and make a "Tagxedo" using words from this Bible story. Remember the more often you type a word in the Tagxedo the larger it appears in the final image so important words should be typed more often.
6. What do these Bible verses say about friends?
Proverbs 13:20 7.
"Wise friends make you wise,
but you hurt yourself
by going around with fools."
Proverbs 18:24
Some friends don’t help,
but a true friend is closer
than your own family.
Proverbs 27:9
The sweet smell of incense
can make you feel good,
but true friendship
is better still.
Proverbs 27:17
Just as iron sharpens iron,
friends sharpen the minds
of each other.
7. A friend to the rescue
READ from The Bible - Mark Chapter 4 verses 31-41
Who was the friend in this Bible story?
How do friends benefit us?
What might people miss out on if they did not have any friends?
Proverbs 13:20 7.
"Wise friends make you wise,
but you hurt yourself
by going around with fools."
Proverbs 18:24
Some friends don’t help,
but a true friend is closer
than your own family.
Proverbs 27:9
The sweet smell of incense
can make you feel good,
but true friendship
is better still.
Proverbs 27:17
Just as iron sharpens iron,
friends sharpen the minds
of each other.
7. A friend to the rescue
READ from The Bible - Mark Chapter 4 verses 31-41
Who was the friend in this Bible story?
How do friends benefit us?
What might people miss out on if they did not have any friends?
Friends Encourage
8. What impact do our words have on our friendships?
9. What impact do our words have on our actions?
9. What impact do our words have on our actions?
How do friends deal with conflict?
10. Sometimes our friends hurt us. What can we learn from Jesus example and advice from the Bible?
11. What are some of the challenges you have faced in your friendships? How did you choose to respond? Draw a cartoon to show what the problem was and how things were dealt with.
12. What are some of the benefits of restoring a friendship?
13. What does it take to forgive a friend who's hurt you?
14. When is it healthy to step away from someone who hurts us in an ongoing way?
15. Does forgiving someone mean the friendship needs to be the same as it was before? Why?
16. Christians believe that the main reason Jesus came to earth to live, to die and to rise back to life again was make it possible for the relationship ( or friendship) between God and people to be restored.
What do you think about this belief?
10. Sometimes our friends hurt us. What can we learn from Jesus example and advice from the Bible?
11. What are some of the challenges you have faced in your friendships? How did you choose to respond? Draw a cartoon to show what the problem was and how things were dealt with.
12. What are some of the benefits of restoring a friendship?
13. What does it take to forgive a friend who's hurt you?
14. When is it healthy to step away from someone who hurts us in an ongoing way?
15. Does forgiving someone mean the friendship needs to be the same as it was before? Why?
16. Christians believe that the main reason Jesus came to earth to live, to die and to rise back to life again was make it possible for the relationship ( or friendship) between God and people to be restored.
What do you think about this belief?