Is it the proper Christian response to knock others down in order to be lifted up, or to simply lift others up?

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Object Lesson Target Practice
Is it the proper Christian
response to knock others
down in order to be lifted
up, or to simply lift others
up?
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Materials
paper or Styrofoam cups
and a rubber / foam dart
gun. A ladder with steps at
different heights. In place
of Nerf darts you can use
pink pong balls, small
rubber balls or even wads
of paper.
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What to do
1. Give each youth a cup
and allow them to write
their name on the cup.
2. Line the cups up for
target practice from
across the room.
3. If a youth’s cup has
been knocked off, they
must shoot down
another cup in order to
place their cup back up.
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4. Each time they shoot
another cup down they
can raise their cup up one
level (step) on the ladder.
5. When a cup is knocked
off, it begins all the way
at the bottom again.
6. Continue for a specified
amount of time and then
reward the victor(s) at
the top of the ladder
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Take it to the Next Level
• How is this activity
similar to life and being
at the top of the ladder?
• What are some ways we
knock others down in
order to raise ourselves
up?
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Is this part of life and
acceptable for Christian
behavior? Explain.
How did you feel at the
top? When knocked
down?
Is it the proper Christian
response to knock others
down in order to be
lifted up, or to simply lift
others up?
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Scripture
Ephesians 4:29
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