The document describes a Bible lesson activity for youth about pressing toward the prize to please Christ. The activity involves handing out as many first, second, and third place ribbons as possible to all youth in attendance for various reasons, such as arriving early, helping with activities, singing songs, praying, and more, to illustrate that all youth are winners in God's eyes. At the end, the ribbons are placed at the foot of a cross in silent celebration of laying everything down for Christ as the greatest prize.

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Bible Lessons
For Youth -
Pressing toward
the Prize
We press toward the
prize that we might
please Christ

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Materials
Gather as many first-, second-,
and third-place ribbons as you
can. You’ll need a Bible, too.
Draw some ribbons if you
don’t have manufactured
ones. You can also buy blue,
red, and white ribbon to make
your own prize ribbons.

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Activity
Your plan will be to give away
as many prizes and awards as
possible during the class
period. This is not a contest
because everyone will win a
prize by the end of the class.
Tell your kids that the class
time will center around
winning and that everyone is a
winner in God’s eyes.

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1. Start as soon as the first
person arrives, give that
person a blue ribbon for being
first. Give the next person a
red ribbon for being second
and the third person a white
ribbon for being third.
2. Next, hand out ribbons:
* to the first three to be
seated
* those who help with various
activities
* those who sing songs nicely
* those who are willing to
pray

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* someone who does a kind
action for someone else,
* those who answer questions
* those who do well in your
activities
* those who bring their Bibles
* those who take notes
* those who ask questions
during the study.
* Any other excuse you can
find to give youth awards.

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Application
Close the time with worship in
which young people lay down
their ribbons or prizes before
Christ, placing them at the foot of
a cross silent celebration. Paul
was willing to lay everything down
for Christ. For him the greatest
prize was serving Christ.
Everything he did in life was for
the sake of Christ. (Phil 3:12 – 16)

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Go for the Gold
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purity (white background), spiritual growth
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Destined to Win
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on ”Running the Christian Race”?
The race as a metaphor for the Christian
life is used in several places in the Bible.
This series is a great follow up for new
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well as a tie in to the youth Olympic
Games.
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