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This morning, Kinsley, Monte, Andy, and I were in a Creative Team meeting for the Bible study for the company we work for (that was a good amount of prepositional phrases; my apologies). We tend to get a little punch-drunk during these meetings, and today was no exception.

I’m notoriously bad at forming complete ideas in Creative Team, as well as usually being the one to knock us off topic. I had some vague idea for an activity and when Monte pressed me to be more specific, I said something to the effect of, “Can’t the teachers just come up with that part?” Andy remarked (sarcastically, I might add) that this was a great new idea for a Bible Study, just giving general suggestions. Kinsley christened our new idea “Mere Suggestions.” And we decided to have a blog contest to see who could come up with the best lesson for “Mere Suggestions.” Below is my lesson:

Mere Suggestions Bible Study
Lesson 3, John’s Revelation (or something)
Biblical Verse: Just pick a verse in Revelation. A couple of verses if you’re feeling crazy.
Learning Goal:

• Students will learn about stuff

Biblical Context: John hung out with Jesus, but he also lived on an island for some reason. Some stuff happened on the island, and now we know how it’s all gonna go down when Jesus comes back. We want the students to know about that part.

Connect Activity:
Make some crazy stuff or do something crazy. Either one will work. Say: There’s some crazy stuff in this Revelation book, and today, we’re gonna talk about it.

The Key Study:
Read the verse(s) you picked out from Revelation. Maybe you want to ask the students what they think about it. For example, if you chose Revelation 9:5, which reads: “They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man,” then you could ask the students what they think that means, if you want. It’s up to you. Then say: This is pretty kooky, but the important thing to remember is that the good guys win.

Transform:
Have the students write some stuff down while some song plays. If it’s about the verse that you talked about, awesome. If not, no biggie. Then, pray.