Resist Evil: Look Ahead Decision Drama

OBJECTIVE: To encourage the youth to keep themselves pure by staying away from temptation and living close to the Lord. Review enrichment activities 1, 2, and 4 in the lesson manual for which the following activity illustrates (see below*).

ACTIVITY: Look-Ahead Decision Drama

Tell the youth that if they think ahead before temptation comes, they will know what to do. They will know how to stop and say “no” to temptation. Example: Joseph ran from Potiphar’s wife (Genesis 39:8–10, 12).

DETAILED BELOW

To Play:

1. Divide the class/family into two teams.
2. A player from the first team draws a STOP or GO word-strip and acts out the following depending on the wordstrip:
• STOP. If the word-strip reads “STOP,” act out what you would do or say to STOP (run away from the temptation), but don’t say the keywords on the word-strip. Example. If you say “smoking,” you don’t receive points.
• GO. If the word-strip reads “GO,” pantomime or act out what you would do or say to GO (keep your heart pure), but don’t say the keywords on the words-strip. Example. If you say “praying,” you don’t receive points.
SEE IF YOUR TEAM CAN GUESS the action; if correct, award 10 points.
The team with the most points wins.
TO KEEP THE GAME GOING FASTER give the team playing 30 seconds to act out and guess, otherwise, they have to try again after the other team takes a turn (holding onto the word strip that was not guessed in time to use that same word strip on the next turn). Young children may need 1 minute and a little coaching to act out their situation/action.

TO MAKE Print and cut out the Look-Ahead Decision Drama bottle label and word strips for each youth to take home. Enclose the activity in an envelope or plastic bag, sliding the label inside the bag with the word strips behind it. FOR THE GROUP ACTIVITY glue the label on a bottle and enclose word-strips in the bottle (shown above).

THOUGHT TREAT: STOP and GO Cookies. Frost cookies red and green, and write “STOP” on red cookies and “GO” on green cookies with white frosting in a tube. Tell the youth that when we say “No” to temptation and say “Yes” to clean and pure actions, we can stay on the heaven-bound road and be happy (LOOKING AHEAD instead of back).

SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD (below)

SCRIPTURE CARDS: Help youth Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.

Psalm 24:3-5 “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”