Our Words 10/11/11

This evening started out with dividing into groups and planning some short skits to perform. Each of the skits demonstrated how to & not to do something.

Some of the skit topics included.. how to/not to give a compliment, respond when your parents ask you to do something, ask your little brother to do something, start a conversation with a neighbor about an annoying dog, etc.

Many of the girls exaggerated the scenarios, added funny voices or were super dramatic which resulted in plenty of laughter from the audience.

The skits were used as silly illustrations of common circumstances where we must use discernment in how we will use our words.

During the lesson I shared with the girls that the tongue, although small, is one of the hardest things to control and, with the tongue, is the power of life and death.

Then, I explained the 5 types of words we shouldn't use:

1. Bad Words

2. Harmful Words

3. False Words

4. Proud Words

5. Inappropriate or Unnecessary Words

I also talked about the 3 ways we should use our words (found in Psalm 100:4):

1. Praise

2. Thanksgiving

3. Blessing

The girls were encouraged to look for ways to give rather than get every time they entered a conversation with someone.

I also shared that even if we are saying something that is good, if we don't say it with the right attitude, people will not think we're genuine. We played a silly game to illustrate this point.

There were lots of eager volunteers. :)

Girls volunteered to come up front and draw a phrase card & an attitude card. They then had to say the phrase they drew in the the attitude their card indicated.

The rest of the girls tried to guess what attitude they were saying the phrase in. It was pretty funny to see the girls say, "Jesus Loves You" mysteriously or, "Thank you for helping me clean my room" as if they were sad.

We ended the lesson with some personal time to evaluate their past conversations and their motives in those conversations. Then, everyone split up into small groups for a short time of discussion and prayer before ending with tea.

We had a great time & I'm really looking forward to our next meeting on October 25th! See you in two weeks!