RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2024/2025 – AGE 13-15 TEACHER’S MANUAL – SUNDAY 16TH OF MARCH, 2024 – LESSON TWENTY NINE (29) – TOPIC: DEALING WITH ADDICTION

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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2024/2025
AGE 13-15 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 16TH OF MARCH, 2024
LESSON TWENTY NINE (29)
TOPIC: DEALING WITH ADDICTION

BIBLE TEXTS: 1 Corinthians 6:12-14
[12]All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
[13]Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
[14]And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:21-22
[21]Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
[22]Abstain from all appearance of evil.

MEMORY VERSE: 1 Cor 6:12 “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any”.

LESSON AIM: To teach the teens the dangers of addiction and how to avoid it.

CENTRAL TRUTH: Addiction destroys life and destiny.

OPENING QUESTION: How can you break-free from habits turned addition.

INTRODUCTION: Addiction is the condition of being unable to refrain from an habit, a dependence on something, which has a temporary gratification and eventually results into bondage. The gratification is temporary otherwise people will not keep going back for more of such thing. Addiction according to 1 Cor 6:12 is to be “brought under the power of something”, to lack control over doing, or using the thing to the point where it is potentially hazardous to you. Usually, we associate addiction to vices such as gambling, drugs, alcohol, and smoking, but one can be addicted to just about anything.

All things are lawful (you can do anything) but not all things are expedient (You cannot do all things). (Teenagers to site examples).

STUDY GUIDE
A. LESSONS FROM OUR TEXT: MORE ABOUT ADDICTION

1. Addiction is gratifying the flesh.
2. It is loss of self-control.
3. It is a form of idol.
4. It can lead to diseases and even death.
5. Teenagers to mention more.

B. APPLICATION: DISCUSS ADDICTION IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES.

1. Matt 6:24 —————————————
2. 1 Pet 5:8 —————————————
3. James 4:7—————————————
4. 1 Cor 15:33 —————————————
5. 1 Cor 6:12 —————————————
6. Matt 6:24 —————————————

C. HOW TO OVERCOME ADDICTION

1. Face it
2. Identify the triggers.
3. Repent
4. Seek help.
5. Let go of everything that can link you up with such again e.g friends, peers. etc.

LIFE APPLICATION: Many young ones are dying as a result of addiction. Some are being taken to rehabilitation homes on daily basis wasting their destinies. If you are in any addiction, cry for help now! Let God help you and cut off from the source of the addiction.

CONCLUSION: Some people have been entangled into some activities that have now turn into addiction. Anything that you cannot do without, good or bad is addictive. Seek help if you are in such a situation. God is able to deliver you from any form of addiction.

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION

• What is God saying in today’s lesson?
• How can I apply this to my life?
• My prayer today is:

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