Hard Times: Thanks Lord, But No Thanks!

Jon@thesource4ym.com (Jonathan McKee) — 11/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

As Thanksgiving gets ever closer, you may be looking for a way to help students truly understand how blessed our lives are…and how easy it is to overlook God’s goodness to us. If so, check out this OPENER that uses a great skit to launch into a discussion on gratitude.

Plot Summary: Tim feels God has failed him in his life and blames the Lord, but at the end he realizes that the Lord does indeed have a plan for his life.

Main Point: We go through hard times in our lives, but we have no idea what God has already planned to do with and through those hard times.

Scene Opening:
(on the phone, frustrated) I know, Dad, but I feel like he’s not keeping any of his promises… I know... Okay, I’ll talk to him… What’s that?... Philippians 4:6? Okay… Yeah, I’ll read it… Okay, thanks Dad. I’ll talk to you later… Okay… Bye.

(Hangs up phone, then picks up Bible. Sits down and….

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Hard Times: Thanks Lord, But No Thanks!