Teaching Plan

Choose a Teaching Plan:

Connect Activity

(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will list the character traits that they wish to cultivate or extinguish in their lives.

(5–8 minutes, moderate set-up)
Learners will list traits that are typically associated with certain types of people.

Explore Activity

(15–20 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will study Matthew 5:1–10 to understand the character traits that Jesus desires for His disciples to develop.

(15–20 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will study Matthew 5:1–10 to understand the character traits that Jesus desires for His disciples to develop.

(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will compare Matthew 5:1–10 with some passages from Psalms and Proverbs that describe the kind of person who will receive God’s blessings.

Transform Activity

(5-8 minutes, easy set-up)
Provide a dry-erase board and markers. Provide two opaque containers filled with different liquids

(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discuss the challenges that they must face and overcome while living as disciples of Christ.

(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will pray to ask God for strength and conviction for their fellow learners to live as sincere disciples of Christ.