(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will determine ways to demonstrate holiness in all aspects of daily living.
Provide a dry erase board and dry erase markers.
Divide learners into groups of three or four, and instruct each group to write a definition for “holiness.” Encourage groups to write their definitions on the dry erase board. Review their definitions, circling the following important ideas or adding them if necessary:
Suggest that a modern expression helps to sum up holiness––“Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk.” Then, on another area of the board, write the following column headings: “Relationship with God,” “Relationship with People,” and “Public Faith vs. Private Faith.”
Divide learners into three groups. Assign each group one of the phrases written on the board. Instruct each group to list actions that demonstrate holiness in that particular area of life. Encourage learners to think about how their actions in life or reactions to others demonstrate holiness. (Examples: In relationships with others, how do they react to an enemy? In public versus private faith, do they live according to the standards they expect other Christians to follow?) Instruct groups to write their answers on the board.
Then, lead learners to discuss:
Emphasize the necessity of relying upon the Holy Spirit to guide our actions in all situations if we want to demonstrate holiness in our lives. Lead learners in prayer, that the Holy Spirit will release His power in learners’ lives and that learners will have the courage to follow the leadings of the Holy Spirit.