Date/Time
Date(s) - 31/08/2017
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
Location
TLWPh Office
Category
Love Revolution Workshop
Connecting Filipino youth with God and His plan for absolute purity.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” –Matthew 5:8
Format
- A three to four (3-4) hour workshop facilitated by a trained male-female facilitator
- It is done within small groups composed of 10 participants.
Target Audience
- Youth aged 12-19 years / Young adults aged 20-30 years
- Public and private schools, youth organizations; young working professionals ?seeking an informal and candid sharing on the relationship between love and sex, consequences associated with premarital sexual activity and benefits of saving sex for marriage.
Workshop Outline
LESSON 1: The ONE
Aims:
- Know the qualities people are looking for the right ONE;
- Understand the Five Love Languages
- Identify five persons whom True Love is due
Introduction
Activity: The ONE
Let’s begin the search…
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Words of Affirmation
- Quality Time
- Acts of Service
- Receiving/Giving Gifts
- Physical Touch
Give Me Five!
- GOD deserves your True Love
– Offering our bodies to God (Romans 12:1)
– He demands sexual purity
- YOU need True Love
– Your body is a temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
– Guarding our minds (Philippians 4:8)
– Love others as well as YOU love yourself
– Don’t Waste Your Life
- OTHERS (FAMILY and FRIENDS) need True Love
– Loving Family
– Treat others as brothers and sisters in Christ
(1 Timothy 5:1-2, 1 Thessalonians 4: 3-7 John 15:13)
- Your FUTUREMATE needs True Love
– Activity: My Ideal Future Mate
– Dear Future Mate
- FUTURE KIDS need True Love
– The Bible recognizes the value of children (Psalm 127:3)
– Activity: Feeling Mom and Dad
Lesson Summary: GOD LOVES
LESSON 2: MYX-ed UP!
Aims:
- Know that Media, You, and the Xtraordinary Book affects us;
- Differentiate True Love and Infatuation based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
- Understand that God desires sexual innocence and is concerned about the future
Introduction
- Activity: Follow the lines
- Media affects us through television shows, movies, music, print ads, billboards, etc.
- You are affected with what you see, hear, feel, and think.
- Xtraordinary Book tells the truth and gives real answers away from deception.
True Love VS Infatuation
Identify what is Love & Infatuation from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Before You Say “I Do.” Ask Yourself, “Do I”? (1 Thessalonians 4:3)
Holding Hands
Kissing
Petting
Pre-Marital Sex
Oral Sex
Lusting
Multiple Partners
Self-Pleasure
Same Sex Relationship
God’s Purpose for Sex
- Marriage Bed Kept Pure (Hebrews 13:4)
- Misuses of Sex
- Activity “Torn Apart”
Sexual Innocence (1 John 2:28, Eph. 5:3-4)
- Don’t Waste Your Sexuality
- The Truth about HIV/AIDS and Condoms
- The Common Denominator
Lesson Summary: EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES
LESSON 3: How Do We Get Through It All?
Aims:
- Prepare them in the pressures they will encounter
- Cite consequences of premarital sex
- Experience forgiveness and new life today
Introduction
- We experience mistakes
- Too much to handle
- How can we know and experience True Love?
Pressures
- To force, as by overpowering influence or persuasion.
Pregnancy
- Priorities Are Changed
- Finances Are Doubled
- Dreams Are Shattered
Past (Emotional Baggage)
Guilt Depression
Shame Mistrust
Regret Damage of Self-image
Receive New Life Through Faith (John 1:12, Eph 2:8-9, John 3:1-8)
Am I Pure? Is there a Way?
Starting Over (Isaiah 1:8, 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17)
Forgiveness & Repentance
Power to Do Right
Lesson Summary: THROUGH CHRIST WE ARE LOVED.
LESSON 4: Want to Know the TRUTH?
Aims:
- Understand that Purity is a Lifestyle; it’s more than about sex.
- Practical ways while waiting
- Love is a Decision
Introduction
- Just because you’re a virgin, it doesn’t mean you are pure
- Just because you’re not a virgin, it doesn’t mean you are not pure
Purity
- Purity VS Virginity
- Purity is a Lifestyle
Protection
- Seek God
- Guard Your Heart (Proverbs 4:23)
- Reasons to Wait
Pill: Vitamin C
- True Commitment
- Controlled by Christ
- Self-Control
Love is a Decision (1 John 2:26, John 8:31)
Lesson Summary:
SALVATION comes by knowing CHRIST.
Knowing CHRIST is the way to experience TRUE LOVE from GOD.
The Challenge of Waiting
Commitment Cards & Accountability
The Challenge of Commitment
