The Parable of the Lost Son. This lesson encourages children not to be conformed to this world by peers or by other influences, but to be transformed by the Holy Spirit into faithful followers of Jesus. This module was developed in Liberia to aid in recovery from a 14 years brutal civil war which affected almost every part of Liberian society, including children. To help Liberia be restored, rebuilt and live at peace again the issues of forgiveness, love, conflict resolution, sexual abuse, etc must be addressed. The church has been lacking and so these lessons will be a tool in the hands of the churches in Liberia to begin re-building the broken walls of Liberia. There is a big need for healing presently. People were abused, raped and tortured and were exposed to violence and drugs during the war. These 8 lessons were written for children who were abused and misused, some of whom watched their parents being killed. Teenagers who were sexually abused, traumatized, etc will also benefit from these lessons and the hope is to target every Liberian who is carrying the scars of war, unforgiveness and shame in their heart from day to day. About 80 children's ministry workers, sports ministry leaders, orphanage home workers, pastors and youth volunteers were involved in the writing of these lessons including some victims and 3 former rebel soldiers (1 female and 2 male).

Resource Type: Lesson Posted On: 7/29/2008 Downloads Peer Pressure English Microsoft Word Document Download Size English Microsoft Word Document 137kb Download Kinyarwanda Microsoft Word Document 113kb Download Comments Community Rating: No votes cast yet Tags holy spirit, liberia, lost son, negative, peer pressure, transformed, war, Lesson, reconciliation, reconciliation and recovery, recovery Scripture: Lk 15.11-24 Today This week This month Total   Views: 2 11 51 2375 Downloads: 0 1 4 196