If your class is meeting online, you can share the document to your screen or send the link to students and invite them to open the page on their device. You can also invite students to bring an index card and pen/pencil with them to class.

The master list can be found here:
200 Questions to Get to Know Someone

Today’s Bible study about Paul shows how well he was able to relate to all kinds of people in the hopes that he could witness and share the Gospel message with them. Paul spent time speaking equally with Jews and Greeks trying to find common ground and share in fellowship with them. Paul didn’t let the differences the Jews and Greeks had regarding certain matters affect his dealings with them as long as he was able to continue to witness to them. Today’s memory verse shares Paul’s words on this matter, “I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings” (1 Corinthians 9:22b-23).

• How might it look if we did today what Paul did here? (Answers will vary, for example, spending time with people in groups at school or socially that might not “fit” in perfectly in a church setting. Reaching out in friendship to a person who looks different outwardly than most of your friends. Ignoring someone’s dress or fashion style and instead getting to know his or her heart, etc.)

Have the Conversation Starters link ready to share with students. Hand each student an index card and pen/pencil. If your class is meeting online, invite them to have those supplies ready.

Have teens look through list to find questions they would be comfortable asking someone they are trying to get to know better—questions that would lead to insight about the person’s heart place and openness to the Gospel. Students should glean as many questions as they can, realizing that the process of getting to know someone takes time and will involve many get-to-know-you conversations. Challenge them to write down a few of their favorite questions on the card.

It isn’t easy to reach out to people who are different than us. All people, however, are universally the same in the needs they have and their desire to be known and loved by others. Making an effort to relate to others can be difficult, yet that is what God calls us to do. Doing difficult things socially in order to reach a person spiritually is exactly what Paul did!

Using one of the conversation starters they selected, challenge your students to relate to someone this week in the hopes that they can eventually be able to share the Gospel with them. In addition, encourage your teens to make an effort to relate to others by smiling, making eye contact, and saying “hello.” Be sure to follow up with students and see how their reach-out attempts went during the week.

Close today’s lesson in prayer asking God for help in relating to people who might be experiencing a different life-place than they are right now and for His help knowing when and how to share the Gospel with someone who is willing to hear.