David C Cook COVID-19 Response

Second Chances

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Have you ever been on the winning team? Earned an A after studying hard? Promised to stop picking on your brother or sister and kept the promise? It sure feels good when we get it right! Sadly, even when we try hard, we sometimes fail. Failure is a very real and hard part of being human.

Show the following video to your students [2:58]:
Famous Failures

At the end of the video, the narrator claims tha, “If you have never failed, you have never tried anything new.”

  • What are your experiences with trying something new and failing? Tell us what you tried and what the first few attempts were like. (Insist that your students be sensitive to each other’s stories. Monitor responses to assure no one gets laughed at or appears to make fun.)
  • How did you feel about yourself when you failed at what you tried? (Answers will vary: sad, stupid, defeated, like I would never succeed, etc.)
  • How do you respond when you don’t succeed at something? Do you try again or are you done with it? Why? (Accept all reasonable answers.)

At some point in their lives, all of the people mentioned on the video we just watched failed at something—repeatedly. Yet they became famous for succeeding in that very same field or something grander.

Happily, we are going to learn some good news about failure when it comes to our relationship with God. Let’s see how God handled Peter’s failure and how God handles ours as well.

Looking for Steps 2 & 3?

You can find Steps 2 and 3 in your teacher’s guide. To purchase a teacher’s guide, please visit: Bible-in-Life or Echoes.

Materials Needed:

  • Internet access
  • Paper plates
  • Pens or felt-tip markers
  • Rulers
  • Whiteboard and marker

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