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Youth series4 lessonsParts I–IV

Fit 4 Worship

The Fit 4 Worship cover: FIT4 WORSHIP in heavy off-white capitals with a large purple 4 and a hand-drawn barbell, on a charcoal ground streaked with purple text.

Not only should we work out our own salvation, but we must be fit for worship.

There are 4 lessons in total with supporting graphics for screens and social media.

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WODWorkout of Devotion

Fit 4 Worship4-day blockSeries writer: Jacob Sullivan

  1. Day 1 Part I

    Stage actors

    • Warm-up Matthew 7:5
    • “first take the log out of your own eye”
    • “Hypocrites are always looking out instead of looking in!”

  2. Day 2 Part II

    Created to bear fruit

    • Warm-up John 15:5
    • 10 reps good fruit, Romans 6:21 to John 15:1–12
    • “Start new habits that will bring good fruit.”

  3. Day 3 Part III

    When the Lord cleans house

    • Warm-up Mark 11:17
    • “We cannot get clean until we come clean.”
    • Cool-down James 4:6–10

  4. Day 4 Part IV

    A temple fit4 worship

    • Warm-up 1 Corinthians 6:19
    • “present your bodies a living sacrifice” Romans 12:1
    • “Will the true worshippers Rise?”

Finisher “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.”

“You can’t keep doing the same old thing.” Mark Batterson, quoted in Part II

The program: Parts I to IV

  1. The Lesson 1 title as it appears on the screen slide: FIT4 WORSHIP with the hand-drawn barbell and a purple STAGE ACTORS label.
    Lesson 1 screen slide

    Part I Lesson 1

    Stage actors

    “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”

    Matthew 7:5

    “Verse five of this passage is one of eighteen times the Greek word, ὑποκριτής (hupokrites), is used in the Bible. All eighteen times it is found in the Bible, it comes straight from Jesus’ mouth. In Jesus’ time, this word was one way of referring to a stage actor.”

    Hypocrites are always looking out instead of looking in!

    “What does a person of integrity look like? They are real and genuine. They are whole. They are someone whose heart and words are in the same place.”

    From Part I, Stage Actors
  2. Lesson 2 story graphic: the Fit 4 Worship title with a purple CREATED TO BEAR FRUIT label on the tall charcoal ground.
    Lesson 2 story, 9:16

    Part II Lesson 2

    Created to bear fruit.

    “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

    John 15:5 ESV

    “It is possible to be outwardly religious and inwardly dead. But we need reality with Jesus, not the appearance of reality with him.”

    You cannot break the law of sowing and reaping. It can only break you. Or make you, if you keep sowing the right seeds.

  3. Lesson 3 feed post: the Fit 4 Worship title with a purple WHEN THE LORD CLEANS HOUSE label.
    Lesson 3 feed post, 4:5

    Part III Lesson 3

    When the Lord cleans house.

    “Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

    Mark 11:17 KJV

    “It didn’t happen all at once. Nothing like this ever does. It happens one compromise at a time. It happens one prayerless day at a time.”

    Things have to die on the altar, so it can alter our life!

  4. The Lesson 4 title as it appears on the screen slide: a purple A TEMPLE label set above FIT4 WORSHIP and the barbell.
    Lesson 4 screen slide

    Part IV Lesson 4

    A temple fit4 worship

    “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

    1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV

    “God is looking for honesty today. He cannot heal what we refuse to reveal.”

    He did not save you to make you a relic in a religious setting.

From Part II · the platform

Load the bar. Then lift.

“If you want God to do something new, you can’t keep doing the same old thing. You’ve got to do something different. Then you’ve got to turn it into a righteous routine that you do over and over and over again.”

Mark Batterson, quoted in Part II

Tap the bar to load a plate. Ten plates, then press and hold to lift.Click the bar (or press Space) to load a plate. Ten plates, then hold it to lift.

Part II asks, “So, what does this fruit look like?” Load a plate for each answer.

“Good fruit is seen in a change in our disposition, attitudes, affections, and actions.”

  1. Those sins which we formerly loved become loathsome to usRomans 6:21
  2. We begin to love others with the love of ChristJohn 13:34–35
  3. We more easily forgiveEphesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
  4. As we are given opportunity, we seek to do good to everyoneGalatians 6:9–10
  5. We exercise our spiritual gifts for the building up of the body of Christ1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:11–16
  6. We share the good news of salvation and make disciplesMatthew 28:18–20
  7. We are grateful and give praise to GodColossians 3:15
  8. We seek to do all things for God’s gloryColossians 3:17
  9. We confess our sins to God and pray for His continual work in us1 John 1:9; Philippians 1:6
  10. We strive to know God and to do the things which please HimJohn 15:1–12

“It is by God’s grace and our abiding in Christ that we produce good fruit.” John 15:4–5, as cited in Part II

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”

James 4:10 KJV, as cited in Part III

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD

“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.”

Psalm 150:6 KJV · from the scripture layer in every graphic

Will the true worshippers Rise? Part IV

The purple streaks behind each slide, post and story are scripture set on an angle: Psalm 150, John 4:23–24 and more lines of praise from the Psalms.

The kit bag · what’s in the download

Four lessons. Thirty graphics.

The first page of the Part I lesson plan, Stage Actors: the Petrified Forest illustration, Matthew 7:1-5, and the note on the Greek word hupokrites.
Lesson plan, Part I, page 1
Main screen slide with the Fit 4 Worship title. New series story graphic with a vertical purple NEW SERIES label. Tonight feed post with a small purple TONIGHT label under the title.
Lessons
4 lesson plans (PDF): Stage Actors, Created to Bear Fruit, When the Lord Cleans House, A Temple Fit4 Worship
Screens
10 slides, 16:9: the title, each lesson, plus new series, next week, tomorrow and tonight
Social
10 feed posts (4:5) and 10 stories (9:16) in the same set
Format
ZIP download (Fit4Worship.zip) with the lessons and a PDF linking to the graphics
Written by
Jacob Sullivan
For
Middle school through young adult
The Fit 4 Worship cover leaning against the wall.

Fit 4 WorshipYouth series

Four lessons. One temple.

Not only should we work out our own salvation, but we must be fit for worship. There are 4 lessons in total with supporting graphics for screens and social media.

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