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    Hear and Do: An Inductive Study in James
    Hear and Do: An Inductive Study in James
    Hear and Do: An Inductive Study in James
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    Hear and Do: An Inductive Study in James

    By Barry Shafer

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    In Hear and Do, youth workers will have a 12-session study on the book of James that helps students hear what God is really calling them to do, rather than seeing James as a holy to-do list.

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    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateDec 15, 2009
    ISBN9780310867326
    Hear and Do: An Inductive Study in James
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    Barry Shafer

    Barry Shafer, founder and director of InWord Resources, has been active in student ministry for over 20 years, serving in positions that run the gamut of youth ministry - from volunteer to full-time youth pastor. The author of numerous small-group Bible studies and student devotionals, he’s a frequent speaker and trainer at youth worker and student events nationwide. He lives in Ohio.

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      Hear and Do - Barry Shafer

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      YOUTH SPECIALTIES

      HEAR AND DO: An Inductive Study in James

      Copyright 2008 by Youth Specialties

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan.

      ePub Edition August 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-86732-6

      Youth Specialties resources, 300 S. Pierce St., El Cajon, CA 92020 are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Shafer, Barry, 1961-

      Hear and do : an inductive study in James / by Barry Shafer.

      p. cm. — (Digging deeper series)

      Rev. ed. of: James. c2003.

      ISBN 978-0-310-27623-4

      1. Bible. N.T. James—Study and teaching. 2. Christian education of teenagers. 3. Christian education of young people. I. Shafer, Barry, 1961James. II. Title.

      BS2785.55.S52 2008

      268'.433—dc22

      2008026386

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, Today’s New International Version™. TNIV®. Copyright 2001, 2005 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other — except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Cover design by Toolbox Studios

      08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 • 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      As you’d expect, a Bible study of this scope could not have happened without the backing of an awesome team. Thank you to the many people who helped bring this project to fruition. They include Mary Huebner, for lending her middle school know-how, and Sean Michael Murphy, for letting us borrow his talk expertise. The Youth Specialties/Zondervan team: Heather Campbell, whose tireless efforts and attention to detail made this a better Bible study; Roni Meek, for graciously keeping the team on track; and Jay Howver, for taking seriously the need and desire for depth in youth ministry.

      Thank you to my wife, Dana, and the first group of students we ever led through James, a group of college age students (Zelos) who walked with us through this great book of the Bible and held me accountable in moving from knowing the Word to doing the Word.

      Barry Shafer

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover Page

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Introduction

      Instructions

      Session 1: The James Gang (James 1)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 2: Do You Have Issues? (James 1:1-18)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 3: Keep It Simple (James 1:19-27)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 4: Nothin’ But Heart (James 2:1-13)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 5: Faith You Can See (James 2:14-26)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 6: Faith You Can Say (James 3:1-12)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 7: Wisdom 101 (James 3:13-18)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 8: Sanctuary (James 4:1-12)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 9: The Time of Your Life (James 4:13-17)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 10: It’s Not Just the Money (James 5:1-11)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 11: Let’s Do Prayer (James 5:12-18)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      Session 12: Total Turnaround (James 5:19-20)

      Prep It

      Outline Middle School

      Outline High School 1

      Outline High School 2

      Outline College Age

      Outline Coffeehouse

      Outline Talk

      James Scripture Sheets

      About the Publisher

      Share Your Thoughts

      INTRODUCTION

      The Bible can be very clear—and very obscure. All of God’s Word is valuable. But not all of it is crystal clear in its meaning.

      Here’s a chance to glean wisdom from one of the most up-front, down-to-earth, meat-and-potatoes books in the Bible—James. It doesn’t get any clearer than this New Testament letter.

      So you say you have faith? Let’s see it.

      Want wisdom? Ask God.

      Love money? Prepare for disappointment.

      Want results? Pray.

      The question can surface as early as middle school and keep surfacing well past the college-age years: What’s God’s will for my life? It’s a good question, but it’s about three words too long. The real question is: What’s God’s will? As we discover his will, we will know what we’re to do with our lives.

      And we can start with James.

      No book of the Bible comes with more instructions per verse than James. As we invest our lives in this practical to-do list, we’ll find ourselves doing God’s will.

      Through this study students will—

      • look under the hood of the trials we suffer and catch a glimpse of why we face these things and how we can overcome them.

      • take a good, long look at specific instructions straight from God and set a plan in motion to follow these instructions.

      • clear out any elements of favoritism in their lives by searching through some unlikely places where it can hide.

      • measure the vital signs of their faith using the gauge supplied by James.

      • be challenged to train their tongues to build up rather than tear down.

      • take steps toward a power-packed prayer life.

      Digging Deeper Series

      Today’s postmodern students are seeking depth. They are probing Christianity and other faiths, checking to see which faith demands and delivers spiritual depth. The deepest often wins. The Digging Deeper series, a result of collaborative efforts between Youth Specialties and InWord Resources, will give adult leaders everything they need to satisfy their students’ craving for depth, while leaving them wanting more of God’s Word in their lives. Deeper Bible study has never been more accessible. Or more rewarding.

      Every session contains a personal study (Prep It) to guide you, the leader, through the Scripture in a way that still leaves plenty of room for self-discovery. You then choose one of six different session guides (Teach It) from the accompanying CD-ROM. Each guide is targeted for a different age and setting. Leading middle school? Got it! High schoolers at Starbucks? Covered. College age? Got that, too. Need a talk? Here you go. The Teach It guide serves as your cue sheet for navigating the group session.

      The Prep It feature helps leaders, whether nervous rookies or seasoned vets, gain competence and confidence in taking on what can appear to be a daunting task: leading students in deeper Bible study. The multiple session options ensure an approach designed specifically for your students.

      But there’s more. Each study in the Digging Deeper series comes with its own Web support, where you’ll find even more session options, large-group ideas, user ideas, and constantly updated tie-ins with today’s issues and events. You’ll also find updated media suggestions (music, video clips) along with specific application and long-term follow-up ideas. You can find this at www.inword.org. Look for the Digging Deeper series icon. We’ve noted password info for Hear and Do in these instructions and throughout the Prep It study guides in this book.

      It’s a challenge for students to find quality personal time with God in their busy weeks, no matter how much you encourage that activity. The group sessions in the Digging Deeper series come with built-in solitude to help your students explore the great depths of Scripture. This guarantees that for at least a few minutes in their weeks, students are giving God a chance to speak into their lives. With your students fresh off personal discovery, group interaction promises to be invigorating as your students apply in community what they explored in solitude.

      You’ll soon find that this series offers more than an energizing hour of depth and discussion to help students through their weeks. As students experience God’s Word and subtly learn time-tested Bible study tools, they’ll lay a solid foundation for confident Bible study and accurate application of Scripture. In short, they’ll discover how to listen and respond to God for the rest of their lives.

      The intensity of the postmodern student’s search for spiritual depth achieves the level of diligent seeking God promises to reward. Built on an inductive Bible study approach, the Digging Deeper series melds that search with God’s promise.

      INSTRUCTIONS

      What You Have Here

      Each session contains a guided personal study for the group leader (Prep It) and six different types of session guides (Teach It) for you to choose from, based on the age, and/or setting of your Bible study (middle school, younger high school, older high school, college age, coffeehouse, or a talk). Once you’ve completed the Prep It, use the session outlines included in this book to choose the appropriate Teach It guide. We’ve noted descriptions of the guides below. The full Teach It guide for each session, with reproducible student journal pages and Scripture sheets, is on the accompanying CD-ROM.

      Prep It

      This is a guided personal study for the group leader. Because the most powerful teaching of God’s Word flows out of the leader’s personal experience in Scripture, this personal prep helps you own the Scripture before meeting with your group. The Prep It for each session is included in this book; you’ll find plenty of space to write your thoughts and discoveries. Allow about an hour for personal study sometime before the session with your students.

      Teach It

      Found on the accompanying CD-ROM, the Teach It guide is the leader’s cue sheet for leading the session. Teach It includes prompts and notes for moving the group through the exercises, as well as guidance for leading the group discussion. And you have options! Each session has six different Teach It guides from which the leader can choose based on students’ ages and the setting of your group time. You’ll find the student pages for each session with their respective Teach It guides.

      The following design elements will help you navigate through Teach It:

      Some text is in normal type such as you’re reading now. This font style indicates instructions and cues to help you move from one exercise to the next during the session.

      Type like this indicates questions, stories, prompts, or points of discussion to raise with your group. You may read these questions word-for-word, or you maybe more comfortable reframing the questions and points in your own words so you can be more responsive to answers and other comments your students make.

      Type like this indicates suggested or sample responses, as well as possible observations from Scripture. In essence, this is the answer font.

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      This icon found on the student journal

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