What you need:
- Index card for each person
- The largest rock you can bring in or a huge drawing of a rock.
- Copies of the reading
READ Joshua 3:14-4:7
Say something like: We, by our remembrances and thanksgiving, are going to build a monument of praise.Like it was for Joshua, it is imperative to recognize and remember the awesome things God has done in our lives.
On your index card I want you to write about one way God has blessed you or answered a prayer or provided help to you.
Come up and tape that praise to this rock…our rock.(Play some music)
Encourage your people to be ready to add to this monument of praise each week.Let it be a reminder of what God is doing in your midst.
READ THE FOLLOWING
Leader: You are the rock of my salvation.I hide in you, I stand on you, I hope in you, I long for you and I trust in you.
Group: You are the rock of my salvation.
Leader: When it feels like life is but a cauldron of chaos and confusion
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When I question my purpose and get lost in the mundane mandates of living.
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When foolishness is threatening my sanity and peace of mind
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When there is no one I can count on, no one to pour out my soul to, no one I can trust
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When perfection is expected and I simply cant live up to it,
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When the turmoil of the world terrorizes my soul,
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: When injustice seems to be applauded and corruption so easily ignored,
Group: I go to the rock.
Leader: For the rock stands solid. He will not be moved, nor destroyed, nor swayed, nor changed.Even when the earth trembles beneath our feet, Our Rock, never gives way.He is strong, he is true, and he is always able.
Group: Thank God! We can go to the rock!
