Exegetical Aim: How to respond when bullied.

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Lesson: We’re going to do something a little different today. I want all of you to pick on me. This will do two things: It will help us talk about today’s bible lesson and it will help remind me of my childhood. (laughter) Pretend like I am one of the kids in school or one of the kids in your neighborhood and here is the first thing I want you to do. I want you to call me a name. What are some names that kids are calling one another? (response) That’s good. Go ahead now and call me those names. (response) Ok, that’s enough! You do that a little to well. Now what should I do since you called me those names? (call us a name back, walk away) Jesus talked about getting picked on. Do any of you know what he said to do? (response) He said l…