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这是一套在美国很受欢迎的教材，按年龄共分三部分：0-6岁学龄前儿童教程，6-12岁学龄儿童教程，和12岁以上青少年教程。我们将陆续翻译成中文，分享给大家。
这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。
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保罗继续遵循神的旨意，在整个地区传扬好消息。虽然许多人因此回转向了耶稣，但保罗发现自己仍要面对愤怒的暴徒，甚至最终入狱。在本课中，孩子们看到，即使身陷困境，他们仍然可以敬拜赞美主。他们这样做时，神就会用他们来荣耀祂。
主题
使徒，荣耀神，保罗，赞美，敬拜
等孩子(10分钟)
开头的祷告(5分钟)
参见：开头的祷告
经节(10分钟)
所以你们或吃、或喝、或作什么事，一切都要为荣耀神而行。 -哥林多前书 10:31
一起读几遍，然后把这节经文写在黑板上。全班一起念这节经文，擦掉一两个词，然后再念一遍。以这种方式继续，直到所有的字都被擦掉。
故事与讨论(15分钟)
介绍
保罗所到之处，人都热切地聚集在他周围，要听关于耶稣的好消息。然而，有些人把他看成是他们自己当下生活方式的一个威胁。保罗经常发现自己处于危险之中，甚至濒临死亡。在我们今天的故事中，保罗和他的朋友西拉经历了一件非常可怕的事情。虽然他们到了一个很压抑的地方，但神仍然大有能力地使用了他们。
读：使徒行传 16:16-34
问题讨论：
1.是什么让使女的主人生气了？（她被巫鬼所附，用法术，叫她主人们大得财利。但保罗命令巫鬼从她身上出来。）
2. 愤怒的群众聚集在一起，对保罗和西拉做了什么？（他们被剥了衣服，被棍打，并被投入监狱。）
3. 其他囚犯在午夜时分听到保罗和西拉在做什么？（向神祷告并唱赞美诗。）
4. 当保罗和西拉赞美神时，发生了什么？（发生了大地震。）
5. 狱卒为何要自杀？（他以为保罗和西拉已经逃跑了。）
6. 狱卒看见保罗和西拉都还在，就问了他们什么问题？（我当怎样行才可以得救？）
7. 神为何能在监狱里使用保罗和西拉？（保罗和西拉继续敬拜赞美神，结果狱卒一家得救了。）
8. 保罗和西拉如何遵守了诫命：“所以你们或吃、或喝、或作什么事，一切都要为荣耀神而行” ？（他们利用在监狱里的时间来荣耀神，而不是想着如何帮助自己。）
趣味时光(20分钟)
趣味时光-备选(10分钟)
应用(4分钟)
我们经常发现自己身处在一个自己并不想去的地方。可能是我们自己去的，也可能是误闯误入的。但当我们继续在所做的每件事上荣耀神时，神总会帮助我们在困境里得到益处。
神的恩典能使坏事变好。即使在监狱里，祂也使用了使徒保罗。因为保罗继续在祷告和诗歌中敬拜赞美神，狱卒和他的全家就都在基督里得了永生。那相当惨淡的开始有了无限美妙的结局。
我们要记住，我们或吃、或喝、或作什么事，一切都要为荣耀神而行。（请全班再大声重复至少一次今天的经文。）
下节课
你会留在正在下沉的船上，还是跳上救生艇？下周回来，看看天使告诉保罗该做什么，以便在一艘驶往罗马的船上拯救自己和其他许多人。
结束时的祷告(2分钟)
参见：结尾的祷告
反馈单
课结束之前，把反馈单发给每个孩子。
*** 英文版 ***
THE APOSTLE PAUL LESSON 3: THROWN INTO PRISON
Paul continues to follow God's Will and share the Good News throughout the region. While many people turned their life towards Jesus, Paul still finds himself before angry mobs, and even winds up in prison. In this lesson, the children learn that even when thrown into a difficult situation they can still worship and praise the Lord. When they do, God will use them for His glory.
TOPICS Apostles, Honor God, Paul, Praise, Worship
AS KIDS ARRIVE (10 minutes) Paul and Silas in Prison (Puzzle) Click here
OPENING PRAYER AND PRAISE (5 minutes) Further info? Click here
MEMORY WORK (10 minutes) "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV Read the verse together several times, then write the verse on the board. Say the verse together as a class, erase a word or two and say the verse again. Continue in this manner until the words are all erased.
SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION (15 minutes) Introduction: Wherever Paul went, eager people gathered around him to hear the good news about Jesus. However some of the people looked at this as a threat to their current way of life. Paul often found himself in danger, even close to death. In our story today, something very terrible happens to Paul and his friend Silas. Although ending up in a very depressing place, God still uses them in a mighty way.
Read Acts 16:16-34 Discussion Questions: 1. What made the owners of the slave girl angry? (She earned them money using a demon to predict the future, but Paul commanded the demon to come out of her.) 2. After the angry crowds joined together, what happened to Paul and Silas? (They were stripped, beaten, flogged and thrown into prison.) 3. What did the other prisoners hear Paul and Silas doing around midnight? (Praying and singing hymns to God.) 4. While Paul and Silas were praising God, what happened? (There was a violent earthquake.) 5. Why was the jailer ready to kill himself? (He thought Paul and Silas had escaped.) 6. What did the jailer ask Paul and Silas after he saw that they were still there? (What must I do to be saved?) 7. How was God able to use Paul and Silas in prison for something good? (Paul and Silas continued to worship and praise God, and as a result the jailer and his household were saved.) 8. How did Paul and Silas obey the command: "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God"? (They used their time in prison to glorify God instead of trying to help themselves.)
CLASS EXERCISE (20 minutes) For God's Glory (Activity) Click here
ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (10 minutes) Fan the Flame (Object Talk) Click here
APPLICATION (4 minutes) Often we find ourselves in a place we do not really want to be. We may be there by our own doing, or perhaps it is by mistake. However, God always helps us make the best out of a bad situation when we continue to glorify Him in everything we do.
The grace of God brings good out of bad. He used the Apostle Paul even while in prison. Because Paul continued to worship and praise God in prayer and song, the jailer and his entire household received eternal life in Christ. What a wonderful ending to a situation that started pretty bleak.
We need to remember that whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, do it all for the glory of God. (Have the class repeat the memory verse for today out loud at least one more time.)
NEXT WEEK Would you stay aboard a sinking ship, or jump into the lifeboat? Come back next week to find out what an angel tells Paul to do in order to save himself and many others aboard a ship sailing to Rome.
CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes) Further info? Click here