Before the Session

• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Encourage your group to listen to the FaithElement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).

Context

Play Jars of Clay’s “Two Hands” music video and ask:

• What would it be like to be transported to another country where all of your amenities were unavailable?
• How does actually seeing people as people, rather than as stories or concepts, change the way we view them?
• Why do we often reach for God with one hand and push God away with the other?
• Why do you think they chose to show a trip to Africa to go with the theme of using two hands praising God and working with God?
• When have you felt God guiding you to use two hands doing the same work?

Content

Read 2 Corinthians 4:5-12, then watch the Bible Background Video.