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(pages provided with scripture references refer to the LIVE Teen Study Bible, New Living Translation.)

People think that the shark’s skin is really smooth, but it’s not. They have denticles on their skin, made from the same material as their teeth. If you rub your hand one way, it feels smooth, but the opposite way it feels like sandpaper. On large sharks, you could actually get cut by their skin. That has nothing to do with our lesson, but be warned: Be careful when you pet a shark.

When we dissected our shark (Yes, we dissected a real dogfish shark), we looked at some key features: nares, spiracles, gill slits, lateral line, dorsal spines, Ampullae of Lorenzini, stomach, liver, and intestine. We are going to focus on a few of these features: (more…)

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You are not a nobody. God has chosen you. He thinks you’re remarkable.  Other people may look at the outside, but God looks at the heart. He looks at who you are.

We’re all chosen. We all have a special purpose. Maybe we have some pretty big ideas of things we want to accomplish, but we can’t do it on our own. God can help us with that.

We’re going to take a look at someone who people didn’t have a lot of faith in. But he was chosen anyways.

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Eragon movie clip:

— Begin clip at chapter 12. Stop when they come over the ridge to the trees and valley (just over 3 min long)—

Eragon and Saphira are already communicating and reading each other’s thoughts. They were meant for each other.

p. 6 – Genesis 3:8a

We were created to fellowship with God and communicate with Him. God would come to the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day and just hang out with Adam and Eve.

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The story of Joseph is told in Genesis chapters 37 to 45. His home life was less than ideal. There was rivalry with his brothers. As a kid, Joseph was spoiled and a braggart – mostly his parents’ fault – and he was a brat to his older brothers.  He was only 17 when he was sold by his brothers and ended up in the house of Potiphar, the Egyptian officer.  This was the time when Egypt was the most powerful and advanced country on earth.

He was made Potiphar’s personal assistant and put in charge of his estate. (So, things are going ok now.)

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p. 205 – Deuteronomy 30:15-16 (Choose who you will serve)

p. 201 – Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (to help us choose)

To play the Minute to Win It games, it really only took 60 seconds to win or lose each game. But someone had to prepare it. Someone had to go to the store and get the supplies, someone had to set up the games, and someone had to organize it.  Someone had to make the games ready to play.

We’re going to look at a few people who had “a minute to win it”. What they did in that short time was a defining moment. They had a choice to make.

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