INTRODUCTION

Believers are not to speak, look, think, or act like the world. In every way possible, believers are to be separate. Any believer who has lived a while has witnessed as the world has made some major shifts in what is acceptable and unacceptable. The world used to disdain the idea of tattoos, body piercings, and cuttings in the flesh (Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Read 1 John 2:15-17 [15] Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [16] For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. [17] And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  See All.... The world loves and accepts tattoos and thinks paper tattoo transfers are ok for children, but what does God say (1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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  See All...; 1 Timothy 2:9-10 [9] In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; [10] But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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• What are some changes you have witnessed in your lifetime? Have these changes made men and women appear more godly, or less so? Why is it important for you to remain separate and distinguished from the world?
• How have the opinions in your home changed from those held by believers a few generations back? Why have they changed?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to protect you from the carnality of this world.
• Ask the Lord to give you a desire to be different from the world.

HYMN

He Leadeth Me

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