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Taken from Never Too Old
A ministry resource for older people
Part 6
A collection of inspirational Bible stories
to bring hope in the difficult situations
that older people might be facing
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By Patrick Coghlan
© Patrick Coghlan 2014
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Never too old is intended for the use of people who are involved with ministry,
pastoral care and social action aimed towards older people. It is a resource of ideas,
formats and teaching material to help the Church to provide practical, emotional,
pastoral and spiritual care for older people. It is the hope that older members of the
congregation will be encouraged and enabled to grow and progress in their spiritual
journey, to fulfil their calling to different ministries in the Church utilizing their gifting
to further the Kingdom, and to share their testimonies and wisdom with others. The
resources are imaginative, user friendly, self-explanatory and flexible.
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Part 6 – A collection of inspirational Bible stories to bring hope in
the difficult situations that older people might be facing
Introduction
• Loneliness: Genesis 1:1 – 3:24 (Creation and Adam and Eve)
• Facing retirement: Genesis 2:4-25 (Adam takes care of the garden)
• Fears: Exodus 13:17 – 14:31 (The Israelites cross the Red Sea)
• Anxiety: Judges 6:1 – 7:25 (Gideon)
• Depression and discouragement: 1 Kings 19:1-21 (Elijah)
• Sickness: Mark 5:21-34 (Jesus heals a sick woman)
• Feeling unfulfilled: Mark 10:17-31 (The young man seeking eternal life)
• Feeling unvalued by others: Luke 19:1-10 (Zacchaeus)
• Bereavement: John 11:1-44 (The raising of Lazarus)
• Feelings of failure: John 1:35-42, 18:1-27 and John 21:15-25 (Peter denies
Jesus)
Parts 3, 4 and 5 are also available as Downloads