1. Aim: To understand that metaphors can convey religious meanings.

2. Literal: To do exactly as something tells you to do. Non literal: There is a hidden meaning within the words.

3. What do you think the literal and non – literal meanings of these phrases are? Record your ideas on a whiteboard.

4. It’s raining cats and dogs!

5. You are driving me up the wall!

6. Sorry I must fly!

7. Don’t blow your own trumpet!

8. Can you think of any of your own?

9. Psalm 18:2 God is my rock.

10. John 18:12 Jesus is the light of the world.

11. Psalm 23 The lord is my shepherd.