5/30 Sunday School "Peer Pressure"

Devotion by Josh Knabel:


Introduction & Bible Study:

• Students are presented scenarios about peer pressure and must take time to match up the correct verses with the right scenario.
• Scenario 1- Ephesians 4:25, Ashley should explain why she won’t be going to the party.  She should tell Jessie about the youth group event and her feelings towards it
• Scenario 2- Galatians 6:1-2, Mark should sit down with Terry and explain what he’s seeing in Terry’s life.  He should try to persuade Terry to get involved in the church again.  He should also avoid getting involved with Terry’s new crowd.
• Scenario 3- Philippians 4:6-7, If Alan were going to be blackballed for not attending the party, he should turn his worries and feelings over to God and trust God to make his remaining years in drama enjoyable.
• Scenario 4- Psalm 37: 23-24, Eddie should refuse to join his friends in taunting the new kid. Even though Eddie stumbled before when he made fun of the new kid, the Lord will provide strength for him to resist this time.
• Scenario 5- II Corinthians 5:17, Rita should try and explain to her friends that she really doesn’t have the desire anymore to do the kinds of things she used to do.  She should then offer some alternative suggestions for what she and her friends could do together, suggestions that go along with Rita’s new personality.

The kids should take some time and write down some other situations that go along with peer pressure, and then share the ideas, while also checking to see if the five bible passages relate to the options they’ve chosen in anyway

Conclusion:

• Now just because we have biblical answers does that mean that standing up to peer pressure is going to be easy, just remember that God has promised to be with and help us when were in a tough situation, but he hasn’t promised that we’ll never face anything like that, or that life will always be easy, that’s why we have to rely on him.

10/18 Ignite "Masquerade-Con Artist"

Devotion-Jared Graves

Intro

• "Catch Me IF You Can"- Frank Abangale Story

Devotion

• We’ve mistakenly assumed that we can put on many different faces in front of God. Call it the Facebook curse. We believe that God has to ask our permission to see who we are and what we are doing.
• Psalm 139:11-12, We cannot hide from God. He know us, and He wants a relationship with us. We do not need to hide behind a mask with God, because there is no use.

M&M Discussions

If you could switch places with one person in the world and live their life, who would it be and why?

Have you ever knowingly not prayed about something, or asked for forgiveness for something because you felt like you could keep it from God?

Read together 2 Samuel 12:1-14

·      Do we think that this is the first time that David realized that he had sinned?

David tried to hide all of this from God, he didn’t want God to see what he had done. Are there things in this life you need to give over to God?

Have any of you seen Bruce Almighty? At the end, Bruce is with God and God asks him to say a prayer. Bruce prays for the end of hunger and world peace. God says that it was a good prayer, if he were going for Ms. America.  God knows when our prayers are hollow, and he wants to hear our true and heartfelt prayers, even if it shows a completely broken person.

Spend some time in prayer, always know that God knows you, who you are, and what you have done.