Below is a brief summary of what talked about tonight. Most of the time we teach through a series for several weeks at a time that way students that miss can get caught back up quickly, and so we can dissect a topic more fully than just a one night deal. Use the overview and questions for both you and your teen to answer and have a dialog that continues outside the church walls and into your homes. Use this opportunity to see what God is teaching your student and also allow your student to see what God is teaching/taught you.
Current Series:
Imagine your life as a car. Now imagine your heart as the car’s gas tank. What is it that fuels you? Is it others’ approval? Is it being the most popular? The most athletic? The smartest? Do you have to feel liked by others to like yourself? Do you need to feel accepted by others to know God loves you? The danger in fueling ourselves by people and things is that eventually, they will let us down. And what happens when that fuel is gone? When our friendships fade? When we’re not the fastest anymore? When we make a C in math? Or when our crush turns us down? What do we then? The truth is, we all want to be loved, but sometimes people reject us. We want to be liked, but sometimes we don’t think we’re as cool as we wish we were. And we don’t want to lose the people we love, but sometimes we get our hearts broken. Or you could say it this way: deep down, we’re all asking for three things: Love me. Like me. And don’t leave me. As we look at the lives of Jesus, Paul, and Jeremiah, we’ll learn how to answer these questions in a way that keeps our hearts up and running.
This Week's Recap:
Week #1 (10.05.2016): Love Me
Bottom Line: When I feel rejected, God loves me.
What we talked about:
Maybe you didn’t make the team. You got dumped by your boyfriend or turned down by your crush. Maybe you weren’t invited to the big party and felt completely left out. Sometimes, even our own parents make us feel rejected. They’re late to our events, they criticize us, and sometimes lose their tempers and yell at us. We’ve all experienced rejection. However it happens, rejection in all its forms hurts. It sticks with us. And it can make us afraid to love others, to trust them, or to open up to them. That’s because, as humans, we’re all asking people to love us. But at some point, each of us will experience the shame and pain of rejection. Even Jesus understands rejection. He’s been there. He’s been hurt by people—people He loves. In looking at His life, we can learn how to trust others and God and what we can do with the hurt that comes from rejection.
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