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 dialogue 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:
Road trips are awesome. Whether you’re heading to the
mountains with your family or driving to the beach with
your friends, the idea of packing up, grabbing your favorite
snacks, planning the perfect play list, and hitting the road just
sounds like an adventure. And it is! Maybe that’s because
new places are always exciting, or maybe it’s just that, more
than anywhere else, the unexpected seems to happen
on the road. Flat tires. Detours. Surprisingly great lunch
stops. Disappointingly awful gas stations. The unexpected
is just part of the trip. Life works a lot like that, too. We
start with a plan in mind, but things happen along the way
that change our plans, change our minds, or even change
our relationships. That’s when we have to decide to stick to
the plan or change course. This was especially true for the
apostle Paul. Long before GPS or interstates, Paul set out on
a series of road trips, and just like us, he experienced some
surprising, even life-changing moments on the road. As we
take a look at some key turning points on Paul’s road trips,
we discover that maybe the best thing that can happen on
our journey is a change of direction.
This Week's Recap:
Week #1 (03.08.2017)
Bottom Line: As you get to know God, be ready to rethink.
What we talked about:
Have you ever had to change your mind about something?
We’re talking something big like what you’re going to do
after high school or if you should keep dating that person.
Changing your mind can be difficult because in some ways
it feels like you’re admitting that maybe what you originally
thought about something or someone was off-base. This is
especially difficult when it comes to what we think about
God. Most of us already have our minds made up about
what we do or don’t think about God. So much so that
we’ve probably stopped giving it much thought. We think
we know who God is, what He’s about, what He wants from
us, and that’s that. But just like on a road trip, sometimes in
life we encounter something on our journey that completely
changes our perspective. In other words, it causes us to
rethink. That’s exactly what happened to the apostle Paul on
his journey to Damascus in the book of Acts. And as we look
at how his encounter caused him to rethink, we’ll see that
when we open ourselves to experience God, we’ll certainly
be left changed.
We’re talking something big like what you’re going to do
after high school or if you should keep dating that person.
Changing your mind can be difficult because in some ways
it feels like you’re admitting that maybe what you originally
thought about something or someone was off-base. This is
especially difficult when it comes to what we think about
God. Most of us already have our minds made up about
what we do or don’t think about God. So much so that
we’ve probably stopped giving it much thought. We think
we know who God is, what He’s about, what He wants from
us, and that’s that. But just like on a road trip, sometimes in
life we encounter something on our journey that completely
changes our perspective. In other words, it causes us to
rethink. That’s exactly what happened to the apostle Paul on
his journey to Damascus in the book of Acts. And as we look
at how his encounter caused him to rethink, we’ll see that
when we open ourselves to experience God, we’ll certainly
be left changed.
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