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 #2 (03.15.2017)
Bottom Line: God’s plan for you is to do the next right thing.
What we talked about:
When you’re on a road trip, what do you use to guide you to
your destination? Google Maps? Waze? Siri? Let’s face it—
we’d all probably be lost without our turn-by-turn direction
apps to guide us. But long before the days of smartphones
and apps, everyone relied on printed maps to make it to
their destination. There was no app to tell you where to turn
next; it was just you and a map. You see, having a destination
in mind is great, but if you don’t know your next turn, you’re
never going to make it there. And that’s not only true for
driving, but also for life. Whether you realize it or not, we
all have a destination in mind—a sense of where we want to
go in life. For many of us, that destination is influenced by
where we think God wants us to go. But for others of us, God
doesn’t influence our destination at all because we don’t
think He could possibly have a plan for our lives . . . at least
not right now. But the truth is, God does have a plan for your
life, and He wants to start leading you to that destination
today. As we take another look at Paul’s road trip this week,
we’ll see that following God’s plan for our lives begins by
taking the next right step.
your destination? Google Maps? Waze? Siri? Let’s face it—
we’d all probably be lost without our turn-by-turn direction
apps to guide us. But long before the days of smartphones
and apps, everyone relied on printed maps to make it to
their destination. There was no app to tell you where to turn
next; it was just you and a map. You see, having a destination
in mind is great, but if you don’t know your next turn, you’re
never going to make it there. And that’s not only true for
driving, but also for life. Whether you realize it or not, we
all have a destination in mind—a sense of where we want to
go in life. For many of us, that destination is influenced by
where we think God wants us to go. But for others of us, God
doesn’t influence our destination at all because we don’t
think He could possibly have a plan for our lives . . . at least
not right now. But the truth is, God does have a plan for your
life, and He wants to start leading you to that destination
today. As we take another look at Paul’s road trip this week,
we’ll see that following God’s plan for our lives begins by
taking the next right step.
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