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:
Have you ever been to a concert? Maybe you had tickets
for great seats. Maybe you were in the nosebleeds. Either
way, you probably noticed that everyone had the same goal
in mind, to get as close as possible. There’s just something
about being near the band or near the artist that makes a
great concert even more fun. But there’s a limit, right? No
matter how good your tickets are, you can only get so close.
There’s a velvet rope you can’t cross, a hall you can’t walk
down, or a security guard you can’t stroll right past because
those areas are reserved for certain people...special people—
people with an all-access pass. Maybe you’ve felt the same
way when it comes to God. Sure, you come to church and
sing songs or listen, but there’s a limit to how close you can
get. It’s almost like there’s a velvet rope around certain parts
of our faith that tells us those parts are restricted to special
people, to church-staff people, or to super-spiritual people.
But what if that’s never what God intended? In this series
we’ll explore what the Resurrection of Jesus really meant—
for real people like us. And, we’ll discover that, because of
Easter, we have an all-access pass to Him and to the life He
has for us.
This Week's Recap:
Week #2 (04.26.2017)
Bottom Line: When your willpower runs out, you have access to His.
What we talked about:
Have you ever been tempted by something? Maybe you’ve
been trying to watch what you eat, but then suddenly
you find yourself in front of a giant bowl of ice cream that
seemed to be calling your name. Maybe you’ve stumbled
upon the Christmas presents hidden in your parents’ room
and found yourself fighting the urge to open them early. Or
maybe you’ve found yourself facing a temptation with bigger
consequences, like gossip, cheating, or lying. Big or small,
we all know what temptation feels like. We know what it
feels like to face something we know we shouldn’t do, yet
still want to do it. And if we’re being honest, most of us
would probably admit that we’ve given in to that temptation
because we simply couldn’t take it any more. Our willpower
just ran out. So what do we do? How do we stop giving in
and saying yes when we feel like we don’t have the power
to say no? Believe it or not, Jesus himself knows exactly
what it’s like to face temptation. He knows how we feel.
As we look at the way Jesus handled temptation, we’ll see
that we have all access to His help as we stand our ground
against temptation.
been trying to watch what you eat, but then suddenly
you find yourself in front of a giant bowl of ice cream that
seemed to be calling your name. Maybe you’ve stumbled
upon the Christmas presents hidden in your parents’ room
and found yourself fighting the urge to open them early. Or
maybe you’ve found yourself facing a temptation with bigger
consequences, like gossip, cheating, or lying. Big or small,
we all know what temptation feels like. We know what it
feels like to face something we know we shouldn’t do, yet
still want to do it. And if we’re being honest, most of us
would probably admit that we’ve given in to that temptation
because we simply couldn’t take it any more. Our willpower
just ran out. So what do we do? How do we stop giving in
and saying yes when we feel like we don’t have the power
to say no? Believe it or not, Jesus himself knows exactly
what it’s like to face temptation. He knows how we feel.
As we look at the way Jesus handled temptation, we’ll see
that we have all access to His help as we stand our ground
against temptation.
