BOTTOM LINE: You are free to feel.

GOAL: To encourage students to see their feelings as part of God’s design for them as humans and to encourage them to feel and express those feelings freely to God.

SCRIPTCH: Matthew 5:4, Psalm 30

BOTTOM LINE: Your space in the world will change over time

GOAL: To remind students of the value in real growth taking real time to happen and to encourage them to choose humility as they allow God to grow them in different areas of their lives.

SCRIPTCH: Philippians 2:3-4 NLT, Philippians 2:5-6 NLT, Matthew 26:37-39 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: Don’t measure your God-given space by the space occupied by someone else

GOAL: To point students toward the way comparison can harm their relationship to themselves and others and to encourage them to choose humility when tempted to compare.

SCRIPTCH:1 Peter 5:5 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: When you follow Jesus, you will find real rest.

GOAL: To show students the way trying to fit in or be the best can weigh them down and to encourage them to find real rest by turning to Jesus.

SCRIPTCH: Matthew 11:28-29 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: Don’t leave your space blank

GOAL: To encourage students to recognize the ways in which pride may be showing up in their lives and to point them toward the value in choosing humility by drawing near to the God who made them.

SCRIPTCH: James 4:10a NIV, Proverbs 22:4 NLT, James 4:8 NKJV

BOTTOM LINE: The Kid changes how you see your fear.

GOAL: To help students recognize the fears they may be facing this Christmas and to remind them of the truth that God is with them in the face of those things, both in this season and beyond.

SCRIPTCH: Luke 1:28, 30-34 NLT, Luke 1:37 ESV, Luke 1:38 NLT

A bonus clip from a teaching in our Christmas series, where Reyn gives an example of how to respond to critics, in light of the Christmas season and how we're called to be "for everyone," just like the gift of Jesus was :)

BOTTOM LINE: The Kid changes how you see yourself and everyone else.

GOAL: To show students that the birth of Jesus and all His arrival means for us is a gift available to everyone.

SCRIPTCH: Luke 2:8-16 NLT, Matthew 2:7-11a, 16 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: The Kid from nowhere changes how you see your situation.

GOAL: To point students toward seeing that Jesus’ birth was God’s answer to our broken world and to encourage them to see Jesus as the answer to their broken situations or circumstances this season.

SCRIPTCH: Luke 2:1-7 NRSVUE, Luke 2:6a NRSVUE, John 1:46 NLT,

BOTTOM LINE: Gods light in you brings light to others

GOAL: To show students the value of seeing other people and their needs through the eyes of Jesus and to encourage them to take a step to shine a little light by meeting the needs they see around them.

SCRIPTCH:

“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!” (Matthew 6:22-23 NLT)

"... let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." (Matthew 5:16 NLT)