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Saturday AM

Saturday AM

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MESSAGE OVERVIEW

This morning, we are continuing our conversation in our host homes about labels. The labels we allow to stick to us can be very powerful, not because they are magic words, but because they alter how we think about ourselves. Our thought life is the first place we have to deal with the labels that feel untrue. If we call them out as false, then they have no power over us. However, when we allow them to alter how we think about who we are, they can alter the direction of our lives. 

BOTTOM LINE

If the labels aren’t true, stop believing them. 

SCRIPTURE

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. // Romans 12:2

ACTIVITY

  • Using their own boards, have students identify up to three of the labels currently on their boards that they have internalized as negative.

  • Ask them to move those labels to the inside of the “Hello, I’m…” name tag.

DISCUSSION GUIDE

CONVERSATION STARTERS

  • Has anyone called you a name that you can’t forget? How often do you think about it? When you remember that label, how do you feel?

  • Have you ever given a label to someone (a sibling, friend, or classmate) without realizing it? How might that label be affecting that person?

  • In real life, do you treat or talk to people differently based on the labels you’ve put on them?

  • How do the labels you believe about yourself affect you and the way you act?

WHAT GOD SAYS

Read Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

  • What do you think “pattern of this world” means? What does it mean to “not conform” to it?

  • According to this verse, how can we be transformed or changed? (Renewing our minds, a.k.a. changing what we believe.)

  • Why is it such a big deal to identify the labels you believe about yourself?

LEADERS:

Wrap up small group time by thanking students for sharing and then pray for your group. Follow up privately with any student who you think needs extra support or connection.