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Saturday PM

Saturday PM

MESSAGE OVERVIEW

For the rest of their lives, students will deal with pressure. The healthy ways to deal with pressure will always help, but it’s important to not deal with pressure alone. Not only do we have our small group, but more importantly, we have the God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit when we face pressure—and that makes all the difference.

BOTTOM LINE

Knowing God makes all the difference when you feel pressure.

SCRIPTURE

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. // John 14:16–17, 20

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DISCUSSION GUIDE

CONVERSATION STARTERS

  • How do you deal with school pressure?

  • How do you deal with the pressure to fit in?

  • How do you deal with other pressures you feel?

WHAT GOD SAYS

  • Read John 14:16–17, 20. What are the three parts of God in this verse?

  • Let’s talk about the three different parts of God. (Remember the stage illustration!)

    • If you’ve trusted Jesus to be your Savior, where does the Holy Spirit live?

    • Where does Jesus live?

    • How do each of the three parts of God help when dealing with pressure? (Knowing God makes all the difference. God knows what we are going through. Jesus faced them too. The Holy Spirit is with you and helps you when you are facing pressure.)

  • If you trust Jesus with the pressure you’re feeling, what could happen?

WHAT WE CAN DO – ACTIVITY

  1. First, lay out the activity cards on the floor or table, COLORFUL SIDE UP (healthy ways to deal with pressure).

  2. Have students look through them and pick out two that would help them deal with pressure.

  3. Everyone can share the two they chose and how they could use those to deal with the pressure they feel. Allow students to think back on the unhealthy ways they have dealt with pressure in the past. How can choosing a healthy response instead help?

  4. Pass out student decks to each student. Tell the group, “Next time you feel pressure, pull out this stack of cards and choose a healthy way to deal with pressure!”

  5. Where can you keep these cards so that you quickly turn to them for help when you need it?  

WRAP UP

  • As a group, how can we help each other deal with pressure?

  • What do you want to remember from this weekend?

  • Close in prayer.

 
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