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Free People: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Authority SCRIPTURE: James DECORATING THEME: Series Thematic AGE GROUP: Students Have you ever had to follow a rule that made absolutely no sense to you? Maybe it was a rule about what you could or couldn't wear, where you could or couldn't go, or who you could or couldn't spend time with. When some people think about God, that is what they think about - a list of rules miles long that don't seem important or relevant to their lives. But said there are only two rules that matter most: love God and love others as you love yourself. In this 4-week series in the book of James, we'll discover that the right rules can set you free - and that free people don't dance with danger, make decisions that benefit others, and give up their freedoms for others. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES The right rules can set you free. (Listening and Doing: James 1:22-25; Matthew 22:35-40; Psalm 119:97-100) Free people don't dance with danger. (Trials and Temptations: James 1:5-8; Matthew 22:37-40; Proverbs 27:12, 21:29) Free people make decisions that benefit others. (Favoritism Forbidden: Matthew 22:37-40; James 2:12-13; Acts 15; Mark 10:45) Free people give up their freedoms for others. (Submit Yourselves to God: Matthew 22:37-40; James 4:1-3; John 15:12-13; 1 Peter 2:24; Philippians 2:6-7)

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