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Goals: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Wisdom SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah DECORATING THEME: Christmas AGE GROUP: Students We all have goals! Whether your goal is to raise your grades, learn a new skill, get TikTok famous, change the world, or all of the above, there are things you want to do, accomplish, and become. But let's be honest - it's not always easy to achieve our goals. Sometimes it difficult to even know which goals to set in the first place! That's why, in this 4-week series, we'll explore the story of a guy with a seemingly impossible goal and the steps he took to make his goal a reality. His name is Nehemiah, and because of his example we can learn a lot about goal-setting, decision-making, leadership, and trusting God. Through Nehemiah's story, we'll see that big difficulties can inspire God-sized goals, you are designed for God-sized goals, God gives us strength to pursue God-sized goals, and God-sized goals require God-sized gratitude. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Big difficulties can inspire God-sized goals. (Nehemiah's Prayer: Nehemiah 1:1-2:5; Mark 16:15) You are designed for God-sized goals. (Artazerzes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem: Nehemiah 1:4 & 11, 2:1-20; 2 Peter 1:3) God gives us strength to pursue God-sized goals. (Rebuilding of the Wall: Nehemiah 3, 4:1-23, 6:9; 2 Timothy 1:7; Philippians 4:13) God-sized goals require God-sized gratitude. (The Exiles Return: Nehemiah 8, 9:5-31, 10:28-39, 12:27, 13:19-21; I Thessalonians 5:18)

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