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Restart: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Identity SCRIPTURE: the Gospels & the Old Testament DECORATING THEME: Video Games AGE GROUP: Students In a video game, you expect to face challenges and make mistakes, but there's always a way out. If things get too difficult, you can just turn it off and start over. In real life, it's not so easy for us to recover from mistakes or start over when we face challenges, but Jesus gives us a chance to restart - no matter how difficult our circumstances. In this 4-week series from the Old and New Testaments, we'll look at a few people who needed God's help to give them a restart. From their stories, we'll discover four promises from God we can trust: when you feel like a failure, God helps you restart, and at times in your life, when you feel overwhelmed, God takes care of you. If you ever feel stuck, God gives you guidance, and when you feel unwanted, God says you belong. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES When you feel like a failure, God helps you restart. ([Nathan confronts David: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13; Psalm 51:1-2, 10-12, 145:8-9) When you feel anxious, God takes care of you. (God provides for Elijah: 1 Kings 19:1-9; Psalm 4:8; Matthew 11:28-30) When you feel labeled, God sees the real you. ([Jesus heals a demon possessed man: Matthew 20:29-34; Psalm 34:4-8, 24:4-5) When you feel unwanted, God says you belong. (Jesus and the woman at the well: Mark 5:1-20; Psalm 34:17-20; John 15:15) MEMORY VERSE: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"- 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

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