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Stretch: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Spiritual Habits SCRIPTURE: Romans DECORATING THEME: Stretched Items AGE GROUP: Students If your faith were a muscle, how flexible would it be? Could it stretch to your knees? Your shins? Your toes? Or are you not sure you even have any faith to stretch in the first place? Just like your body, if you want a faith that is strong, growing, and capable of carrying you through difficult challenges, you're going to need to stretch it. It might be fun. It might be challenging. But it will definitely be worthwhile. In this series, we'll discover four ways we can stretch our faith from Paul, the author of the book of Romans and a man whose life was completely transformed by Jesus. Thanks to Paul's words, we know we can stretch our faith by making a commitment, by starting something new, and by letting something go. We can even stretch our faith when we feel like we've failed. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES You can stretch your faith with a commitment. (Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ: Romans 5:6-8, 6:1-4; Matthew 4:18-20; Luke 24:1-10; Philippians 3:13-14) You can stretch your faith by starting something new. (A Living Sacrifice: Romans 12:1-2, 9-18; 2 Peter 1:5-8; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13) You can stretch your faith by letting something go. (Life Through the Spirit: Romans 12:1-2, 16-21; Romans 8:13-14) You can stretch your faith even when you fail. (The Law and Sin: Romans 7:18-25; II Corinthians 12:7-10; John 21:15-19)

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