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The Making Of: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Spiritual Growth SCRIPTURE: the New Testament DECORATING THEME: Movies AGE GROUP: Students Good movies capture our imaginations and transport us to other worlds. As we watch our favorite movies with popcorn in hand, we may not realize all of the work, edits, and rewrites that went into making the cinematic masterpiece. The same is true of our faith, too. We might expect our relationship with God to look like a finished product, but really, our faith and relationship with God are still in the making. In this 4-week series from the Gospels and Epistles, we'll explore what can happen when we invest in spiritual formation. We'll see how spending time with God can make us more like Jesus and how, when we face temptation, we can ask God for help. We'll also discover how with God, difficult moments can help our character grow and how we grow when we make things right with God. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Spending time with God can make us more like Jesus. (Moses talks to God and returns with a radiant face: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:12) When you face temptation, ask God for help. (Jesus is tempted in the wilderness: Luke 4:1-13; Hebrews 2:18) With God, difficult moments can help our character grow. (Jesus warns his disciples about persecution: John 15:16-22; Psalm 27:7-14) We grow when we make things right with God. (Parable of the fig tree: Luke 13:1-9; 2 Peter 3:9) MEMORY VERSE: "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." - 1 Peter 2:21

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