Riverbend Youth

BOTTOM LINE: When you give in, you can still move forward. GOAL: To remind students that God’s love and grace are always available to them and because of that, there’s always a chance to move forward. SCRIPTCH: Romans 8:38-39 NIV, Romans 5:8 NIV, 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Trust what God says is true. GOAL: To point students toward the truth that God wants them to live a full, joyful life and to help them trust that, in making better decisions in the face of temptation, they’ll see better outcomes. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 4:5-7 NIV, Galatians 6:7 NIV, Philippians 3:17 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Choose to believe that God will provide for your needs. GOAL: To encourage students to lean into God’s goodness in the face of temptation and to trust God to provide them with the tools they need to resist temptation when it comes their way. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 4:1-11 NIV, Matthew 3:17b NIV, Philippians 4:19 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Let what God says about you influence what you do. GOAL: To help students recognize the battle they may be fighting with temptation and to encourage them to ground themselves in the truth of who God says they are to help them resist giving in. SCRIPTCH: James 1:13-15 NIV, Matthew 4:1-2 NIV, Matthew 3:17b NIV

BOTTOM LINE: God is working with you when you choose to do good work. GOAL: To encourage students to choose how they respond when they see or experience injustice. SCRIPTCH: Daniel 3:24-27 NIV, Psalm 139:24a NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Justice says good isn’t good enough. GOAL: To help students develop and/or strengthen the practical skill of noticing the need for justice around them and encourage them to take steps toward doing good by responding to that need. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 25:41-46 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Love lets people know they matter. GOAL: To show students that they have worth and value to God. SCRIPTCH: John 20:11-19 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Love shows up in the low points of life. GOAL: To remind students of the valuable truth that, because of Jesus, they are forgiven and to help them see that forgiveness is a result of God’s love for them. SCRIPTCH: 1 Peter 4:8 NLT, Luke 23:32-43 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: How Jesus loved us shows us what love can do. GOAL: To help students see the ways they view God and to encourage them to see that the Easter story shows us that God is love. SCRIPTCH: 1 John 4:8b-10 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Without people who make you better, you can miss out on what’s best. GOAL: To encourage students to see the value in inviting others to speak into their lives, specifically when it comes to dating and relationships. SCRIPTCH: Proverbs 11:14 NIV

Sage brings the HEAT! BOTTOM LINE: The pressure to be with someone can cause you to settle for anything. GOAL: To open students’ eyes to the things they may be excusing, ignoring, or settling for in relationships and to encourage them to be honest with themselves and someone they trust about it. SCRIPTCH: 2 Samuel 11:1 NLT, 2 Samuel 11: 3 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: Nothing in life should hold you back from the rest of your life. GOAL: To help students see the potential fallout of obsessive thinking about dating and relationships and to encourage them to choose wisdom to help them shift their focus. SCRIPTCH: Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: Who you date may be temporary, but who you become is lasting. GOAL: To encourage students to see the potential of who they can become, both for themselves and for future dating and relationships. SCRIPTCH: Proverbs 24:27 NIV, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

Brought to you by Pastor Sage Olszewski! BOTTOM LINE: Jesus is with us in our grief. GOAL: Really encourage students to look for how God and the people who care about them show up in the middle of their grief. And maybe even how, through people who really care, God is with them in their grief more than they realize. SCRIPTCH: John 11:1-3, 17-20, 21, 33-36 NLT, Isaiah 46:4-5 NIV, John 16:33 NIV, Ma...

BOTTOM LINE: Feelings aren't forever. GOAL: To show students the connection between their thoughts and feelings and to help them recognize that feelings can (and will) change over time. SCRIPTCH: Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4-8 NIV, Psalm 16:8 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: Quiet the critic. GOAL: To encourage students to recognize the critical thoughts in their minds and to give them practical, healthy ways to quiet them. SCRIPTCH: Luke 4:21 NIV, Mark 6:3 NIV, Psalm 37:5 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: Fear is loud, but it is a liar. GOAL: To give students tools that will help them turn the volume down on fear in their lives. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 8:24-25, 26-27 NIV, Psalm 23:4 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: You are enough. GOAL: To help students find their value and worth in God, who always sees them as enough. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 10:29-31, Psalm 139:14 NIV

BOTTOM LINE: You create your playlist. GOAL: To encourage students to see the power they have to recognize and change the thoughts running through their minds. SCRIPTCH: Matthew 6:34 NLT, Matthew 11:28-30 NIV, Psalm 94:19 NLT

BOTTOM LINE: When your family goes through rough waters, your MINDSET can see you through. GOAL: To help students understand that change is inevitable, but God is constant and God’s presence can comfort us in uncertain times. SCRIPTCH: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV, Isaiah 43:2 NIV Follow us on IG: http://instagram.com/rbyouth/

BOTTOM LINE: Your family’s story isn’t finished. GOAL: To help students understand that problems or pain in their family story doesn’t discount their family from being part of God’s story SCRIPTCH: (Genesis 25:27-34 NIV) , (Hebrews 11:20 NIV) Follow us on INSTAGRAM

Session 1 of 4 in our series about FAMILY called, "Thicker Than Water." BOTTOM LINE: When it comes to our relationships that are thicker than water, love is more important than anything. GOAL: To help students discover the way God sees them and to point them toward taking steps to see themselves in a similar way. SCRIPTCH: John 13:1 NIV, John 13:3-5 NIV, John 13:34-35 NIV

Reyn joins Marc to respond to questions from students, adults, and podcast listeners that came out of our recent series on Hell. Also...follow us on INSTAGRAM if you're cool ;)

Session 2: What it is. Join us as we listen to guest speaker  Marc Lynch  teach about the Biblical view of hell. This series will teach students (and their parents!) what hell is, what it isn't, and address some common misunderstandings that many people have around the concept of hell.  Marc Lynch has studied theology, the Biblical texts, and the Biblical languages for many years and is consid...

Session 1: What it isn't. Join us as we listen to guest speaker Marc Lynch teach about the Biblical view of hell. This series will teach students (and their parents!) what hell is, what it isn't, and address some common misunderstandings that many people have around the concept of hell. Marc Lynch has studied theology, the Biblical texts, and the Biblical languages for many years and is co...