back to schoool challenges
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By Mike SmithPart 1 of 7 in this Back to school series. The introduction lesson for the series.Some ideas were from unknown. I give credit and glory to God.TRANSCRIPT
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It Can Be A Difficult TimeIt Can Be A Difficult Time• A new school year has arrived.• Many difficult challenges lie ahead:
–Intimidation, nervousness and fear are the feelings often felt by many students.
• The devil will be at his best trying to take full advantage of these vulnerabilities –
Let us take heed! 2 Corinthians 2:11
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Purpose In Your Heart• Now is the time to prepare yourselves
for the temptations that will come.
Daniel 1:8; 1 Cor. 10:12
• Stand up for what you believe in.
– Like Jesus we can say, “it is written!”
Matthew 4:4; 1 Peter 3:15
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Work Hard
• Laziness is a temptation for many students, especially if there is no motivation to apply yourself.
• Hard work is a biblical principle.
• John 9:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:10
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Do Not Cheat
• Cheating can sometimes be so easy it is done without consideration.
• Don’t be fooled – cheating is sinful!
• Proverbs 11:1• Job 31:6 Let me be weighed on honest
scales, That God may know my integrity.
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Pick Your Friends Wisely• It is in our power to decide who it is
that we will associate with.
• We must not unite with the ungodly!
• Ephesians 5:11• 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived:
"Bad company ruins good morals."
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Listen To Parental Advice• Yes, parents were your age once too!
• Heeding your parents advice and
counsel is usually not what’s “popular.”
• But God tells you… Proverbs 19:20;
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
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Walk Worthy In Dress• The latest styles and fashions are not
always best suited for the Christian.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12 • 1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that
women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.
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Do Not Follow The Crowd
• Peer-pressure is very real.
• Sex, drugs and alcohol are temptations for even the youngest among us.
• Exodus 23:2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil...”
• 1 Corinthians 10:13
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Obey The Gospel• We are to be disciples (learners)
of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:19• If you have not yet become a Christian,
you do not have Jesus on your side to
help you overcome the difficult days that
lie ahead-why not die with Christ today?• Romans 6:1-11; 3:23; 2 Tim. 2:10
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More Back To School Challenges Coming Soon!