YTH eGROUP

LEADER’
SGUI
DE

What ’
sup,Leaders!Duringt hisst udywewantyout o
helpyourteenagersfacet hei rfears.Feari sn’t
necessari
lyabadt hi
ng.Inf act,it’sthever ythingGod
oftenusestodevelopourf aith.Buti t’
sal sowhatthe
enemyl ovestousetodest royourf aith.So,how we
respondtothefearthatcr eepsi ntoourl ifecanmakeor
breakus.That’
swhywet hinki t’simpor tantouryouth
know how tonotonlyfacet heirf ears,butr i
seabove
them i
nJesus’name.

Don’tbeaf raidoftheconversationsyou’
llhaveovert he
nextt hr
eeweeks.We’ vegotallthequesti
onsandBi ble
readingsreadyf oryoubelow.T akethi
scontentoneweek
atat i
meandbel ievethatGodi sgoingtobreakdown
wallsandr aiseupt hi
snextgener at
iontobef ear
less!
AndHe’ susi ngYOUt odoi t
!

We’r
esoproudofyouandsogr
atef
ulf
ort
her
oleyou
pl
ayint
hismini
str
y!

P.
S.Thequesti
onsbelow f
low f
rom gr
eentored,j
ustl
ike
l
astmonth.Havefunwit
ht hegreenquest
ionsandtr
yto
di
vedeepont hoseredones.

SESSI
ON 1
Goal:
Togiveyourteenager
sspacet
otal
kaboutt
het
hingst
hat
scar
et hem.

Pro- Ti
p:
Tryt ocr eateasafeenvironmentwher eyourgr oupcan
openupandt al
kaboutt het hi
ngsthatscar ethem.
Encour aget hem tothinkaboutt het hi
ngst hatkeept hem
upatni ghtandt alki
toutt ogether
.Youwi llmostlikely
fi
ndal otofcommonf earsamongt hegroupandt hereis
strengtht obef oundinthose‘ met oo’moment s.Thegoal
i
sn’ ttodi scredi
tthei
rfears,buttogi vethem anout letto
discusst hei
rfearsandaper spect
ivetoconquert hem.

BigIdea:
Everyoneisaf
rai
dofsomet hi
ng.ButGoddi
dn’tgiveusa
spir
itoff
ear.I
nfact
,theBibletel
l
sus365ti
mest ofear
notortohavecourage.That’
soneti
meforeverydayof
theyear!

KeyStatement s:
“I
fyoucanf aceyourfear
,youcanmovef
orwar
dint
o
yourdesti
ny.”–Past
orStevenFurt
ick

Fearismispl
acedf
ait
h.Feari
swhenwepl acemor e
weightonourownwhat-i
f-
scenar
iosorcurr
entsi
tuati
on
thanonwhatGod’sWordsays.

Tal
kItOut:
1.Whatwassomethingt
hatter
ri
fi
edyouasaki
dthat
youlookbackonandlaughaboutnow?

2.Wear eonlybor
nwi t
h2f ears,t
hefearoffal
l
ingand
thefearofl
oudnoises.Thatmeanseveryotherf
earis
l
earnedoracquir
ed.Read2Ti mothy1:7asagroup.I
f
Goddi dn’
tgi
veusaspi ri
toffear
,wheredoyout hi
nk
ourfearcomesfr
om?

3.Wet al
kedaboutsillychil
dhoodfears,butwhatar
ethe
thi
ngsthatkeepyouawakeatni ghtnow?Doyou
thi
nkyouwi l
loutgrow yourcur
rentfearsl
ikeyoudid
yourchil
dhoodfears,ordoyout hinkyouwillf
ace
cert
ainfear
sforever?

4.ReadJoshua1:
1-9.How manytimesdoesGodt
ell
Joshuat
obestr
ongandcour ageous?

5.Godgi vesJoshuathesecretsauceofsuccessi
nthi
s
passageofscript
ure.Whatarethethreethi
ngsGod
tol
dJoshuaandt henationtodot osucceed?

Answer
:
a.Bestrongandcour ageousbecauset
hetask
aheadwoul dnotbeeasy
b.ObeyGod’ slaw
c.Constant
lyreadandst udyGod’sWord(
the
BookofInstruct
ion)

6.Thi
spassageofscripturei
sref
err
ingt oanew
generat
ion.Youar
ethatnew generati
onintoday’
s
worl
d!Whatdoyout hi
nkGodiscal l
i
ngyout ostep
i
nto,bothasagenerationandasani ndi
vidual
?

God’snotafr
aidofwhat ’
skeepingyouupatnight
.
Andhedoesn’ twantyoulivi
nginfearover
somethingHe’sal
readywor kedout.Readthe
fol
l
owingversestogether
.
a.Psalm 23:
4
b.Psalm 46:
1-2
c.Isai
ah41:10

7.Goddoesn’ tsimplytellustonotbeaf raid.Het el

l
sus
whyweshoul dn’tf
earbyr emindingust hatHei swith
usandHewi llneverleaveus.Ourr eal
izati
onofHi s
presenceisthesour ceofourcour age.Thinkabout
thefearsyoument ionedearli
erinthesessi on.How do
thosefearslookwhenyoui magineGodst andingnext
toyou?

SESSI
ON 2
Goal
:
Tohel
pteenager
sfi
xthei
rfocusi
nthemi
dstoft
hei
rfear
s

Pro- Ti
p:
Duringt hissessionyou’ l
lreadast oryaboutEl i
shaand
hisser vant.Eli
shapr ayedt hatGodwoul dopenhi s
servant ’
seyest olethim seet heHeavenl yarmy
surroundi ngthem.Pr aythatsamepr ayeroveryour
group,notonl yduringthissessionbutt hroughoutt
he
week.Pr aythatGodwoul dopent hei
reyest oseeHimi n
theirfears.Eyest oseet heirvict
oryinHim.Eyesoff ai
th
toseebeyondt heirfeartot hearmyofangel s
surroundi ngthem.

BigIdea:
Fearisafeel
ing,butfocusisachoice.Oneoft hebest
wayst ofi
ghtourfearsisbyfixi
ngourfocus.Whenpanic
setsi
n,wemustf ocusonwhatwecancont rol
.
Somet i
meswecanonl yseeGod’ spr
esencewhenwe
l
ookback,butbyr ememberingthatHeisalwayswithus
wecanhavet hecour agetomovef orward.

KeyStat
ements:
Whatwegiveatt
ent
iont
owegi
veaut
hor
it
yto.

Fearcausesustohavevi
sionwit
houtopt
imi
sm.I
tcauses
ustoseeaf ut
urewit
houthope.

Whenyouf acedif
fi
cult
iesthatseem i
nsurmountable,
rememberthatspir
it
ualresourcesar
et her
eeveni fyou
can’
tseethem.Lookwi theyesoffai
thandl etGodshow
youHisresour
ces.

Tal
kItOut
:
1.What’
syourgo-
to‘
good-
vibes’song?

2.Thi
nkaboutati
mewhenyou’vebeenafrai
d.What
wasyourf
ocusonandhow di
dthatfeedyourf
ear
?

3.ReadPhil
ippi
ans4:
8-9.Accordi
ngtoGod’
sWor
d,
whatshoul
dwebet hi
nkingabout?

4.Read2Ki
ngs6:
8-17.Whatdi
dtheser
vantseeat
f
ir
st?

5.How di
dEl i
sharespondt ohisservant(2Ki 16)
ngs6: ?
Andwhatdi dhisservantseeaft
erEl i
shapr
ayedover
hi
m(2Ki ngs6:17)?

6.Isther
eanareaofyourli
fewhereyouwoul
dli
keto
askGodt oopenyoureyestoseeHisr
esour
cesand
str
ength?

2Chronicles20t ell
susofat imewhenGod’ s
peoplewereforcedt of acet heirf
ears.Al argearmy
wasoutt odestroyGod’ snat i
on.Theirkingwas
ri
ghtf
ull
yshook,buti nhisf earheresol vedtoseek
theLord(2Chr onicles20: 3).Andwhenhedi dn’t
know whattodot heBi bletellsushel ookedt o
God(2Chr onicles20: 12).Andt hentheki nghad
God’speoplefacet heirenemyandsi ngpr aisesto
theLord(2Chr onicl
es20: 21).Andthat ’
sthesecr et
weaponf orovercomi ngf ear.

SetyoureyesonGod>Faceyourf
ear>Sing
prai
sestoGodfort
hevi
ctor
yyouseeinf
aith.

7.Whatcanyoubegi
ndoingthisweektofi
xyourfocus?
DoyouneedtosetyoureyesonGod,faceyourfear
orspendt
imeworshi
ppingGodforthemiracl
eyou
can’
tseeyet
?

SESSI
ON 3
Goal:
T
ohelpteenager
slever
aget
hei
rfear
stocr
eat
ea
str
ongerf
ait
h

Pro-Tip:
Thissessionisal laboutlearni
nghow t ostepoutinf ai
th
andembr acet het emporaryuncer taintythatcomeswi th
chasingGod- givenoppor tunit
ies.Thisi sdesi
gnedt obe
acalltoactionf oryourteens.Yourj obi stohelpthem
seethear easwher eGodi scalli
ngt hem tostepoutof
thei
rcomf ortzone.Encour aget hem t ofoll
ow t
hedr eams
Godhasputi nt heirhear
tswi t
hbr aver yandboldness!

BigI dea:
We’ vespentt helasttwoweekst al
kingaboutf earand
how t oview fearinl i
ghtofGod’ sWor d.Dur i
ngt hisf
inal
sessionwewantt otalkaboutwhati tlooksliket o
actuallyrunt owardst heverythingsthatf r
ightenus.Our
greatestr egretattheendofourl i
fewi l
lbet he
oppor tuniti
eswedi dn’tchase.Thisshouldf reeusup
fr
om t hef earoffailur
eandi nsteadcauseust ofear
l
ifel
ongr egret.

KeyStatement:
“Thebi
ggestri
skisnott
aki
nganyr
isk.
”–Mar
k
Zucker
berg

“Il
earnedthatcour
agewasnottheabsenceoffear
,but
thetri
umphoverit…Thebr
avemani snothewhodoes
notfeelaf
rai
d,buthewhoconquersthatf
ear
.”–Nelson
Mandela

Feari
sof
tent
hest
art
ingpoi
ntoff
ait
h.

Tal
kItOut
:
1.Wouldyour
atherbeinacagewi t
hali
onorbe
unar
medinafightagai
nstsomeonewi
thaweapon?

Read1Chr onicles11:22- 25asagroup.In

1Chr onicles11: 22,wer eadhow Benaiahwent
downi ntoapi tonasnowydayandki ll
edali
on.In
1Chr onicles11: 23,wer eadhow Benaiahdefeat
ed
aseven- and-a- hal
f-f
oott allmanwhowasar med
withagi antspear .Clearly
,Benaiahrantowar
dsthe
thi
ngst hatmostpeopl er unawayf r
om.Benaiah’
s
braverydi dn’
tgounnot icedbecauseKingDavid
eventuallyplacedhi mi nchar geofal
lhis
bodyguar ds.

2.Mostfearsdon’tdisappearovert i
me.Fear sdisappear
withexposure.Conqueringf
eari sli
keget ti
ngover
all
ergi
es–youhavet ofaceitinsmal ldosestobui l
d
upyourt ol
erance.Maybeyouar en’
tr eadytochasea
l
ionintoapitonasnowyday ,butwhatwoul di tl
ook
l
ikeforyoutobegi ntaki
ngsmal lstepst owards
somethingthatscaresyou?

LikeBenaiah,KingDavidknew allaboutkil
l
ingwild
l
ionsandgi ant
s( ISamuel17:36-37)
.Perhaps
that’
swhyt heywer ef
ri
ends.Ifyou’r
egoingt orun
towardsthethingsthatscar
emostpeopl e,you
needasquadt hatisf
earl
essenought orunwi t
h
you.

3.How canyousur
roundyoursel
fwi
tht
heki
ndof
f
ri
endsthatmakeyoufear
less?

4.ReadISamuel14:
1-14togetherasagr
oup.Whatact
s
ofbr
aver
ydoyouseei nthisstor
y?

WhileJonathanwasf i
ghti
ngthatbat t
le,Ki ngSaul
washi di
ngf r
om it(ISamuel14: 2).Thedi f
ference
betweent hetwosol dierswast hatJonat han
tr
ustedGodt ogivet hevict
oryandSauldi dn’t.
Jonathandidn’thavet heauthor i
tytoleadt he
enti
rearmyi ntobattlethatday,buthef ull
yowned
whatlitt
lehecoul dcont r
olandt heresul twasa
majormi l
it
aryvictoryfortheent i
renation
(1Samuel14: 23)!

5.Oftenti
mesconqueringyourfearlooksl
i
kedoingt he
nextri
ghtthi
ng,whetherthatthi
ngseemsinsi
gni
ficant
orthatt
hingter
ri
fi
esyou.Whati sthenextr
ightt
hing
youcanbegindoingt hisweekandhow canwekeep
eachotheraccount
abl e?

6.Whatfr
om thepastthr
eeweeksoft
hisst
udyonf
ear
hasi
mpactedyout hemost
?

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