Elevate Student Ministries

  Objective - Students will learn that God is compassionate and will be encouraged to express appreciation for His mercy and grace. Key Scripture - Ephesians 2:4 "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us." Key Thought -  God’s compassion is expressed by His mercy and grace.  Lesson Summary -  Today’s lesson was the third of a four-part series called, That’s Him! God’s More Than You Think. In this series, we have been discussing some of the different attributes of God.  In this specific lesson, we emphasized God’s compassion. We taught the students that God’s compassion is expressed by His mercy and grace and made sure they understood what both mercy and grace mean. We assured the students that God cares about them even when they don’t feel like He does.  We also acknowledged that there are times when students question if anyone cares about them. Some may feel that way about their parents, wondering if they real...

Objective -  Students will learn that God is always just and will be challenged to trust that His justice is fair justice even when life seems unfair. Key Scripture  - Psalm 89:14 "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face." Key Thought  - God’s justice is always fair justice. Lesson Summary - Today’s lesson was the second of a four-part series called That’s Him! God Is More Than You Think. In this series, we are discussing some of the different attributes of God. In this specific lesson, we attempted to explain God’s justice and righteousness even though the world is full of injustice and unfairness. We highlighted the fact that God’s justice is always fair justice.  Describing God as “righteous” means He always does what is right. His justice and righteousness are inseparable from each other. To say that God is just is to say that He is upright. God will always do what is right which means God will always do w...

Objective -  Students will understand the goodness of God and will be encouraged to turn to Him in every circumstance. Key Scripture  - Psalm 34:8 "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!" Key Thought -  God’s goodness is based on His character, not my circumstances. Lesson Summary -  This lesson was the first of a new four-part series called, That’s Him! God Is More Than You Think. This module covers some moral attributes of God as our Heavenly Father. The attribute we studied this week is the goodness of God. When the Bible says that God is good, it is saying that God is perfectly upright and morally excellent, always!  In God is the absence of evil. The absence of evil means that everything God does is only good. There is no ill will, no selfish intentions, and no prideful ambitions with God. God is not cruel! He is good. We used the life of Joseph to illustrate God’s goodness even in the midst of hard or hurtful circums...

 Objective - Students will learn their new life in Christ produces change and will take steps to grow to be more like Jesus. Key Scripture - Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Summary - Today’s lesson was the fourth lesson in a four-part series called Jail Break: Set Free From Sin. This series has focused on the doctrinal truth of sin, but more importantly, how we can be free from it. A simple definition of sin is this: “Anything we think, say, or do that disobeys God.”   In this final lesson of the series, we discussed how we can grow and change in our spiritual lives. There are two different ways that people try to make changes in their lives: doing it in their own strength or allowing God to make those needed changes. The truth is, trying to grow and change in our own strength doesn’t work. As a way to...

  Objective - Students will learn that accepting God’s forgiveness sets them free from sin and will be encouraged to live in this new freedom. Key Scripture - Romans 6:11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Summary - Today’s lesson was the third lesson in a four-part series called Jail Break: Set Free From Sin. This series will focus on the doctrinal truth of sin, but more importantly, how we can live in freedom from it. A simple definition of sin is this: anything we think, say, or do that disobeys God. Because of Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection from the grave, we are free from sin. We highlighted the fact that even if we don’t always feel free, we are free! We don’t have to live controlled by sin. Since we used the sixth chapter of the Book of Romans as the main text for the lesson, it would be helpful for you to read Romans 6:1-14. Some of the truths we learned are these: We are dead to sin....

    Objective - Students will learn how pride brings about an unstable life, and will be challenged to live a humble life. Key Scripture - Daniel 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. Summary - Today’s lesson was the second lesson in a four-part series called Jail Break: Set Free From Sin. This series focuses on the doctrinal truth of sin. A simple definition of sin is this: anything we think, say, or do that disobeys God. This lesson specifically focused on the universal sin of pride. In various places, the Bible uses the imagery of being “lifted up” when it refers to pride. The higher someone lifts themselves up, the more unstable their life becomes. Pride leads to destruction (Proverbs 16:18). But we also highlighted that pride is stealing honor or credit from God. We used the lives of two Old Testament kings, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, as examples of ...

  Objective - Students will learn that they are set free from sin’s domination and be challenged to live in the freedom provided by Christ. Scripture - Romans 7:24-25a O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?   I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! Summary - Today’s lesson was the first lesson in a four-part series called Jail Break: Set Free From Sin. A simple definition of sin is this: anything we think, say, or do that disobeys God. In this lesson, we discussed the fact that because we all have a sin nature, we are all dominated by our sin. In our own strength, we can’t defeat sin. It is only through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that sin can be destroyed. He is the only way that we can be free of the domination of sin! Your student was given three different techniques to fight against the sins that often tempt them. Those techniques are memorizing specific verses of Scripture, finding accountability from a trusted fri...