Elevate Student Ministries

  The Holy Spirit Changes Everything Objective: Students will discover that attempting to serve God in self-confidence is ineffective and will be challenged to witness for God in the boldness given by the power of the Holy Spirit.   Key Scripture:   Acts 4:13     Key Thought:   Confidence in the Spirit is better than confidence in self.       Lesson Summary: Tonight’s lesson was the fourth lesson of a four-week series called “Empowered by the Spirit.” Throughout this series, your teen has been learning about the Holy Spirit. Tonight, he/she learned that the Holy Spirit provides power for us to boldly share our faith with others. Your teen was challenged not to rely on self-confidence, but to be confident in the Holy Spirit.   We used the Apostle Peter as our example throughout the lesson. When he relied on his own strength and confidence to follow God, it resulted in disaster. He made arrogant comments, failed to pray, fought the wrong battles, and denied even knowing Jesus!   Self-co

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  The Gift Objective: Students will understa nd that th e Holy Spirit gives gifts to believers to accomplish His will and they will be challenged to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit by serving others.   Key Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10     Key Thought:   We are Spirit-gifted to graciously serve.     Lesson Summary: Tonight’s lesson was the third lesson in a four-part series called “Empowered by the Spirit.” During this series, your teen will be introduced to the Holy Spirit, Who He is, what He does, and how He provides the power for a Christian to live a godly life.    In tonight’s lesson, we discussed spiritual gifts. We defined them as “God-given abilities, received at salvation, for the purpose of service in the church.” We recognized the differences between a spiritual gift and natural talents. We reminded the students that every believer has a spiritual gift and that they are given so God can be glorified, the saints can be equipped, and the church can be edified. We highlighted t