Crossing the Bridge - Parent Connection

 

Objective - Students will learn the value of developing personal spiritual disciplines as a pathway to spiritual growth and will be challenged to use Word of Life’s Creative Discipleship Program to help them grow in their walk with Christ.

 

Key Scripture - 1 Corinthians 9:27 “But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.”

 

Key Thought - Discipline is the bridge between hope and reality.

 

Lesson Summary -

Tonight’s lesson was the third in a four-part series called Game Plan: A Strategy for Spiritual Growth. We are helping your student understand the need to exercise the spiritual disciplines necessary to function as a strong Christian in the game of life. In this lesson, we discussed the importance of personal spiritual disciplines and how they impact the lives of every believer.

Setting inwardly focused goals—such as church attendance, quiet time, Scripture memory, and reading books—helps to deepen our personal growth and walk with the Lord. Setting outwardly focused goals—such as serving, inviting friends, having Gospel conversations, and discipling others—helps to strengthen not only our personal growth but also our impact on God’s kingdom.

We challenged the students to write down their goals for eight different spiritual disciplines. But setting a goal only expresses what someone hopes to do. Discipline is the bridge between hope and reality. So, we asked your student to cross that bridge by choosing to discipline themselves to godliness.

Ask your student to share with you some of the goals that they have committed to this year. Ask them how you can encourage them to stay disciplined enough to make their goals a reality.