Elevate Student Ministries

  Objective - Students will learn that God is with them through the difficulties of life and will be challenged to develop a determination to trust God with their lives.   Scripture - Daniel 3:17-18 “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”   Key Thought - Develop a determination that displays divine trust.   Lesson Summary - Today's lesson was the third lesson of a four-part series entitled, Stand Tall: Staying Strong Through Adversity. It is actually a study from the first half of the biblical Book of Daniel. In it, we are discovering how Daniel and his friends stood tall for God as God’s purposes were worked out in their lives. In this lesson, your students learned about the determination of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to

  Objective - Students will learn that godly friends make them stronger and will be challenged to stand together for God.   Scripture - Daniel 2:17-18 “Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”   Key Thought - We are better when united together.   Lesson Summary – Today's lesson was the second lesson of a four-part series entitled, Stand Tall: Staying Strong Through Adversity. It is actually a study from the first part of the biblical Book of Daniel. In it, we are discovering how Daniel and his friends stood tall for God as God’s purposes were worked out in their lives. In this lesson, your student learned about the importance of godly Christian friendships, friends who follow Jesus, help us to submit to authority, aid us in prayer, and promote

  Objective - Students will understand that doing right is always the best choice, even when the circumstances are difficult, and they will be compelled to trust that God will empower them for life’s difficulties.   Scripture - Daniel 1:8 “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”   Key Thought - God’s purposes are greater than our problems.   Lesson Summary - Today's lesson was the first lesson of a four-part series entitled, Stand Tall: Staying Strong Through Adversity. It is actually a study from the first half of the biblical Book of Daniel. In it, we are discovering how Daniel and his friends stood tall for God, as God’s purposes were worked out in their lives. In this lesson, your student learned about the experiences of Daniel and his three companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

  Objective - Students will learn how to perform preventive maintenance in their lives so they can live in integrity.   Scripture - 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”   Key Thought - Stop problems before they start.   Lesson Summary – This was the final lesson in a four-part series called Home Inspection: Is Your Foundation Strong? In this series of lessons, we’ve been talking about how to live a life consistent with biblical principles.”—in short, how to live with integrity. “Integrity” means “to live a life consistent with biblical principles.” This lesson focused on how to perform maintenance in the houses of our lives. We discussed two different kinds of maintenance that homes may need, and drew a comparison to the work that we need to do in our spiritual

  Objective - Students will learn that when they hide their sin, they expose their lack of integrity and they will be challenged to confess and forsake their sin.   Scripture - Proverbs 28:13 “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.”   Key Thought - Hiding your sin exposes your lack of integrity.   Lesson Summary – This was the third lesson in a four-part series called Home Inspection: Is Your Foundation Strong? In this series of lessons, we’ve been talking about how to live a life consistent with biblical principles. In short, we’ve discussed how to live with integrity. In this lesson, we discussed the miserable process of trying to hide sin. We discovered that “he who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” We shared two examples from the life of King David. At points in his life, he was very sensitive to his sin, but at others, he was very deceptive, even resorting to mu