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"LEVEL UP" Speaking Slides At Camp Illiana

by Kent Kessler

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Teaching slides for the camp theme of LEVEL UP = about growth points for spiritual development among middle schoolers.

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A religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” sHe answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” sHe said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, she asked back, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead. Luckily, a pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side. Then a youth leader showed up; she also avoided the injured woman.“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the woman’s condition, her heart went out to her. sHe gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her donkey, led her to an inn, and made her comfortable. In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated her kindly,” the religion scholar responded.Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
A religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” sHe answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” sHe said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, she asked back, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead. Luckily, a pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side. Then a youth leader showed up; she also avoided the injured woman.“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the woman’s condition, her heart went out to her. sHe gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her donkey, led her to an inn, and made her comfortable. In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated her kindly,” the religion scholar responded.Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
A religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” sHe answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” sHe said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, she asked back, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead. Luckily, a pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side. Then a youth leader showed up; she also avoided the injured woman.“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the woman’s condition, her heart went out to her. sHe gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her donkey, led her to an inn, and made her comfortable. In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated her kindly,” the religion scholar responded.Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
A religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” sHe answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” sHe said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, she asked back, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead. Luckily, a pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side. Then a youth leader showed up; she also avoided the injured woman.“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the woman’s condition, her heart went out to her. sHe gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her donkey, led her to an inn, and made her comfortable. In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated her kindly,” the religion scholar responded.Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
WHEN YOU BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST GOD GIVES YOU GIFTSSTUFF = CLUTTERS AND GETS IN THE WAY vs. GIFTS = DISCOVER AND GET USED YOU NEED TO (1) DISCOVER THEM, (2) USE THEM, AND (3) KEEP THEM HOT = fan into flame WHEN we DON’T use GOD’S GIFTS for what they are meant for we can lose them or they can get “bent” Also WHEN we try to get gifts that we haven’t been given and that other people have we can RUIN the good things we have been given. WHY DOES GOD GIVE US GIFTS? And I think JESUS is going to pull on my heart open a drawer and reach in and pull some things out…and I won’t recognize them. And what do we say when we don’t recognize stuff? WHAT IS THAT? WHAT GIFTS DID THE GOOD SAMARITAN HAVE? THE SAMARITAN KEPT HIS GIFTS When you invite GOD’S SPIRIT is in, you invite him into your heart, Your heart is where he transforms you by his grace to become more like Jesus. HAVE YOU ASKED JESUS INTO YOUR HEART?When we level up with God in our HEARTS God’s love fills us so much that when we look at others we see them the way HE sees them and we LOVINGLY RESPOND to people.
A religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” sHe answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” sHe said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.” Looking for a loophole, she asked back, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a traveler from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead. Luckily, a pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side. Then a youth leader showed up; she also avoided the injured woman.“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the woman’s condition, her heart went out to her. sHe gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her donkey, led her to an inn, and made her comfortable. In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated her kindly,” the religion scholar responded.Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
FIVE PEOPLE OVERCOMERS WILL WANT TO MEET IN HEAVEN YOUR MENTEE = A “Timothy”—you want to know that someone is going to be in heaven because of YOU! If they DIE knowing JESUS CHRIST as his or her savior or when Jesus returns to GET THEM you want to be able to give them a REALLY HIGH FIVE IN THE AIR as you go to meet the Lord! And every day until they die, you are going to make sure they have everything they need to make it through this world and into the next. AND you are going to help them know how to take as many people with them as THEY can too! WHY? Because you know what it is like to have been given the things YOU needed when you needed because you had a mentor too--and if you can be that for someone else then may GOD GET ALL THE GLORY FOR IT! I’ll cast down THAT crown GLADLY at His feet one day! I’ll gladly cast down the crowns given to me for each person who belongs to Christ because of my life--because my life was forfeit before I came to know JESUS but since I have come to know Him I have everything! YOU NEED A “TIMOTHY”—someone younger in the Lord whom you can MENTORActs 16:1-3 (NIV), He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey…Who is it going to be? You need a plan: Take a moment and write down either some names you can of younger “Timothys” or places you could be involved in ministry where you could find one—like children’s church, or Sunday school or weekday bible studies, or VBS. YOU NEED A PLAN!YOUR MENTOR:: To know how to have a mentee you are going to need a good mentor—a mentor who has CHRIST ON! A “Mentor” is an older Christian who is close to you. A “BARNABAS”When the Legendary Odessyeus went on his voyage he left his son with someone special—since he wasn’t going to be home for several seasons, he needed someone he could trust to take his place and train his son in the things he needed to know—in the skills necessary for education, family, courage and life. The man’s name was “Mentor”.We all need someone who can disciple us; someone who can pass along the faith to us and who can train us besides our parents in what is right, and good, and holy.Barnabas: Acts 9:26-28, When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus. So Saul stayed with the apostles… (NLT)Proverbs 5:11-14 (HCSV) says, “At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors. I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community.”YOU NEED A PLAN: Who are you going to ask to be your mentor? Write down some names of people in your life who you believe you could talk to about the life, the faith, issues you might be have whom you could trust give you straight and godly answers. But also someone who will protect you and believes in you. They are NOT your friend like an equal with you; they are an older person who gives you guidance.YOUR HERO:: You need a protégé SOMEONE you want to be like! A PROTÉGÉ = A Christian Hero–Someone who is allowing God be the hero in their life’s story so much that they are a hero in your eyes twice! –you not only want to be like her/him, you want more of GOD! They are somebody that if they walked into a room you would gasp and hold your breath because they seem untouchable to you and mysterious and VERY holy! His or her faith in God is evident! They are legends, they have fought many faith battles and they are one COOL Christian! They inspire YOU! You need A “PAUL”. Acts 16:1fPaul and Silas were in prison for preaching the Gospel; they were in chains and in a cell after they had been beaten. They began to sing the songs of faith and all of a sudden they prison shook, the lights went out, their chains fell off and the door swung open. The jailer was about to kill himself but Paul yelled for him not to because they were all still there. The jailer ends up getting saved, Paul is invited over to his house for a meal, the jailers whole family gets saved and are baptized! The next morning the leaders of the city send their peons over to the jail to tell Paul and Silas they could go, Paul gets bold and tells them that they have beaten without a trail ROMAN CITIZENS and they expect us to us leave quietly? The peons go back and told them Paul was a Roman citizen and they got very scared! And TIMOTHY is there watching all of this happen! PAUL IS LEGEND a HERO in the faith! Your hero doesn’t have to be a living person: Many heroes are wonderful men and women of God who are buried but with the Lord. I have read Oswald Chambers and would call him one of my heroes! WHO IS ONE OF YOUR HEROES ADULTS?A FAMILY MEMBER:: You need a group/family! A group will provide Positive peer-pressure and a place to Belong. CHEERS: There was this show on TV for years with the theme song that said, “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” The show was called, “CHEERS” and everyone always said, “NORM!” when he walked in. God has given you the church as your new family—it isn’t perfect but it is a place where people know each other and where your name is known and where you know other people’s names. You need to know that at least ONE family member from your church is going to be there! When we would lay hide and seek we would establish a base, some place you could run to and be “safe” so you didn’t get “it”. A CHURCH FAMILY is a BASE:: A PLACE TO CALL “BASE” and where you are SAFE. And the people there need to have your back!Ephesians 3:14, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.What is your plan? Do you have a church family? Do you have a youth group who love God and seek to live by faith where you can be a family? Be strengthened, loved on, find power to live, prayers to support you, know God deeper and be filled to the brim inside with all things good? YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN! You need to find a good church familyYOUR SAVIOR:: You need Jesus. There is no other name under given to us by which we can be saved than the name of JesusJohn 3:16-17, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Romans 10:9, if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? What will you do with Jesus?
Barnabas: Acts 9:26-28, When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus. So Saul stayed with the apostles… (NLT)Proverbs 5:11-14 (HCSV) says, “At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors. I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community.”YOU NEED A PLAN: Who are you going to ask to be your mentor? Write down some names of people in your life who you believe you could talk to about the life, the faith, issues you might be have whom you could trust give you straight and godly answers. But also someone who will protect you and believes in you. They are NOT your friend like an equal with you; they are an older person who gives you guidance.YOUR HERO:: You need a protégé SOMEONE you want to be like! A PROTÉGÉ = A Christian Hero–Someone who is allowing God be the hero in their life’s story so much that they are a hero in your eyes twice! –you not only want to be like her/him, you want more of GOD! They are somebody that if they walked into a room you would gasp and hold your breath because they seem untouchable to you and mysterious and VERY holy! His or her faith in God is evident! They are legends, they have fought many faith battles and they are one COOL Christian! They inspire YOU! You need A “PAUL”. Acts 16:1fPaul and Silas were in prison for preaching the Gospel; they were in chains and in a cell after they had been beaten. They began to sing the songs of faith and all of a sudden they prison shook, the lights went out, their chains fell off and the door swung open. The jailer was about to kill himself but Paul yelled for him not to because they were all still there. The jailer ends up getting saved, Paul is invited over to his house for a meal, the jailers whole family gets saved and are baptized! The next morning the leaders of the city send their peons over to the jail to tell Paul and Silas they could go, Paul gets bold and tells them that they have beaten without a trail ROMAN CITIZENS and they expect us to us leave quietly? The peons go back and told them Paul was a Roman citizen and they got very scared! And TIMOTHY is there watching all of this happen! PAUL IS LEGEND a HERO in the faith! Your hero doesn’t have to be a living person: Many heroes are wonderful men and women of God who are buried but with the Lord. I have read Oswald Chambers and would call him one of my heroes! WHO IS ONE OF YOUR HEROES ADULTS?A FAMILY MEMBER:: You need a group/family! A group will provide Positive peer-pressure and a place to Belong. CHEERS: There was this show on TV for years with the theme song that said, “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” The show was called, “CHEERS” and everyone always said, “NORM!” when he walked in. God has given you the church as your new family—it isn’t perfect but it is a place where people know each other and where your name is known and where you know other people’s names. You need to know that at least ONE family member from your church is going to be there! When we would lay hide and seek we would establish a base, some place you could run to and be “safe” so you didn’t get “it”. A CHURCH FAMILY is a BASE:: A PLACE TO CALL “BASE” and where you are SAFE. And the people there need to have your back!Ephesians 3:14, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.What is your plan? Do you have a church family? Do you have a youth group who love God and seek to live by faith where you can be a family? Be strengthened, loved on, find power to live, prayers to support you, know God deeper and be filled to the brim inside with all things good? YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN! You need to find a good church familyYOUR SAVIOR:: You need Jesus. There is no other name under given to us by which we can be saved than the name of JesusJohn 3:16-17, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Romans 10:9, if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? What will you do with Jesus?
Barnabas: Acts 9:26-28, When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus. So Saul stayed with the apostles… (NLT)Proverbs 5:11-14 (HCSV) says, “At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors. I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community.”YOU NEED A PLAN: Who are you going to ask to be your mentor? Write down some names of people in your life who you believe you could talk to about the life, the faith, issues you might be have whom you could trust give you straight and godly answers. But also someone who will protect you and believes in you. They are NOT your friend like an equal with you; they are an older person who gives you guidance.YOUR HERO:: You need a protégé SOMEONE you want to be like! A PROTÉGÉ = A Christian Hero–Someone who is allowing God be the hero in their life’s story so much that they are a hero in your eyes twice! –you not only want to be like her/him, you want more of GOD! They are somebody that if they walked into a room you would gasp and hold your breath because they seem untouchable to you and mysterious and VERY holy! His or her faith in God is evident! They are legends, they have fought many faith battles and they are one COOL Christian! They inspire YOU! You need A “PAUL”. Acts 16:1fPaul and Silas were in prison for preaching the Gospel; they were in chains and in a cell after they had been beaten. They began to sing the songs of faith and all of a sudden they prison shook, the lights went out, their chains fell off and the door swung open. The jailer was about to kill himself but Paul yelled for him not to because they were all still there. The jailer ends up getting saved, Paul is invited over to his house for a meal, the jailers whole family gets saved and are baptized! The next morning the leaders of the city send their peons over to the jail to tell Paul and Silas they could go, Paul gets bold and tells them that they have beaten without a trail ROMAN CITIZENS and they expect us to us leave quietly? The peons go back and told them Paul was a Roman citizen and they got very scared! And TIMOTHY is there watching all of this happen! PAUL IS LEGEND a HERO in the faith! Your hero doesn’t have to be a living person: Many heroes are wonderful men and women of God who are buried but with the Lord. I have read Oswald Chambers and would call him one of my heroes! WHO IS ONE OF YOUR HEROES ADULTS?A FAMILY MEMBER:: You need a group/family! A group will provide Positive peer-pressure and a place to Belong. CHEERS: There was this show on TV for years with the theme song that said, “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” The show was called, “CHEERS” and everyone always said, “NORM!” when he walked in. God has given you the church as your new family—it isn’t perfect but it is a place where people know each other and where your name is known and where you know other people’s names. You need to know that at least ONE family member from your church is going to be there! When we would lay hide and seek we would establish a base, some place you could run to and be “safe” so you didn’t get “it”. A CHURCH FAMILY is a BASE:: A PLACE TO CALL “BASE” and where you are SAFE. And the people there need to have your back!Ephesians 3:14, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.What is your plan? Do you have a church family? Do you have a youth group who love God and seek to live by faith where you can be a family? Be strengthened, loved on, find power to live, prayers to support you, know God deeper and be filled to the brim inside with all things good? YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN! You need to find a good church familyYOUR SAVIOR:: You need Jesus. There is no other name under given to us by which we can be saved than the name of JesusJohn 3:16-17, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Romans 10:9, if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? What will you do with Jesus?
Ephesians 3:14, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.What is your plan? Do you have a church family? Do you have a youth group who love God and seek to live by faith where you can be a family? Be strengthened, loved on, find power to live, prayers to support you, know God deeper and be filled to the brim inside with all things good? YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN! You need to find a good church familyYOUR SAVIOR:: You need Jesus. There is no other name under given to us by which we can be saved than the name of JesusJohn 3:16-17, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Romans 10:9, if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? What will you do with Jesus?
ACTS 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”JOHN 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.ROMANS 10:9, “if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
ACTS 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”JOHN 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.ROMANS 10:9, “if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
ACTS 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”JOHN 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.ROMANS 10:9, “if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
John 15 Jesus: “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
John 15 Jesus: “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
John 15 Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
Go to the next black slide after this is read.I was sad that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, “Got any shoes you’re not using?”
Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country“Did you sleep well?” “No, I made a few mistakes.”It’s a small world but I wouldn’t want to paint it.What’s another word for Thesaurus?If you were going to shoot a mime would you use a silencer?I had amnesia once or twice.
I CAN CHOOSE TO BE: ON, DROPPED, or RECONNECTED. 1. ON THE VINE, I AM: Encouraged, Guided, Fruitful, Peaceful and Thriving.2. DROPPED FROM THE VINE I AM: Discouraged, Misguided, Fruitless, Pieced-out and Striving.3. RECONNECTED: 2nd Chances. Believed in, Raised up, Supported, Watched” Like a tomato vine.I got food poisoning today. I don’t know when I’ll use it.
I wrote a few children’s books…not on purpose.For my birthday I got a humidifier and dehumidifier and put them in the same room and let them fight it out.…I can’t stop thinking like this.
“unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”
JOHN 6:66 (This might be the only place in the NT where there are three 6s listed together other than in the book of Revelation) At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. 67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”“Do you want to go away as well?” “Do you want to leave too?”6:68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.*” Now do you want to guess what DTR stands for? Define the RelationshipEvery romantic relationship comes to a point of determining the level of commitment—the girl wants to know what is real and going to last (the guy does too he just doesn’t know it)There is an ancient proverb that goes: THE WOMAN WHO DROPPETH THE D.T.R. TALK ON THE VERY FIRST DATE SHALL HERSELF GET DROPPETHED! –actually I invented that just a few minutes ago.BUT there does come a time where the DTR is needed and maybe tonight it’s for you.The THREE ways of deciding the relationship can also transfer to how we feel about our youth group, our church and about Jesus.D.T.R.CASUAL = it is easy, you feel ok with the person, you don’t like to do things alone so you may call or hang out together. There is no commitment, no ties, you are free to hang with others but you would say you are friends. [YOUTH GROUP and church = attend once in awhile when you have nothing else to do or maybe you are attending 2 or 3 youth groups; when you have nothing else better to do you give him or her a call = casual] AND WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS, these people are not really acquainted with him—they know some about Jesus, but they don’t really know HIM yet. They may say they do, but they are not really FOLLOWERS of Jesus, they are merely FANS of Jesus. ARE YOU JUST A CASUAL CHRISTIAN? ARE YOU JUST A FAN OF JESUS?CONVENIENT = this is where selfishness takes over more and more of the relationship; you not only are casual but you like to be in the relationship because of what YOU can get out it. She pays for all the movies, he has a car, her parents are never home, he always pays for meals, he or she is always available when you are lonely. And because of the convenience your relationship is looked at more like a vending machine where you put very little in to get something out. Most of the time it just requires your presence. These people have been called “leeches” because all they do is “suck” on the resources of the other. [YOUTH GROUP/CHURCH is seen as an easy place to get food, to hook up with friends, to have some power or control and start drama, to play free games or free trips, you never show up at fundraisers but only for whatever conveniences you’ve gained.] AND WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS you just really don’t care. When it all boils down to what the relationship means, you are just like the ones who got up from Jesus because of a misunderstanding and walked away. Many of those people followed Jesus because they were at the feeding of the 5,000 and were merely looking for what they could get for free, but once they learned it was going to cost them something they bolted, they literally DROPPED OFF THE VINE!This is not uncommon: HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOME LEECHES? If you can’t raise your hand YOU might need to take a look at yourself because you might be the LEECH! Ask a friend later, AM I A LEECH?Do you want to know what the biggest threat to your youth group and church is today? It is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t interested in actually following Jesus Christ. They want to be close enough to Jesus to get all of the benefits, but never cross the line that requires something from them.How about you? Are you ready to cross that line yet? Jesus was never interested in having fans. COMMITTED = this is where the relationship is exclusive and devoted to moving towards a goal. There is a level of felt commitment that has naturally come to this point. You may be awkward in how to move forward, maybe even a little scared because of the unknown of what is going to happen, but you feel secure in making a choice to making the relationship work with this one person—no other competitors, no other rivals, this relationship is your priority now. [YOUTH GROUP/CHURCH = your attendance has grown steadily to every week, you are actively involved and helping in many ways, you are paying your share with hard work and sweat at fundraisers and in the ministry opportunities your leaders provide. You don’t call another youth group or church “yours” but this ONE, and when you don’t go to youth group or church because you are sick or on vacation you really, really miss everyone and you can probably see all of their faces and call every one of them by name. You’ve BONDED with those people and you would happily say, “Yes, I am committed to them and I KNOW they are to me.”] WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS… well, let’s try something:: CLOSE YOUR EYES AND USING YOUR IMAGINATIONI want you to imagine going to your favorite restaurant you like to a snack and a drink at and you do that and go to the back corner bypassing a few people and sit down at a two person table. You take a sip of your drink and enjoy a few quiet moments there. Now I want you to imagine Jesus walks in a sees you comes right to your table and sits down with you. You know its Jesus but you are unsure as to what to say. You try to strike up a conversation but it goes nowhere and before you have a chance to open your mouth again Jesus looks you in the eye and says, “It’s time to define the relationship.” He asks you a couple more questions like how do you feel about Him and would you say you are just casual with him or have you moved past that? How would YOU define your relationship with Him? What exactly is your level of commitment? Are you a FOLLOWER or just a FAN?Jesus turned to his closest disciples and asked them a serious question:: Will you also go away? A very large portion of people, their own kind of people, just turned and walked out on Jesus and Jesus asked those who remained, WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME TOO? ARE YOU GOING TO WALK OUT ON ME AS WELL??? –it’s a fair question.WHY DIDN’T THOSE 12 MEN WALK OUT? WHAT KEPT MOST OF THEM ATTACHED? Well, I can tell you it wasn’t lying to get on Facebook or MySpace. They didn’t TWEET each other “I need someone to harvest my crop in Farmtown NOW!” nor did they text, “I need more friends so I can Level up on HEROES dude!” “Yo bro, back off, I am like dressing up my avatar w/ a cool new yahoo T-shirt!” JAMES! Go wash the camel! Mom is calling you!”“Jesus, tell Peter to give me his new smartphone. Wait, did I just text Jesus? GAH! I could have just prayed that!”6:68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” Q. WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? = A. JESUS IS AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE Q. WHAT ELSE CAN BE SURE? = A. JESUS REVEALS = AND HE CAN BE KNOWN Q. WHAT ELSE GIVES ME WHAT I NEED? = A. JESUS GIVES THE BEST LIFE<>
On the other hand…I have five fingers!
Now do you want to guess what DTR stands for? Define the RelationshipEvery romantic relationship comes to a point of determining the level of commitment—the girl wants to know what is real and going to last (the guy does too he just doesn’t know it)There is an ancient proverb that goes: THE WOMAN WHO DROPPETH THE D.T.R. TALK ON THE VERY FIRST DATE SHALL HERSELF GET DROPPETHED! –actually I invented that yesterday.BUT there does come a time where the DTR is needed and maybe tonight it’s for you.The THREE ways of deciding the relationship can also transfer to how we feel about our youth group, our church and about Jesus.
D.T.R.1. CASUAL = it is easy, you feel ok with the person, you don’t like to do things alone so you may call or hang out together. There is no commitment, no ties, you are free to hang with others but you would say you are friends. [YOUTH GROUP and church = attend once in awhile when you have nothing else to do or maybe you are attending 2 or 3 youth groups; when you have nothing else better to do you give him or her a call = casual] AND WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS, these people are not really acquainted with him—they know some about Jesus, but they don’t really know HIM yet. They may say they do, but they are not really FOLLOWERS of Jesus, they are merely FANS of Jesus. ARE YOU JUST A CASUAL CHRISTIAN? ARE YOU JUST A FAN OF JESUS?2. CONVENIENT = this is where selfishness takes over more and more of the relationship; you not only are casual but you like to be in the relationship because of what YOU can get out it. She pays for all the movies, he has a car, her parents are never home, he always pays for meals, he or she is always available when you are lonely. And because of the convenience your relationship is looked at more like a vending machine where you put very little in to get something out. Most of the time it just requires your presence. These people have been called “leeches” because all they do is “suck” on the resources of the other. [YOUTH GROUP/CHURCH is seen as an easy place to get food, to hook up with friends, to have some power or control and start drama, to play free games or free trips, you never show up at fundraisers but only for whatever conveniences you’ve gained.] AND WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS you just really don’t care. When it all boils down to what the relationship means, you are just like the ones who got up from Jesus because of a misunderstanding and walked away. Many of those people followed Jesus because they were at the feeding of the 5,000 and were merely looking for what they could get for free, but once they learned it was going to cost them something they bolted, they literally DROPPED OFF THE VINE!This is not uncommon: HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOME LEECHES? If you can’t raise your hand YOU might need to take a look at yourself because you might be the LEECH! Ask a friend later, AM I A LEECH?Do you want to know what the biggest threat to your youth group and church is today? It is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t interested in actually following Jesus Christ. They want to be close enough to Jesus to get all of the benefits, but never cross the line that requires something from them.How about you? Are you ready to cross that line yet? Jesus was never interested in having fans. 3. COMMITTED = this is where the relationship is exclusive and devoted to moving towards a goal. There is a level of felt commitment that has naturally come to this point. You may be awkward in how to move forward, maybe even a little scared because of the unknown of what is going to happen, but you feel secure in making a choice to making the relationship work with this one person—no other competitors, no other rivals, this relationship is your priority now. [YOUTH GROUP/CHURCH = your attendance has grown steadily to every week, you are actively involved and helping in many ways, you are paying your share with hard work and sweat at fundraisers and in the ministry opportunities your leaders provide. You don’t call another youth group or church “yours” but this ONE, and when you don’t go to youth group or church because you are sick or on vacation you really, really miss everyone and you can probably see all of their faces and call every one of them by name. You’ve BONDED with those people and you would happily say, “Yes, I am committed to them and I KNOW they are to me.”] WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS… well, let’s try something:: CLOSE YOUR EYES AND USING YOUR IMAGINATIONI want you to imagine going to your favorite restaurant you like to a snack and a drink at and you do that and go to the back corner bypassing a few people and sit down at a two person table. You take a sip of your drink and enjoy a few quiet moments there. Now I want you to imagine Jesus walks in a sees you comes right to your table and sits down with you. You know its Jesus but you are unsure as to what to say. You try to strike up a conversation but it goes nowhere and before you have a chance to open your mouth again Jesus looks you in the eye and says, “It’s time to define the relationship.” He asks you a couple more questions like how do you feel about Him and would you say you are just casual with him or have you moved past that? How would YOU define your relationship with Him? What exactly is your level of commitment? Are you a FOLLOWER or just a FAN?Jesus turned to his closest disciples and asked them a serious question:: Will you also go away? A very large portion of people, their own kind of people, just turned and walked out on Jesus and Jesus asked those who remained, WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME TOO? ARE YOU GOING TO WALK OUT ON ME AS WELL??? –it’s a fair question.
WHY DIDN’T THOSE 12 MEN WALK OUT? WHAT KEPT MOST OF THEM ATTACHED?6:68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” Q. WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? = A. JESUS IS AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE Q. WHAT ELSE CAN BE SURE? = A. JESUS REVEALS = AND HE CAN BE KNOWN Q. WHAT ELSE GIVES ME WHAT I NEED? = A. JESUS GIVES THE BEST LIFE<>
YOU?Jesus turned to his closest disciples and asked them a serious question:: Will you also go away? A very large portion of people, their own kind of people, just turned and walked out on Jesus and Jesus asked those who remained, WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME TOO? ARE YOU GOING TO WALK OUT ON ME AS WELL??? –it’s a fair question.
YOU?Jesus turned to his closest disciples and asked them a serious question:: Will you also go away? A very large portion of people, their own kind of people, just turned and walked out on Jesus and Jesus asked those who remained, WILL YOU ALSO GO AWAY? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME TOO? ARE YOU GOING TO WALK OUT ON ME AS WELL??? –it’s a fair question.

"LEVEL UP" Speaking Slides At Camp Illiana Presentation Transcript

NIGHT
ONE
LEVEL UP WITH A MOMMA OF A PROPHET: HANNAH
LEVEL UP WITH A MOMMA OF A PROPHET: HANNAH
BY
HEARING
GOD
LEVEL UP WITH A MOMMA OF A PROPHET: HANNAH
NIGHT
TWO
LEVEL UP WITH THE WISE BUILDERS
Matthew 7
24–25 “These words I speak to you are notincidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundationalwords, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.
26–27 “But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsedlike a house of cards.”
28–29 When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this. It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying—quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard.
GENESIS 3:15
God told the serpent:
“Because you’ve done this, you’re cursed,
cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals,
Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life.
I’m declaring war between you and the Woman,
between your offspring and hers.
He’ll wound your head,
you’ll wound his heel.”
LEVEL UP WITH THE WISE BUILDERS
WHICH HEART IS YOURS?
SAUL
DAVID
BY GETTING
UNDER
AUTHORITY
LEVEL UP WITH THE WISE BUILDERS
NIGHT
THREE
THE STORY OF
THE GOOD
SAMARITAN
CAMPER
Religion scholar: “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?”
Jesus: “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?”
Religion scholar: “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.”
Jesus: “Good answer! Do it and you’ll live.”
Religion scholar: “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”
There was once a camper from the north-side of town traveling to the south-side. On the way she was attacked by robbers. They took her clothes, beat her up, and went off leaving her half-dead.
Luckily, her Pastor was on her way down the same road, but when she saw her she angled across to the other side.
Then herSunday School Teacher showed up; she also avoided the injured camper.
A Samaritan campertraveling the road came upon her. When she saw the camper’s condition, her heart went out to her.
She gave her first aid, disinfecting and bandaging her wounds. Then she lifted her onto her scooter, and walked besideher to thenurse’s quarters, and made her comfortable.
In the morning she took out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to the camp nurse, saying, ‘Take good care of her. If it costs any more, put it on my canteen card, I’ll pay you on my way back.’
Jesus: “What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the woman attacked by robbers?”
Religion scholar:“The one who treated her kindly.”
Jesus: “Go and do the same.”
1 PETER 4:10
“Each of you has received a gift from God to use to serve others.”
1 PETER 4:10-11 --NLT
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another…Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
WITH LOVING RESPONSES
BE THE NEIGHBOR
LEVEL UP
BY
SEEING &
RESPONDING
BE THE NEIGHBOR
NIGHT
FOUR
WITH THE
OVERCOMERS
Acts 16:1-3 (NIV), He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey…
Acts 9:26-28 (NLT), When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus. So Saul stayed with the apostles…
Proverbs 5:11-14 (HCSV) says, “At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors. I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community.”
Ephesians 3:14, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
ACTS 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
JOHN 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
ROMANS 10:9, “if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
LEVEL UP BY
INITIATION
CLAIM & SPEAK
THE NAME
YOURSELF
NIGHT
FIVE
LEVEL UP
WHEN
OTHERS
AREN’T
REMAIN!
John 15:1-21
The Vine And The Branches
“I am the true grapevine, andmy Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you.
R E M A I N
For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
R E M A I N
Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
R E M A I N
This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
R E M A I N
R E M A I N
Jesus Is The Vine
You Belong
You Wander
You Belong
Please open your bible
To john 6:66
R E M A I N
6:53 [Jesus:] “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.”
--NIV
R E M A I N
6:66 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.
6:67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”
6:68-69 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God."
--NLT
R E M A I N
Only those who remain are true followers of Jesus
R E M A I N
D.T.R.
Define The Relationship
Q. WHERE ELSE AM I GOING TO GO?
Q. WHAT ELSE CAN BE SURE?
Q. WHAT ELSE GIVES ME WHAT I NEED?
JOHN 6:68-69
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God."
A. JESUS IS
A. JESUS REVEALS
A. JESUS GIVES
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. –John 3:16
R E M A I N
It’s your choice.
What will you choose?
It is time to
define your relationship
with Jesus
R E M A I N
LEVEL UP
WHEN
OTHERS
AREN’T
REMAIN!

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