When you think about the Olympics, you can't help but think about the challenges the athletes face in pursuit of the gold, bronze, and silver medals. Many of the athletes have faced tremendous personal challenges simple to be at the Olympic games. They will be challenged by the best athletes in the world. They will be challenged by world records. They will be challenged by their own limitations.

1. Youth Devotional - Victorious
in the Challenges of Life
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2. When you think about the Olympics, you can’t help but think about
the challenges the athletes face in pursuit of the gold, bronze, and
silver medals. Many of the athletes have faced tremendous personal
challenges simple to be at the Olympic games. They will be
challenged by the best athletes in the world. They will be challenged
by world records. They will be challenged by their own limitations. As
Dorothy Stuart Hamill, an American figure skater and the 1976
Olympic champion once said, “I wouldn’t say that there’s ever been
an Olympic champion that didn’t deserve to win an Olympic Gold
Medal.”
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3. • Wacky Challenges
• Bubble blowing contest – who can blow the biggest
soap bubble Coin toss – toss the coin closest to the wall
• Thumb wrestling
• Finger wrap – Give youth a length of string and have
them race to wrap the strong around their finger.
• Toilet Paper Roll – They must race to roll a roll of toilet
paper along the ground until all the toilet paper is off
the roll.
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4. • Marshmallow balance: see who can balance
the highest number of marshmallows or candy
pieces on his/her nose.
• Porcupine Relay
• Balloon Popping – Whose the fastest at blowing
up a balloon until it pops
• Peel an orange – Who can peel an orange the
fastest
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5. Take It to the Next Level
1. Have the youth make a list of challenges that today’s teens face.
What are the struggles, the difficulties, the tests that today’s teens
face?
2. After youth have listed their challenges on a large sheet of paper, ask:
* What makes these things challenging?
* How have you been able to overcome such challenges in the past?
* How does experience with God change the way a person faces
challenges from day to day?
* How could your relationship with God help you deal with the
challenges you listed?
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6. Scriptures Verses for Youth Bible Study
Isaiah 40:29-31
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power
of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and
young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in
the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they
will walk and not be faint.”
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7. Philippians 3:12-14
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already
been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for
which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not
consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I
do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is
ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
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8. Applying Scripture to Life
What promises do these verses hold for us when we face life’s
challenges?
Ask volunteers to share personal testimonies of how God has
given them strength along the way to get to this point in their
lives. As a group, discuss how God can help youth face
challenges during the year ahead. Close with a time of
personal prayer and recommitment for youth to follow God as
they begin a new phase in their lives.
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Need an evangelistic Youth Camp/ Bible
Study Series with an Olympic Theme?
What is salvation all about? What does it
mean to be saved? This sports themed
Bible Study / Camp Curriculum uses the
Olympic Flag to introduce the concepts of
sin (black circle), forgiveness (red circle),
purity (white background), spiritual growth
(green circle), heaven (Yellow Circle) and
(Baptism) blue circle.
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Go for the Gold
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Need a Youth Camp/ Bible Study Series
on ”Running the Christian Race”?
The race as a metaphor for the Christian
life is used in several places in the Bible.
This series is a great follow up for new
Christians or to re-emphasize the basics of
our spiritual Journey in the Faith. This
Bible Study / Camp Curriculum has a
sports theme and is great for athletes as
well as a tie in to the youth Olympic
Games.
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Destined to Win
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