Current Series Teaching Plan

Key Passages: Psalm 1 / Deuteronomy 30:19 / John 15:4
The Big Point: There are two ways to live: with God or without Him. This year, we’ll learn to live with God, every day.
Parent Follow-Up Question: How would you describe the difference between living life with God and without God?

SERIES 1: “Behold” – Seeing God as He Really Is

Key Passage: Isaiah 6:1–8
The Big Point: A true view of God leads to a true response to God.
What we’re talking about: Isaiah sees God in His holiness, glory, power, and majesty. His response goes from: “Woe to me!” to “Here I am. Send me!”. God is not like us. He is holy, set apart, overwhelming in power and beauty. Beholding God’s holiness reveals our need for Him and calls us to surrender and purpose.
Parent Follow-Up Question: If you had to describe God in one word, what word would you pick?

Big Point: You are fully known, and yet God still fully loves you.
Key Passages: Psalm 139, Romans 5:8
What we’re talking about: God isn’t just holy and majestic, He is intimately near. You are never hidden from Him, never far from His presence. He knows our thoughts, fears, habits, and failures, and still draws close. We fear what people would think if they truly knew our thoughts, sins, fears… God knows it all and yet, “While we were sinners, Christ died for us”.
Parent Follow-Up Question: What’s one part of your life you’re glad God sees, and one part you wish He didn’t?

Big Point: You Become What You Behold (who/what are you reflecting?)
Key Passage: Psalm 135:15-18
What we’re talking about: We become like the things that we worship. What has your attention? What gets all your time? What kind of person are those things shaping you to be?
Parent Follow-Up Question: What’s something you spend a lot of time paying attention to right now, and how do you think it’s shaping you?