MSM ONLINE – 8.23.20 – You Belong Here

What We’re Learning: You Belong Here
Series Main Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17
Series Overview: What the rest of the world thinks about you does not matter in comparison to what God thinks about you. The Bible says that God thinks some incredible things about you, including that God delights in you and gives you a place to belong.

How do I lead my student through this lesson at home?
WE HAVE A NEW TIME AND PLATFORM: 6:45pm on our HopeMSM YouTube Account. This will be followed by Zoom Small Groups, email us at msm@gethope.net to get pre-registered for a Small Group.
Grab a Bible, watch the video together and go through the below modified at-home discussion guide anytime you like OR play our online game and watch live with us Sunday at 6:45pm.

Special Needs Families:
Modified Special Needs Guide

Wk 1: August 22 & 23 – YOU Belong Here

• Main Point: God loves _____ (enter your name here)_____ where YOU are.
• Main Scriptures: Zephaniah 3:17 & Jeremiah 31:3
• You Matter to God Bible Verses

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Create meaningful conversation with your student(s). Adjust questions as needed, and don’t feel like you need to answer all of them.

1. What is one positive thing a parent, teacher, or coach has said
   about you?
2. On a scale from 1-10, how often do you worry about what
   other people say about you: 1 being “NEVER” and 10
   being “100 times a day.”
3. What are different groups of people whose opinions of us
   can matter to us? WRITE EACH DOWN ON A POST-IT.
   Lead students to at least include the below groups:
   a. Friends
   b. Parents
   c. God
4. Let’s arrange the POST-ITs in order of whose opinion
   you all think is most important together:
5. Which post-it should be the MOST important opinion to
   us? Why?
6. Who is next, why? Etc.
7. READ Zephaniah 3:17 & Jeremiah 31:3. Then answer the following questions:
8. How is God’s love for us described?
9. Based on these verses and any other ones you know,
   what is God’s opinion of us?
10. Why should God’s opinion of us be the most important to
    us?
11. Why is it so easy to let other’s opinion matter more to us
    sometimes?
12. When we are hurt or worried about what others have or
    may say about us, how can we remind ourselves of what
    God has said about us?

NEXT STEPS
Look at the You Matter to God Bible Verses. This week remind yourself what God says about you! For an extra challenge, pick a verse and memorize it.

PRAYER GUIDE
Ask your student(s) to share their prayer requests and close your time together in prayer.