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Weekend Teaching Series: Happy: Week 2
Sermon Title: Be Humble or Be Humbled
Sermon in a Sentence: Happiness comes from humility, and healing comes from authenticity.
Service Length: 79 minutes
Bible: Matthew 5:5 (NCV)
Understandable Message: This week I went after another verse from The Beautitudes - that happiness comes from meekness. Meekness doesn’t equal weakness, but strength under control. I used the event from Jesus’ life when he healed the centurion’s servant as an illustration of humble submission to Jesus and a gateway to healing. A student named Michelle shared her story of healing after experiencing some awfully tough stuff in life, even to the point where she considered suicide. Lots of illustrations of humility (or lack thereof) from this year’s Video Music Awards on MTV, including Kanye’s example of what not to do, and Beyonce’s response of meekness to Taylor Swift. At the end of the message, I gave students several practical ways to put the lesson into action - one of them was writing REAL (a gesture of humility and authenticity) on one wrist and HEAL (a symbol of Christ making us new) on the other. We passed out permanent markers and told them to share their story when someone at school asked them what it was for. Dennis took the picture above after the service at Chic-Fil-A.
Volunteer/Student Involvement: Students ran lights, camera, sound, control room, band, greeting, stage design, and cleanup. Volunteers helped greet and sat with students. Lots of students involved this weekend, I love it!
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: We played a little game up front called “Sing That Song” – kind of a finish-the-lyrics game with popular Disney songs. Super easy to pull off and really fun. We also had a quick video from Disneyland where we filmed kids crying to prove you couldn’t truly find happiness – even at the Happiest Place on Earth. Download the program sheet for this weekend here.
Music Playlist: Help, Look to You, Only You, Lift My Eyes, Came to My Rescue
Favorite Moment: A student named Michelle share her story and it was incredible, the standing ovation she received after she was finished was awesome – a great story of God still in the business of healing people’s lives 2,000 years later. And there are few things I enjoy more than baptizing students.
Up Next: Doug Fields is back to teach Happy, week 3
