1. Don’t Waste Your Youth!
12:13 Middle School Class
September 18, 2011

2. Don’t Waste Your Youth! Mind Body World Relationships
The Changing Middle School…
Mind
Body
World
Relationships

3. No longer satisfied with simple answers; you want to know why
Middle School MIND
No longer satisfied with simple answers; you want to know why

4. Brain Twisters!
I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?

5. Brain Twisters!
Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

6. Middle School MIND Temptations Opportunities Pride Disrespect
Love God with all your mind
Serve others, solve problems

7. Lots of change taking place as you mature from childhood to adulthood
Middle School BODY
Lots of change taking place as you mature from childhood to adulthood

8. Middle School BODY
Temptations
Pride
Fear
Opportunities
Humility
Trust

9. More exposure and attraction to the world and its pleasures
Middle School WORLD
More exposure and attraction to the world and its pleasures

10. Middle School WORLD Temptations Opportunities Discontentment
Worldliness
Opportunities
Deeper relationship with God
Stronger personal convictions

11. Middle School RELATIONSHIPS
Increasing concern about what other kids your age think of you

12. Middle School RELATIONSHIPS
Temptations
Fear of man (peer pressure)
Pull away from your parents
Opportunities
Grow in biblical love for peers
Draw closer to parents

13. Make the Most of Your Middle School Years
“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”
(Luke 2:52)

14. Brain Twisters!
During a crazy weekend of paintball, four friends were having great fun. The paint came in blue, green, yellow and red. Coincidentally, the four friends had T-shirts in those same colors. Brenda used blue paint balls. The person in the green T-shirt used yellow paint balls. James was not wearing a red T-shirt. Diane used green paint balls and wore a blue T-shirt. Simon was the only person who used paint which was the same color as his T-shirt. Can you tell which color paint they each used and the color of their respective T-shirts?

15. Starting Point Class Set-Up Diagram
14 chairs
podium
Table for water/OJ
table
Table for coffee/food
Starting Point Class Set-Up Diagram