1. Having students be able to tell others about Jesus.

Hey there everyone I hope things are going great with you today, this Thursday is going to rock I just know it.

A couple days ago I wrote a blog about our goals for 2012 for our youth group called the REFUGE, I want to expound on number 1. Having students articulate their relationship with Jesus to others.

This year we are going to be training students, and modeling to students how you can spread the Gospel of Jesus to people without freaking them out.

One of the ways we are going to teach students to tell people about Jesus is simply tell their story of redemption. Teaching the students that they were once spiritually dead, and Jesus Christ died a substitutionary death so we could spend eternity with God the father. We are going to teach our students to pick out points in their lives where they have gotten it right and other points where God showed grace to them. We want to show others that we aren't perfect and still need to ask for forgiveness at times!

Another way we are going to teach our students to spread the gospel is to ask questions to their friends about where they are at with Christ, and if they have a story they could share about God in their life. Asking questions, and genuinely caring for others, is a great way to spread the Gospel of Jesus. If you look in the scriptures Christ asks lots of questions, because He wants them to start thinking differently. We want our students to do the same thing. We want our students to start challenging the status quo in High school and Junior high.

The last step we will be training out students in is sharing Jesus story with their friends. How Jesus came to this earth and became a servant to others, then dying on the cross for our sins. Then rising up 3 days later and defeating death! As we begin to share our story with others, then we ask about their story, and then we share the greatest story of them all!

We want our students to start having the boldness to start this process with their friends, and with their families who might not know Christ.

That is number 1 out of 5!

See you guys next week at the REFUGE!

P.A.