Week 1: Drugs and Alcohol
Week 2: Social Media
Week 3: AI
Week 4: Mental Health
Our culture is loud and compelling when it comes to how we should
think about social media, drugs and alchohol, AI, and mental health.
Over the next four weeks, we will invite God’s Word to break through
the noise and ground us in biblical truth as we examine these topics.
Whether they feel like important issues to you or not, there will come
a day when you have to make choices about how you’ll interact with
these subjects. Our hope is for the truth of Scripture to break through
the noise around us and shape the way we think and live.
As we cover these trending cultural ideas, you may have questions
about other topics or experiences. Use this resource as you wrestle
with how Scripture instructs and encourages us in day-to-day life.
Anxiety
Philippians 4:4-9 | If we are living in Christ then the God of Peace is with us
Matthew 6:25-34 | Seek the Kingdom and live righteously
Romans 8:26-29 | God knows what you need and is at work in your situation
2 Timothy 1:7 | Power, love, and self-control
Psalms 55:2 | The Lord can handle any anxiety
Boredom
1 Corinthians 10:31 | Even in the mundane, we live to make much of Jesus
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 | God has work for us to please him
2 Timothy 2:15 | Present yourself to God as an approved worker
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 | In everything, give thanks, pray, and rejoice
Dating
2 Timothy 2:22 | Run away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 | Dating is very different than love
Song of Solomon 2:7 | Dating is not to stir up what needs to wait for marriage
Death / Suffering
Psalm 34:18 | The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
Psalm 145:18 | The Lord is close to all who call on him
Hebrews 2:18 | Jesus suffered and is able to help us
James 5:13 | Prayer in suffering
Fear of Man
Matthew 10:28 | Fear God not man
Galatians 1:10 | Please God not man
Proverbs 29:25 | Fear of man is a trap, the person who trusts God is safe
Hebrews 13:6 | The Lord is my helper, what can man do to me?
Isaiah 51:12 | The Lord comforts, we shouldn’t be afraid of man
Honesty
Matthew 5:36-37 | Let your word be enough for trust
Colossians 3:9 | Do not lie to each other
Ephesians 4:25 | Remove falsehood from your life, speak truthfully
Proverbs 10:9 | The truth is a secure path, taking crooked paths will be discovered
Proverbs 12:22 | Lying is an abomination to the Lord
Laziness
Proverbs 13:4 | The difference between the soul of the sluggard vs. diligent
2 Thessalonians 3:10 | If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat
Proverbs 18:9 | If you are slack in your work it destroys relationships
John 5:17 | God is a worker
Need for Community
Hebrews 10:24-25 | Community is designed to help each other produce
Matthew 22:37-40 | Our relationship with God and others are both important
1 Corinthians 12:25-27 | Let there be no divisions in the body of Christ
1 John 1:7 | We have fellowship with one another if we walk in the light
Obey Your Parents
Ephesians 6:1-3 | Obeying your parents comes with a promise
Colossians 3:20 | Obeying your parents pleases the Lord
Proverbs 31:1 | Hearing your father is a sign of wisdom
Pride
Psalms 138:6 | God is close to those who are humble, but far from the proud
Philippians 2:3-11 | Don’t be selfish, serve like Jesus
James 1:19-22 | Be quick to listen slow to speak - don’t just listen to the Word
Luke 9:23 | The call to lay down our life daily and deplete ourselves for others.
1 Peter 3:15-17 | Better to suffer for doing good, than to suffer for doing wrong.
Galatians 6:13-14 | Boast in the cross
Reality of Sin
Jeremiah 17:9-10 | The heart is deceitful above all things
Galatians 5:19-21 | Those who indulge in sin will not inherit the kingdom of God
James 1:14-15 | Sin leads to death
Romans 6:21-14 | Sin does not control you if you are under grace
Sexual Sin
1 Thessalonians 4:1-5 | God’s will for you is to flee all sexual sin
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 | Your body is a temple, glorify God with your body
1 Corinthians 10:13 | In every temptation, there is a way out
Ephesians 5:3 | Sexual sin in not proper for Christians
Matthew 5:28 | Looking lustfully is the start of sexual sin
Weak Faith
James 1:2-8 | God will give you what you need, even in times of trouble
Hebrews 10:11-17, 24-25 | Jesus is in control and offers us forgiveness; we need to
encourage other believers to do good works
Habakkuk 3:17-19 | Even in hard times, rejoice in the Lord
Weariness
Psalm 91:1 | Live in the shelter of the Most High
Matthew 11:28 | Come to Jesus and he will give you rest
Psalm 23:1-3 | He lets me rest and renews my strength
Hebrews 4:14-16 | Jesus fully understands us, so we should move towards him
Isaiah 40:28-31 | Because the Lord does not grow weary, he will sustain you
Worldliness
Colossians 3:1-11 | Jesus is the only thing that matters
1 John 2:15-17 | Do not love this world or the things it offers you, it’s temporary
Titus 2:11-14 | Leave your life of sin and do good because of the hope of Jesus
2 Timothy 3:14-17 | The Bible is useful to teach us right from wrong
James 4:4 | You cannot love both God and the world