YOUTH GROUP TRUTH



Intro: Kickboxing Video. My Carpet Ball victory dance story.

Need: We all struggle with pride! I struggle with pride. I have no business Here’s how you know if you struggle with pride… Are you a prideful person?

Truth: Everyone on earth struggles with the sickest sin of all: PRIDE.

OT: Obadiah 1:1. Who are the characters in this historical drama?

Obadiah. Edom. Jacob. Esau. God.

Obadiah 1:2-4. Edom’s pride against God.

2 – God is obviously ticked because He’s ready to wipe out Edom.

3 – What have they done? Their sin is pride! Pride is a deceiver. Satan.

Video: Ping Pong. Our pride is absolutely hilarious and meaningless to God!

So what is pride? Pride is when you put yourself before God. Pride is not just

3 – 4 Edom had a secure dwelling.

What about you? Are you prideful? That is a trick question! If you answer

Pride can come in many forms. Pride can be cocky, arrogant, bragging, and conceited people. Pride can be when you think you are awesome, better than everyone else around. Pride can be insecurity. You try to make yourself seem better to everyone else because you’re afraid that everyone else doesn’t see it in you. Pride can come in ways of shyness, quietness, depressiveness, and feeling so meaningless and worthless. The problem is, that is still a focus on yourself rather than on God Himself.

How can you spot if you are prideful? You are prideful if you rarely pray. Like Edom, you’re saying you can make it on your own and you don’t need God. You’re prideful if you spend little time in God’s Word. You’re smart enough, you’re getting better counsel elsewhere, and you don’t need God telling you what to do. You’re prideful if you talk about yourself a lot, if you look down on others, if you’re bragging about your accomplishments, if you hate it when other people brag because it makes you look bad, if you’re not happy when something good happens to others, if you have enemies, if you have people that you hate, if you think about how worthless and horrible you are, if you want to be the center of attention, if you don’t laugh at other people’s jokes, if you won’t let others talk, if you have to be the funniest, if you have to be the smartest, if you’re not kind to EVERYONE around you, if you put others down, if you take care of all your needs rather than take care of others. We are all incredibly self-centered and prideful people who need to be focused on God and not us! Do you confess your sin to God on a regular basis? Do you confess your sin to others and when you’re wrong and ask for forgiveness? Can you laugh at yourself when you make a mistake or do something dumb…when everyone else is laughing? Do you take yourself to seriously? Are you constantly fighting for your honor and respect from others?

You can be prideful about your intellect, your education, your family, your home, your car, your money and stuff, your humor, your personality, your spirituality, your holiness, your legalism, your independence, your looks, your attraction, your way with the ladies, your way with the fellas, your abundance of friends, and so on.

Story: My own pride about leading my first business meeting…with my fly down!

Obadiah 1:5-9. If you live your life by pride, people do not really love you. and God will ultimately destroy you.

Story: Little girl who hits tetherball and it smacks her in the back of the head.

Obadiah 1:10-14. Pride is when take care of yourself and not others.

Edom took advantage of Israel’s misfortune rather than taking care of them. We must be this kind of student ministry! This is why we have small groups.

Obadiah 1:15-18. When God will humble everyone on earth!

The Day of the Lord is the day that God will humble Edom. You may feel safe.

Obadiah 1:19-21. The humble will rule in God’s Kingdom forever.

We will be glorified. We will rule and reign with Jesus. We will inherit it.

PWR: Jesus is our example of humility as a human being. Jesus was humbly obedient to His Father all the way to the cross for us. Talk about humility! He died for His enemies!

NT: Philippians 2. Put Jesus before yourself.

Jesus put us before Himself. Jesus put His Father before Himself.

Don’t ever brag on yourself. Brag on God!

Challenge: Humble yourself before God by putting Jesus first, others second, and you last.

Life: Ways to humble yourself before God:

Be with God’s people…the church. You need a Christian community!

Confess your sin, failures, mistakes, and weaknesses to God. Be humble!

Listen to God in Word. Grow in His wisdom, His understanding, His power.

Confess your sin, failures, mistakes, and offenses to others. Say you’re wrong

Laugh when others tell a joke…even if its not funny.

Listen to others, and don’t just talk.

Don’t be the center of attention, but let others talk.

Be kind and serve others. Truly sacrifice for them.

Befriend people who are not like you, so that you can love others.

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