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We Win series cover: a fielder reaching to glove a baseball and a pitcher throwing, in old-time colour, around the white WE WIN lettering on an orange sky.

Youth series · 3 parts

We Win

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John 16:33

Not if, but when.

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33 KJV

Jesus says it’s not IF, but WHEN trouble comes!

At this time Jesus had not overcome the cross, or got the keys to death and hell, or ascended to heaven or anything… but he declares, I have overcome the world.

Jesus says HOLD ON! I believe this was the cry of God for us to find peace in him and TAKE HEART, to HOLD ON to that.

From the lesson, TheKickOff.pdf

A vintage baseball fielder in a grey wool uniform, leaning out with his glove to catch the ball.

Two overlapping realities

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One view

“Life is hard and stuff happens, and I just have to roll with it, go with the flow, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The other

“I say no to trouble, I am a Christian and nothing bad is going to happen to me… it’s smooth sailing from here.”

Both of these are blurred and messed up view points when separated.

When you put the two together you have what Jesus is saying here in John 16: trouble comes, stuff happens, trials come, but God is bigger and has a plan and he is always in control, and in the end WE WIN.

“Being a Christian does not exempt you from trouble.” · TheKickOff.pdf

The question

Where do you turn when the bottom falls out?

The cross.

“The only place you can turn when the bottom falls out is the cross.” Three reasons why:

  1. The cross screams love.

    The Cross allows you to understand and to know that God loves you. For God so loved the world he gave his only son! The Cross is the greatest example of love.

  2. God allows freedom, but maintains control.

    Some men just punched a clock and came and crucified him, and went back home. THIS LOOKS LIKE COMPLETE CHAOS. But was God never more in control.

  3. God can use the worst for eternal good.

    We sing about it, talk about it, preach about it. That’s because God can take the worst and use it for eternal good. When life hurts, the only place to turn to is the cross.

“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”

1 Corinthians 15:55 KJV · “There is victory even in the grave of the child of GOD!”

John 10:10 · the scoreboard

Steal, kill, and destroy

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 KJV

The scoreboard, from the lesson: the thief can steal, kill and destroy; we answer each one, and the final is we win.
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The thief Steal Kill Destroy No score
We Can’t keep Resurrection Rebuild We win
  1. He can steal — but he can’t keep.
  2. He can kill — but there is a resurrection.
  3. He can destroy — but you can rebuild.
  4. In every attack the adversary has — WE WIN!

Lines and verse from the lesson, TheKickOff.pdf. Scoreboard art from the series slide.

From the beginning, in the middle of it, and for eternity —

We win

Ultimately you just have to be on the right team. I have to be reaching for the same goal. Living for the same purpose, with the right people!

Page one of the We Win lesson plan: the series note, John 16:33 and 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 in the King James Version, and the opening lines, set in two columns.

Week one · the lesson

Set the foundation.

“We taught this lesson the first week to set the foundation.” One lesson plan, TheKickOff.pdf: John 16:33, 1 Corinthians 15:55–58, three reasons to turn to the cross, and John 10:10.

Two vintage football players, numbers 38 and 28, running side by side in front of an old green scoreboard.

Weeks two and three · testimonies

From the body of your church.

“…and had two people with great testimonies give them for the next two-three weeks. It’s a great way to expose students to the overcoming testimonies within the body of the church.”

The download is the one lesson. The testimonies are yours to line up: two people from your own church.

We Win · Youth series

Get on the right team.

This is a 3-part series (with one pdf). “We taught this lesson the first week to set the foundation, and had two people with great testimonies give them for the 2-3 weeks. It’s a great way to expose students to the overcoming testimonies within the body of the church.”

Lesson
TheKickOff.pdf, a four-page lesson plan
Graphics
Slides, feed and story posts, linked from Download_WeWin.pdf
Writer
Zach Hammond
Format
ZIP download (WeWin.zip)
For
Middle school through young adult

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