The Essentials - Teen Devotional

What does it mean to be a Christian?

Have you ever looked at your life, your church, your friends, and everything around you and asked, “What does living for Jesus really look like?” If so, this devotion is for you. Jesus didn’t play around. He talked about the heart of every matter, what submitting to God really looks like, and the hope that we have in building our lives on Him. The Sermon on the Mount has famous Scripture that you might have heard your whole life. But have you really thought about what it means to ask, seek, and knock? Be warned. God answers.

Lifeway Student Ministry endeavors to help students learn to walk confidently in God's Word and live more like Jesus. As they read through books in Lifeway Students Devotions series, students will learn to Discover God’s Word, Delight in the Lord, and Display God’s work in their lives.

• Discover (Identity + Theology): Who is God? Who am I in light of who God is? These are two of the most important questions students can grapple with because in discovering who God is, they learn who He has meant for them to be. Studies within the Discover category will help students align their lives under God’s rule which will give them confidence in who they were created to be.
  
• Delight (Spiritual Disciplines): What does it mean to delight in God? What leads to delight in God? Helping students see God in every detail teaches them to delight in Him. When students find their delight in God, they will learn what it means and how to be in relationship with Him.
  
• Display (Leadership, Mission, + Disciple Making): How do students display the glory of God? How do they help others grow in their relationship with Him? How can they lead others to display the truth of God? Through students learning to lead, live on mission, and make disciples, God’s glory is on display and His kingdom is expanded.

Each book includes 30 daily devotions, applicable Scripture, prayer prompts, and practical application.