1. CAUTION: CONTENTS MAY BE HOT ! So a small test of what we have done so far! 3 things that will help you get the most out of life: 1) Decide whether you are friends with the _________ or with ______ 2) Choose your ____________ carefully. 3) Have a good _______________ At Max, we try and have the best time we can as well as helping you thru tough times! We want you to have a great time too and to really enjoy this time of your life. It is a tough time, but it can also be a good time! The Bible says this in Ecclesiastes 3:9: Everything on earth has its own time and its own season. There is a time for birth and death, …destroying and building, for crying and laughing, weeping and dancing, So if you are going through some tough stuff – it aint going to last foreva! But you also can’t expect to always have good times either. But it is easy to get so bogged down in tough times, that you miss the good times – the moments to really enjoy! What sort of season are you currently in?: What is a tough thing that has happened this week?: But what is a good thing that has happened this week?: Learn to recognise a tough time – it helps you to handle it. And know it will come to an end. But also learn to recognise a good time – and make the most of it!

2. 2) Maybe the second key to enjoying the good times is choosing good friends. Proverbs 13:20 says “Wise friends make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fools.” So the Bible says that if you get hurt by dumb friends, maybe you should be way more careful about choosing your mates – the choice that you make is important! 3) And a third thing that is important – maybe your attitude! Psalm 118:24 says: “This day belongs to the Lord! Let’s celebrate and be glad today!” You can drag yourself out of bed thinking that the world hates you. Or you can bounce out knowing that God loves you and will get you through the day! What sort of attitude do you mostly have: STINK 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ROCKS! What sort of attitude do you WANT to have: STINK 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ROCKS! How could you change your attitude? How important is your attitude? Check this out: Proverbs 17:22 says “If you are cheerful,you feel good; if you are sad, you hurt all over.” What are 3 ways you think you could have a better attitude?: 1) 2) 3) What are the 5 best things about your life? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. TONIGHT, we want to fire you up! We want to help you get the most out of life – enjoy it as much as you can! If you are a christian, the good news is that Jesus said he came to give you life in all it’s fullness (John 10:10) What do you think life in all it’s fullness means? Maybe that fullness is fullness of tough times but fulness of good times too! As a christian, you will still have hard times. But you will have those good times too! God can help you through the tough things, but tonight, we want to look at the good stuff! How can we enjoy life as much as possible? 1) Maybe first thing is to decide who you are friends with – the world or God. James 4:4 says “Don’t you know that if you love the world, you are God’s enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” What do you think is the differences between a friend of the world and a friend of God?