1. Enjoying the ride of your life!
12:13 Message Series -- October 2007

2. Riding The Middle School Rapids
Class 3: Mind Bender
Class 4: World Wide Wipeout
Class 5: Body Blow
Class 5: Relationship Riptide

3. Middle School Relationships
Feeling the Pull
Learning the Rules

4. Feeling The Pull
A Deadly Current

5. Feeling The Pull Friends Matter More Follow The Crowd
Stay Close To The Shore

6. “The fear of man lays a snare…” (Proverbs 29:25)
Whose Approval?
“The fear of man lays a snare…” (Proverbs 29:25)
“…they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God” (John 12:43 NAS)

7. Learning The Rules
Barnyard Bullies

8. Learning The Rules
Your Family
God’s Family

9. God’s Family Rules Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

10. The Other John 3:16
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” (1 John 3:16)

11. Next Week’s Assignment
Come ready to share an example of how God has helped you resist the Relationship Riptide