Youth Bible Study Lessons Building Teen Self Esteem
These Sunday School lessons on teen self esteem are ready to print .pdf’s. They can be taught in a variety of settings but my favorite is Sunday School or youth group in comfy old sofas. Gather the kids around, pass out the lesson plans and begin a heartfelt discussion on topics important to teens. Check out my tips on using these lesson plans leading your youth group and ways to really connect with middle school kids.
I Am God’s Son:
More than any other Christian message, the knowledge that I was God’s son lifted my self esteem and helped me survive the
tough middle-school years.
Often times, especially in smaller schools, a child will be given a nickname (not always a nice one) that describes what the others think of them. This can be a positive or negative thing, but they may believe it is their identity. I use a clip from the movie, Dances with Wolves, where the main character is given his name by the members of the Indian tribe.
This is a simple lesson with a powerful message. It might not mean a lot to them now but the Holy Spirit will use it just when the time is right. The goal of this lesson is to etch their identity as a Child of God into their memories as a foundational truth about their lives.
This is a one page teen Bible lesson plan with a pre–lesson activity and leaders guide. When you make copies of the lesson pepper the back of the lesson page with photo’s you’ve taken of the kid’s in your group.
Followup lesson
Follow up with my teen Bible study lesson “Conviction or Condemnation“. If you’re using this teen Bible study lesson on self-esteem around Christmas time pass out my Who I Am In Christ Christmas Tree as a concrete reminder of their Identity in Christ they can take home.
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Who I Am in Christ
By Neil T. Anderson / Bethany House
“Understanding your identity in Christ is absolutely essential for your success at living a victorious Christian life.” Don’t let Satan rob you of the truth that you have a special place in God’s family. Anderson’s 36 biblically based readings and prayers offer assurance of God’s love—and your security and freedom in his kingdom.
This is an excellent book to make available to your students. It’s also an essential addition to your continuing education library.
Conviction or Condemnation:
Guilt: This youth Bible lesson brings the truth of scripture to bear on the teen self-esteem issue of guilt and the feeling of 
worthlessness kids can get from their peers. We find out how to determine whether the feelings a person gets in their heart concerning their actions is from God, seeking correction, or from the enemy, trying to separate them from God. Satan is “the accuser of believers” while the Holy Spirit convicts a person to bring correction. Doug Fields new book Refuel (shown below) will help alleviate the guilt kids sometimes feel if they don’t have the “awesome” quiet-times some people insist that a real Christian must have.
This is a one page Bible study with leaders guide. Pepper the back of the Bible lesson with picture of the kids from previous group activities. See Christmas add-on below.
Follow up with these lessons: Spiritual Warfare and Spiritual Armor.
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Refuel: An Uncomplicated Guide to Connecting with God
By Doug Fields / Thomas Nelson
Bestselling author Doug Fields will show you a practical, doable way of setting God first, and then letting everything else in your life fall into place. You will experience the fullness God has for you-just take some time to refuel.
A great teen devotional resource.
Christmas Bible Lesson:
Download this unique Christian Identity Christmas Bell to your students
I turned the Conviction or Condemnation Bible study above into a Christmas lesson by making and handing out the Who-I-Am-In-Christ, Christmas Tree shown here. I received the basic tree as an e-mail. The name of the creator was missing. Then I pulled some pictures off the web and made it into a .pdf. Learning their identity in Christ really ties into the lesson on self esteem and Christmas as the gift’s Jesus brought to us.
The .pdf prints two on a page. Trim it down to make a nice holiday postcard or gift handout for your Sunday school class.
A good follow-up youth Bible lesson to help teen self-esteem is, I Am God’s Son.
These lessons are free to use but if you would like to support our ministry you may make a donation using this button. Thank you for your support. More information about donations.
Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World
Your teens live in a MySpace world with different sorts of challenges than you faced. In Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World authors, parents, and family experts, Chap and Dee Clark help you understand your teen. They describe how things have changed since you were a teenager and offers you ways to build your relationship with your teens while instilling in them the values they need to survive and thrive in their world.
This book will help you understand how kids get the idea that God’s love is based on their performance.
“Just think how easy it is to come along side your son or daughter and, thinking you were helping them, follow the injunction to urge them “to live lives worthy of God” by pushing them to perform their faith as they would a test or sport. This is not what Paul had in mind. The idea of “urging” in this context is a regular and continual message that empowers your child to keep moving against all odds. It is an urging that instead of tightening them to live their life from the outside, lets them learn how to freely live their faith from the inside out.” More.
