Make a Difference Youth Bible (NLT) (eBook)

Ken Castor (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
1856 Seiten
Broadstreet Publishing Group, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-4245-6242-8 (ISBN)

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God's Word can transform the world through your kids.   In this big, chaotic, and confusing world, God has called today's youth to stand up in faith and join a legacy of difference makers.   The Make a Difference Youth Bible is filled with life-changing reflections and get-out-of-the-chair activities to help the younger generations walk with Jesus, impact the world around them, and bring the good news of Jesus to people who need hope. They can uncover their radical, God-given purpose with this Bible's dynamic features:   - Difference-maker reflections and action steps to encourage them to apply God's Word to their lives - Story arc callouts to reveal how God transforms ordinary people for his extraordinary purpose - Scripture-based questions and prayers to bring them closer to the living God - Complete text of the New Living Translation in an easy-to-read single-column format - Wide margins with convenient space for journaling and note-taking - Story arc index - One-year reading plan - Verse finder - Accounts of parables, miracles, and archaeological discoveries - Graphics, appendixes, and more   Your kids will see God in action as his redemptive plan unfolds throughout history and discover how they can take part in his world-changing mission.  

After over thirty years of serving in next-generation ministry in the US and Canada, Dr. Ken Castor is balding in his hairline but still bold in his faith. He holds degrees from Taylor University, Regent College, and Trinity Western University. Ken is the blue letters editor of the award-winning Jesus-Centered Bible and has authored numerous next-gen discipleship resources like Grow Down: How to Build a Jesus-Centered Faith and Make a Difference: 365 World-Changing Devotions. He enjoys living in Minnesota with his brilliantly witty and slightly freezing family.  

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Genesis

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Introduction • One • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Eleven • Twelve • Thirteen • Fourteen • Fifteen • Sixteen • Seventeen • Eighteen • Nineteen • Twenty • Twenty-One • Twenty-Two • Twenty-Three • Twenty-Four • Twenty-Five • Twenty-Six • Twenty-Seven • Twenty-Eight • Twenty-Nine • Thirty • Thirty-One • Thirty-Two • Thirty-Three • Thirty-Four • Thirty-Five • Thirty-Six • Thirty-Seven • Thirty-Eight • Thirty-Nine • Forty • Forty-One • Forty-Two • Forty-Three • Forty-Four • Forty-Five • Forty-Six • Forty-Seven • Forty-Eight • Forty-Nine • Fifty

 

Genesis Introduction

In the beginning, God created. Here is an understatement: God made a difference. He altered the circumstance. He created a better outcome. He took nothing and made something. He took chaos and made life. He spoke his creative, artistic vision into being. From the moment he acted, everything changed forever.

God created humans to be like him. We learn this in Genesis, the book of beginning. Reflecting God’s creative desire to see “good,” Genesis tells us that God created people so they could have a special and close relationship with him. The Bible calls this unique God-human relationship a “covenant.” He also created people so they could seize opportunities to have a creative, positive effect on this world. It was what God called Adam and Eve to do. It was what he led Noah to do. It was the long-term vision he gave to Abraham and Sarah. It was the struggle he gave to Isaac and Jacob. Thankfully, it was what Joseph, the creative ruler of Egypt, did.

Genesis is also the origin of unraveling. Even though humans were created to be creative, Genesis tells the story of how people failed to follow God’s model for their lives. As a result, they brought harm upon themselves, their communities, and their world. In this sad reality, however, Genesis sets the stage for the dramatic story: humans need someone to stand up and make a difference in this chaotic world. The covenant theme runs throughout the Old Testament.

You are part of this life-changing story arc, a story that spans untold thousands of years through the actions of countless difference makers along the way. You are invited to dive into this history, God’s history, and become an active participant in the re-creation of this world.

Don’t miss this major truth: ultimately, Genesis points to the story of how humanity came to need a Savior, Jesus, the greatest difference maker of them all.

 

Genesis

The Account of Creation

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.* 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Make a Difference    1:1–31

God’s Word

The Bible describes the earth as a void, shrouded in darkness, with no form or substance. Over this emptiness, God’s Spirit was “hovering.” Then he spoke, and everything changed. He separated day from night, parted land from water, and made vegetation different from creatures. He made us. The effect God made was good—so very good. It’s what he created people to do: to make a difference. Everything that follows this first chapter of the Bible is the story of how God speaks life into the chaos and how humanity is called to follow God’s lead.

Difference Maker

Set yourself on a journey to “hover” over all the words of Scripture. Ask God to make a difference in your life so that you can make a difference in the lives of others.

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” 7 And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. 8 God called the space “sky.”

And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.

14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. 16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, 18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

23 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.

24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings* in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,* and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

Make a Difference    1:26–28

Imago Dei

An image is a reflection of the original. It has traits that resemble another, like a mirror or a picture. It is an amazing announcement when the Bible declares that humans were created in God’s image. Imago Dei is a Latin term that describes how people were made in the “image of God”—reflections of the Creator.

All God’s characteristics, desires, and abilities are on display in each of us. His compassion, strength, wisdom, love, creativity, joy, and wonder are embedded in who we are. He endowed us with world-changing authority and entrusted us with life-giving responsibility. God made us to be his very representatives on earth.

Difference Maker

Write down at least five ways that you, as a human, created in the imago Dei, look and act like a representative of God.

27 So God created human beings* in his own image.

In the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

Prayer    1:27

Dear Jesus, let everything I do today be as a representative of you. Let me not be a distraction but let my words and actions reveal who you are. Amen.

28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2024
• Verlagsort: Savage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
• Schlagworte: Advice • bible for kids • calling • gods plan • Leader • New Testament • Next generation • nlt • Notes • Old Testament • Practical • Preteen • Redemption • Relationship • Salvation • serve • spiritual growth • story line • Teen • youth bible • Youth ministry • youth pastor
• ISBN-10: 1-4245-6242-2 / 1424562422
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4245-6242-8 / 9781424562428