Being Respectful

A Message by Brandon Emerson & Tina Antonacci

Introduction

Respect vs. Disrespect

God’s Command of Respect (1 Peter 2:17)

3 Areas of Respect

1. Authority/Parents
2. Friends/Peers
3. Self-Respect

Respecting Those In Authority Respecting Those In Authority

Who Are Those In Authority?

1. God is our ultimate authority
2. Parents are the authority figures in the home and family (Colossians 3:20)
3. Ministers/Leaders are the authority over us to lead us into the things of
   God (Hebrews 13:17)

How Are We To Be Respectful To Those In Authority?

1. By having the character of Christ (Romans 13:14)
2. By obeying our parents
3. By doing what is instructed to us from the Word of God

Respecting Friends and Yourself

Friends

1. Golden rule (Matthew 7:12)
2. Listening to what others have to say
3. Not insulting or making fun of others (Ecclesiastes 3:7)
4. Respect someone who says “stop or no”
5. Learn to apologize when you hurt someone

Self-Respect

1. Self-respect vs. self-love
2. Earning respect

Anger Quiz

1. TRUE OR FALSE

Every Christian should get angry at some time.

2. TRUE OR FALSE

You can get angry and not sin!!!!

3. SO WHAT DID JESUS DO WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HEALING A MAN ON THE SABBATH??

A. He was crushed because they were judging Him and he threw His hands over His face and ran out of the room crying.

B. His blood began to boil but He never showed any sign of that. He gave them His cell phone number and said give me a call. Then He quietly left the synagogue, went home and sat by the phone.

C. He asked a question: “Which is lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” Then He healed the man.

4. EVERYONE KNOWS ONE PERSON YOU CAN BE MAD AT WITHOUT REJECTING HIM ALTOGETHER. IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO REJECT THIS PERSON ALL TOGETHER. WHO IS IT?

A. Your mom

B. George Bush

C. The person who looks back at you in the mirror every day

5. NOW WHEN YOU GET MAD AT YOURSELF HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

A. Fine! I’m not speaking to myself or even looking at me in the face cause I’m so mad at me.

B. Be that way! (Then you scream as you look in the mirror) “You are an idiot, a worthless piece of scum, a piece of trash loser, hypocrite, fraud, blind fool, snake, reptilian and a worm!”

C. You say, “How dare me!” and you slap yourself across the face.

D. You pray, God forgive me. Help me to learn from this stupid mistake. Change me and make me a better person.

Check your answers below

Answer Key: 1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. C, 4. C, 5. D

Take a Stand for Christ

In Revolution this month we are talking about taking a stand for Christ in your school. Every one of us who claims to be a Christian is called to shine the light of Jesus into our school. Every school needs that light and we are called to shine.  There are so many places we can make a stand for Christ like in sports, in the classroom, with our friends, by respecting our teachers and administrators, and every place we go and in everything we do.

September 23rd through the 26th is Spiritual Emphasis. During these few days we will have two special services for Revolution.  One will be Sunday night September 23rd @ 6pm in the Sanctuary and the other will be Wednesday September 26th in the Rev Room @ 7pm. Chad Woods will be our featured speaker, he is a young man who came up through the Oasis and has felt a call on his life to minister to young people.  He worked with the Rockford Masters Commission for the last few years and has now joined our staff.  There are two friendship building events during spiritual emphasis which you won’t want to miss.

Our Back to School Bash is on September 23rd from 4pm -8:30pm. This night will include a photo scavenger hunt, a special youth service, and dinner. The winning team for the scavenger hunt will receive $10 gift cards to Kicks. Speaking of Kicks, Revolution is going to meet there the very next night (September 24th) for free pizza. We will meet at Kicks at 6pm and stay until 8pm. The cost for the Back to School Bash is $5 and the cost for Kicks is whatever you want to spend on games. Rev will cover the pizza. Hope to see you at both these events cause I love hangin out with jr. high students.

Green Cucumbers Win Wacky Olympics

And the Winners of the 2007 Wacky Olympics is…The GREEN CUCUMBERS!

Congratulations guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wacky Olympics

Wacky Olympics last week (August 2007) rocked! All four teams came ready to win. The evening started off with serious (or not so serious) opening ceremonies. With our torches lit, we were ready to go!

The games included the caterpillar race, the frozen chicken throw, alka-seltzer tag and a whole bunch more. By the end of the night our bums were sore and our clothes were wet, but there were still smiles on everyone’s faces. The battle was fought and over. Whhew!

We don’t know who won yet, but come this Wednesday night and find out. Go Blue Team!
I mean…good luck everyone.

Revolution Small Group Night 8-1-07

Revolution watched an amazing video tonight, and then we broke down into small groups and discussed the lesson. The video talked about true guilt and false guilt. True guilt is the Holy Spirit convicting you for doing something wrong. False guilt is when Satan lies to you to make you feel bad about something you had no control over. Guilt is an alarm that tells us when something is wrong, so we need to listen to it. However, we also need to know the difference between true guilt and false guilt. True guilt draws us closer to God and false guilt separates us from God. We also had snacks and picked teams for Wacky Olympics. Who’s gonna win?

Come to Revolution

Are you bored? Do you have nothing to do? Are you looking for something cool, electrifying and amazing to occupy your time? If the answer to all these questions is “YES” then you need to come to Revolution. Revolution is “the place to be” in Springfield for sixth through eighth grade students. We have a whole summer full of incredible activities and opportunities for you to hang out with other Jr. High students. Whether it’s ice cream, swimming, tacos, rap music, pizza, climbing the hill in Centennial Park, going to KICKS, or getting slimed playing totally weird and wacky games, Revolution is a brilliant and astonishing place to be. Come join us. For more info, you can e-mail me at rjohnson@calvaryspringfield.org.