3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future: A 60-Day Exploration of Who You Were Made to Be

3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future: A 60-Day Exploration of Who You Were Made to Be

3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future: A 60-Day Exploration of Who You Were Made to Be

3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future: A 60-Day Exploration of Who You Were Made to Be

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Overview

Sometimes life gives you way more questions than answers. And yet it seems like everyone expects you to just figure it all out! Whether you're looking toward your future or wrestling to get through today, it doesn't have to be so stressful. Just three big questions will help you find clarity about all the rest:

· Who am I?
· Where do I fit?
· What difference can I make?

This 60-day exploration breaks down those big questions into manageable pieces and helps you embrace God's best answers for you. Backed by Scripture and informed by years of research with teens just like you, this book does more than help you figure out what to do with your life; it will help you understand what your life means to the world--no matter who your friends are, what career you end up with, what kind of family you come from or will have in the future, what obstacles you may face, or what doubts trouble you along the way.

YOU are one-of-a-kind, and you can find faithful answers to life's biggest questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493437795
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/06/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kara Powell, PhD, is Chief of Leadership Formation and Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary and coauthor of 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager.

Kristel Acevedo
is Spiritual Formation Director at Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina, and a writer and speaker.

Brad M. Griffin
is Senior Director of Content for the Fuller Youth Institute, a youth pastor, and coauthor of 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager.
Kara Powell, PhD, is the Chief of Leadership Formation and Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) at Fuller Theological Seminary (see fulleryouthinstitute.org). Named by Christianity Today as one of "50 Women to Watch," Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange and speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara has authored or coauthored numerous books, including Faith in an Anxious World, Growing With, Growing Young, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family and the entire Sticky Faith series, and Can I Ask That? Kara and her husband, Dave, are regularly inspired by the learning and laughter that comes from their three teenage and young adult children.
Kristel Acevedo is the Spiritual Formation Director at Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina. Originally from Miami, she is a writer and speaker focused on discipleship, Bible study, and multiethnic ministry. Kristel and her husband, Alex, have two young children.
Brad M. Griffin is the Senior Director of Content for the Fuller Youth Institute, where he develops research-based training for youth workers and parents. A speaker, writer, and volunteer youth pastor, Brad is the coauthor of over a dozen books, including Faith in an Anxious World, Growing Young, several Sticky Faith books, Every Parent's Guide to Navigating Our Digital World, and the series Can I Ask That? 8 Hard Questions about God and Faith. Brad and his wife, Missy, live in Southern California and share life with their three teenage and young adult children. He also serves as Pastor of Youth and Family Ministries at Mountainside Communion.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Asking the Right Questions 9

Part 1 Who Am I? 15

The Big Question of IDENTITY

1 Who People Expect You to Be vs. Who God Expects You to Be 17

2 How Does God View You? 21

3 What to Do When Being Labeled Holds You Back 25

4 What It Means to Be Fearfully and Wonderfully Made 29

5 God's Intentional Design for Your Ethnicity 33

6 How Who You Are Is Shaped by Where You Live 37

7 When You Feel Like a Misfit 41

8 When You Struggle with Perfectionism 45

9 When You Fee! Underestimated 49

10 Why Can't You Be Like Them? 53

11 You Are More Than Your Failure 57

12 You Are More Than Your Success 61

13 You Are More Than Your Stuff 64

14 You Are a Child of God 68

15 Unplugging to Notice God 71

16 Faith and Anxiety 75

17 Your Voice Matters 79

18 What's More Important Than What You See in the Mirror? 83

19 You Are Enough Because of Jesus 87

20 Union with Christ 91

Part 2 Where Do I Fit? 95

The Big Question of BELONGING

21 Belonging to a Safe Space 97

22 What Do Real Friendships Look Like? 101

23 What Does It Mean for God to Be Your Friend? 105

24 When You Feel Like an Outsider 109

25 The Power of "With" 113

26 Who God Is Reveals What Belonging Looks Like 117

27 Welcoming Like Jesus 121

28 When Family Gets Complicated 124

29 How to Be a Peacemaker 128

30 Why Authenticity Matters 132

31 How Can Empathy Fuel Belonging? 136

32 People-Pleasing t Belonging 140

33 When You Are Dating 144

34 How to Get the Mentoring You Need 148

35 Being a True Neighbor 152

36 Finding Unity While Keeping Diversity 156

37 Belonging in a Digital World 160

38 Lamenting Our Losses Together 164

39 Celebrating with Others 169

40 Connecting with God's Presence Anytime 173

Part 3 What Difference Can I Make? 177

The Big Question of PURPOSE

41 First Things First 179

42 Asking the Right Questions to Find Your Purpose 183

43 No Purpose Is Better Than Another 187

44 What If God Wants You to Make a Different Choice? 191

45 God's Purpose for You Is Up to God 195

46 Putting Faith into Action 199

47 Know God's Story so You Can Go in God's Story 203

48 What Is Discipleship? 207

49 Our Steady Companion in an Unsteady World 212

50 On Purpose and for a Purpose 215

51 Our Stories-and Purposes-Are Interconnected 219

52 We're Better Together 223

53 Making a Difference by Helping Others 227

54 Navigating America's Complicated Racial Past and Present 231

55 Building Cultural Bridges 235

56 How What's Tough Can Transform You 239

57 Knowing When to Say Yes and When to Say No 243

58 How to Bring Good News with Our Feet 246

59 Finding Contentment 250

60 The World Needs You to Come Alive 254

Conclusion: Your Next Faithful Step 258

Acknowledgments 261

Notes 263

Reflection 269

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