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Alpha X Leaders
stay inspired!
They stay focused on the person of Jesus.
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him
he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow
weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:2-3
They stay tuned to the presence of Jesus.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in
his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the
LORD. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were
afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the
community came back to him, and he spoke to them. Afterward all the Israelites came
near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.
When Moses fnished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he
entered the LORDs presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out.
And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw
that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went
in to speak with the LORD. Exodus 34:29-35
They RADIATE with the presence of Christ.
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They TALK to Him through prayer.
They HEAR from Him through the Bible.
- Reading Gods Word
Reading it (get a good, easy-to-read translation)
Listening to it (YouVersion app, Biblegateway.com/audio)
- Studying Gods Word
Asking: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Recommended Tools:
A Good Study Bible (Ryrie, NIV Study Bible, etc)
A Good Commentary (Bible Knowledge Commentary, biblestudytools.com)
A Good Concordance (Strongs Exhaustive Concordance,
biblestudytools.com)
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- Remember the Triangle of Truth when it comes to the Bible

1. Devotional: Reading the Bible to understand and apply it. This is the most
basic level of enjoying Gods Word and should be the basis for all of our
reading and studying of the Bible. (Dont ask what the passage means to
you, ask what it means for you.)
2. Exegetical: The word exegete means to draw out the meaning of a
certain passage of Scripture. This is when you lean hard into Bible study
tools and the Who? What? When? Where? Why? questions to understand
a passage in its context to draw out the timeless truth from it and apply it to
your life.
3. Theological: This third level of engaging with Scripture is the most technical.
It is taking the truths youve learned about one of the following areas in your
study of the Bible and placing it in one of the following categories:

Theological
Exegetical
Devotional
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Bibliology (Gods Word) Theology Proper (God)
Christology (Jesus) Pneumatology (The Spirit)
Soteriology (salvation) Ecclesiology (church)
Angelology (angels) Eschatology (future)
Table Activity - Look at one of the following passages:
1) What does it mean for you?
2) Answer Exegetical questions.
3) Place it in a Theological category.
Easy:
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments
that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Deuteronomy 6:4-6
Intermediate:
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished
by God, stricken by him, and afficted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and
by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has
turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6
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Diffcult:
Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the
multitudes of heaven standing on his right and on his left. And the Lord said, Who will
entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?
One suggested this, and another that. Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before
the Lord and said, I will entice him. By what means? the Lord asked. I will go and
be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets, he said. You will succeed in
enticing him, said the Lord. Go and do it. So now the Lord has put a deceiving
spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for
you. 2 Chronicles 18:18-22
Recommended Resource :
Bible Study Methods: Twelve Ways You Can Unlock Gods Word by Rick Warren
How to Understand Your Bible by T. Norton Sterrett and Richard L. Schultz
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
Experience Your Bible by Josh and Sean McDowell
Alpha X Leaders stay in the presence of Jesus
through meditating and marinating.
Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away,
calling it the tent of meeting. Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of
meeting outside the camp. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose
and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As
Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance,
while the LORD spoke with Moses. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing
at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their
tent. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then
Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the
tent. Exodus 33:7-11
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Like Joshua, refuse to leave the tenthow?
Meditate on GODS WORD through memorizing verses.
- Why memorize?
It helps us radiate throughout the day as we meditate on God.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. Psalm 119:15
It helps us defeat sins that we are struggling within our lives.
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm
119:11
It enables us to defeat Satan and his lies.
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God. Ephesians 6:17
- How to memorize
New School: Download Memory App (Flash Cards + in App store)
Old School: 3x5 cards (one verse on one side, Bible reference on the other)
Personal Activity - Memorize this verse this week:
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
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- What to memorize
Verses that jump off the page to you.

Verses that will help you overcome specifc sins.
Lust: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Anger: Ephesians 4:26,27
Gossip/Slander: Ephesians 4:29-32
Verses that will help you share your faith:
G: Psalm 101:3; Genesis 1:27
O: Romans 3:23; Revelation 21:27
S: Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5
P: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 5:8
E: John 3:16; Romans 4:5
L: John 10:10; John 10:28
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Alpha X Leaders yield to the presence of Jesus
until they are conformed to His image.
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from
seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day
the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because
only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their
hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the
Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled
faces contemplate the Lords glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-
increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:13-18
Our transformation is INTERNAL, not external.
Our transformation is PERMANENT, not fading.
Our time in Gods presence can be UNLIMITED, not limited.
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Inspire Others!
Question: How do you inspire others to live THE Cause?
Answer: You get them there through real stories!
Inspire others to live THE Cause through real
stories and raw truth!
Why do REAL STORIES inspire?
- Because that is the way God has wired us.
Jesus told them a story. Luke 18:1
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- Because we see ourselves in them.
To some who were confdent of their own righteousness and looked down on
everyone else, Jesus told this parable: Two men went up to the temple to pray,
one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and
prayed: God, I thank you that I am not like other peoplerobbers, evildoers,
adulterersor even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of
all I get. But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to
heaven, but beat his breast and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. I tell
you that this man, rather than the other, went home justifed before God. For all
those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves
will be exalted. Luke 18:9-14
- Because it shows that the impossible is possible.
And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak,
Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through
faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised;
who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the fames, and escaped the
edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became
powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead,
raised to life again. Hebrews 11:32-35
How do you tell a story that GETS THEM THERE?
- Paint a 3-D Picture (sight, smell, etc).
- Make sure they feel the tension.
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Table Activity - Pick a story that could inspire others to share their faith (from
your life, church history or the Bible) and choose a storyteller. (We will have that
storyteller go to a different table to tell the story.)
RAW TRUTH (3 Biblical truths that inspire teens to share their faith).
- A Call from above.
- A Whisper from within.
- A Scream from beneath.
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Oil and Fire
OilYou have been anointed by God to
accomplish something significant.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew
you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Alas, Sovereign LORD, I said, I do not know how to speak; I am too young. But the
LORD said to me, Do not say, I am too young. You must go to everyone I send you to
and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will
rescue you, declares the LORD. Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my
mouth and said to me, I have put my words in your mouth. Jeremiah 1:4-9
What is this ANOINTING?
- It is the calling God has for you.
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you
apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:4
I appointed you as a ___________________________________.
- It is the good work God has prepared for you.
For we are Gods handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
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How do you DISCOVER it?
- Refuse to think you are too young to discover it.
Alas, Sovereign LORD, I said, I do not know how to speak; I am too young.
But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am too young. Jeremiah 1:6-7
- Pray and seek.
if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it
as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the
fear of the LORD and fnd the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:3-5
- Do whatever God has put in front of you right now with excellence.
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much
Luke 16:10
FireGod wants to light a fire in your bones that
cant be extinguished.
But if I say, I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name, his word is in my
heart like a fre, a fre shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
Jeremiah 20:9
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Fan into fame your PASSION for sharing the gospel.
For this reason I remind you to fan into fame the gift of God, which is in you through
the laying on of my hands. 2 Timothy 1:6
Fan into fame your passion for THE Cause!
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19
- Our vision for THE Cause: every teenager at every one of the 67,342 high
schools and middle schools in America hearing the gospel from a teenager
they know and respect.
- Our strategy for THE Cause: Making disciples who make disciples through
the Get Multi-PLIED Strategy until every teenager hears.
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Afternoon
activity
What is that fire in your bones for
THE Cause?
Before you graduate from high school?
What could revival look like at your school? (Write a descriptive paragraph.)
What % of the school do you think you could reach by yourself?
What % of your school could be reached if you work with others?
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If you got intentional about mobilizing your Cause Crew and other Christians at your
school to reach the lost for Christ, how many teenagers do you think you could reach
for Jesus?
How much bigger do you think the youth groups in your area would grow if you and
your Cause Crew intentionally shared the gospel, discipled the new believers and
equipped Christians to share their faith?
10%, 20%, 50%, 100% other?___
After you graduate (college, the work force, etc.)?
How do you think God can use you to continue to advance the gospel and Lead THE
Cause?
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In your career 20 years from now?
How do you think God can use you to advance the gospel and Lead THE Cause?
(Write a possible scenario.)
What is that fire in our bones for THE Cause?
Imagination questions:
How would our community be different if THE Cause was thriving on every campus
(good, bad and ugly)?
How would our youth group be different?
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Geographic questions:
What schools are represented right here in our group (those of us attending LTCU)?
What schools are represented in our entire youth group (those not attending LTCU)?
What is our Cause Turf (streets to the north, south, east and west) of the community we
want to claim for THE Cause?
The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring
peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along
the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the
Euphrates. See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the
LORD swore he would give to your fathersto Abraham, Isaac and Jacoband to their
descendants after them. Deuteronomy 1:6-8
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Heart questions:
Do we believe that we can be used by God to reach every teen at every school in our
community with the gospel?
How can we fan the fames in our hearts into an unquenchable inferno so we dont shut
up?
Strategic questions:
How do we inspire the rest of our youth group to get on board with THE Cause?
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How do we inspire the rest of our church to get on board with THE Cause?
How do we inspire other youth groups, campus ministries, etc to get on board with
THE Cause?
Copy some of your conclusions on to your Strategic Plan Worksheet.
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MYNotes... Strategic Plan Worksheet
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Rest of Summer...
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