Week 1: Why We Have Emotions

The Bee Squad

Week 1: Why We Have Emotions

The Point

Identifying where you are emotionally.

Intro

Okay, raise your hand if you know someone who is drama.

Now, raise your hand if you can admit you can be drama sometimes. Be honest.

If someone ever called you drama, just tell them that you’re not drama, you’re just a very passionate person.

Being labeled as someone who’s drama isn’t necessarily a good thing. But it does come from a natural place. You have strong feelings … about EVERYTHING!

So today, we’re going to look at what to do with all the feelings and emotions we experience.

Let’s check out week 1 of THE BEE SQUAD.

Wrap-Up

Let’s re-cap really quick:

This is Jill (Put up the split screen of Jill).

When she was younger, she was all smiles. But now that she’s in high school she’s become so angry.

Can you remember when you were little? Wasn’t life so much simpler then? Life was so carefree. You’d play outside with friends or play in your room for hours.

But now, bigger things happen. Life gets messy. Someone hurts you. Things don’t turn out the way you want them to, and you find yourself getting angry.

Is that you? Do you find yourself getting pretty angry a lot? Maybe at your parents, your siblings, your friends, or even yourself.

Look at what the Bible says about anger:

James 1:20 NIV … human angerdoes not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Proverbs 29:11 NLT Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.

So do you want to be a fool and keep getting angry? Or, do you want to be wise and manage your anger?

Some of you have some anger issues, and tonight you’re going to start to deal with them.

The next character we watched in the video was Beckett (Show the screen image of Beckett).

Becket used to be a very happy kid, but then life happened to him. Now he’s a pretty depressed person.

We’re going to talk in detail about this in a couple of weeks. But for right now, let me just say this: if you feel sad or depressed, don’t go through it alone. Make sure to let someone that you trust in on it. Find someone in your life you can talk through those

feelings with. If that’s you, and you know I’m talking to you, then tonight talk to the person you’re going to let in on what you’re going through.

The next character we met tonight was our narrator, Hannah. (Show the screen image of Hannah).

When she was a kid, she just enjoyed life. But now that’s she’s in high school, life is one big job to her. She’s over committed, involved in a million things, and just too busy. Because of her lifestyle, she’s always so serious. But really all of her busyness is a cover for how scared she is.

Can any of you relate to her? You put on a front. Maybe it’s busyness, or being funny, or acting over-confident, but when you take that away, you realize you’re scared. Scared of failing, or not measuring up, or not fitting in. You’re just—scared.

Look at what God has to say to you:

Joshua 1:9 NLT “This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For thelordyour God is with you wherever you go.”

If you want to get over your fear, you need to trust God that He is with you, and He is there for you.

Some of you are going to deal with those feelings of fear tonight.

That brings us to our last main character today: Doug (show the screen image of Doug).

Doug is, all in all, a pretty happy person. He was as a kid, and he still is in high school. But there is a secret to Doug. If you want to find out what it is, you have to keep coming the next few weeks to watch it play out.

If you find yourself feeling pretty happy with yourself and with your life, then pay attention to that, and make sure to live it out. Influence everyone else with how you feel. If you are generally a happy person, do something with it and make a difference.

The reality for all of you is that your lives are filled with different emotions, different people with different emotions, and different situations that cause all these different emotions. You’re constantly fluctuating between sad and happy, scared and excited, angry and peaceful. The challenge for you is going to be how to navigate through all that and become an emotionally strong person.

I want to end on this verse because I think it applies to all of us no matter what we’re feeling:

Psalm 55:22 NCV Give your worries to theLord,and he will take care of you.

So let’s just pray about that right now:

Have students close their eyes and bow their heads.

Some of you can identify today that you have some feelings you need to start to figure out and work through. If that’s you, and you’re willing to commit to do something about how you feel—and you want to work through those feelings—then raise your hand right now, and let me pray for you … (Pray for the students.)

Keeping your eyes closed and heads bowed:

Others of you have been dealing with some negative emotions in your life—whether they’re your own feelings or what others have projected on to you. You need to know tonight that you don’t need to live pinned down by those negative emotions. You need to know there is a God who loves you, cares about you, and doesn’t want you to live your life carrying around that emotional baggage. If you want to let go of all those negative feelings and let God be in control of your life for the first time, then raise your hand right now and let’s pray, everyone together repeating after me … (Have students repeat the prayer after you to receive Jesus in their lives and to begin to live for Him.)