As your teens enter or join you online, ask them to share their best moment from the past week. When were they the happiest over the last week? Mention that some things we do to feel happy are healthy and some are not.
- What are some healthy things you or your peers do to feel happy? (Accept all reasonable answers which could include exercise, spending time with positive people, getting enough rest, etc.)
- What are some unhealthy things you/your peers do to feel happy? (Accept all reasonable answers which could include drinking, staying up too late playing video games, inappropriate sexual relationships, etc.)
As a Christian, basketball star Stephen Curry has to resist peer pressure to do things that don’t align with his life in Christ. With money and fame, it would be easy to him seek pleasure through partying, abusing drugs and alcohol, and getting caught up in materialism. He has to make a choice to find his happiness in his relationship with God, rather than in earthly things.
Share part of the following video with your students [pause at 1:08 and leave the quote on the screen]:
Basketball Star Stephen Curry On His Faith
- What are some things Stephen Curry could be tempted to find happiness with? (Drugs, drinking, money, finding his value in fame, sleeping around, etc.)
- Do you think those things would make him happy? Why or why not? (Accept all reasonable answers.)
- What would be the result if he chose a life of partying and substance abuse? (He could die, lose his career, or end up in jail.)
Our Bible study today relates to Stephen Curry’s desire for more out of life. Let’s see what the Bible has to say about living in the Spirit rather than living for pleasure.