Victory Baptist Teens

Teen Service 1-25-12

jkayers — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:40:28 +0000

We had a great night in our teen service last night! If so thankful for the opportunity the Lord has given me to work with the teens at Victory. We looked last night in Luke 5:1-11 and saw several things that will hinder/keep us from reaching our potential for the Lord.

1. Allowing our Flesh to Control us – Peter had been fishing all night and was no doubt exhausted. It would have been much easier and comfortable to give into the flesh yet he chose to follow the Lord’s leading.

2. Failure to do the Little Things – Jesus jumps on to Peter’s boat and asks him to thrust out a “little” then asks him to thrust out into the deep. If Peter had not been faithful in the little things he never would have experienced the great miracle that took place.

3. Half Way or Half Heartedly Obeying the Lord – Jesus told Peter to let down the nets yet Peter only let down a net. God still blessed, a miracle was still performed, but God wanted to do so much more on that day.

4. Failure to Forsake Certain Things – After this miracle Peter, James and John forsook all and followed Christ.

If we are to reach our full potential for the Lord we mush not allow our flesh to control us, do the little things, fully obey, and be willing to forsake.

Teen Service 11/2/11

jkayers — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:49:13 +0000

Tonight we had Missionary Chris Waye to preach for us. He did a great job speaking on boldness and challenging our teens to take a greater stand for the Lord. Chris is one my best friends and it’s so exciting to see the working of God in his life. We also had Tyler Payne share some thoughts with us and five teens compete against one another to finish their “insane” sauce covered fries first. It’s such a joy to serve the Lord at Victory and I’m so thankful for the opportunity to work with the teens of Victory!

VFL 2011

jkayers — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:28:00 +0000

We just completed our annual Victory Football League this past Sunday. Each Fall for four Sunday afternoons our teens have a blast playing football between services. We had about 50 players this year and six different teams, three of them were from our church. Our teams played strong and came in first, second, and third places. Congratulations to Steven, Clayton, Kasey, Matt, Ben, Stephen, and Kaleb on being the 2011 VFL Champions!

Youth Explosion 2011

jkayers — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:09:04 +0000

Last Friday night we had a blast at our annual Youth Explosion event! Over 290 were here at the church as we played “The Price is Right” and other crazy games to kick off the night. Our speaker for the evening was Bro. Tony Howeth from Newton County Baptist Church and what an incredible job he did! Bro. Tony is one of my favorite preachers and he is greatly used by the Lord every time I hear him. We left the church around 12 AM and headed to Malibu Grand Prix in Norcross for the rest of the evening. There we had basketball and dodgeball tournaments, go-carts, arcade, putt-putt, and bumper boats before heading back to Victory at 7AM. I want to thank each person who helped as well as those who donated items for the evening. What a joy it is to serve the Lord!

Teen Service 9/7/11

jkayers — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:28:23 +0000

We continued in our “Digging Through Daniel” series last night and looked at a “God that revealeth secrets.” Nine times in chapter 2 we see the word “secret” found and God himself was the only one who could reveal it.

A secret is something unknown or unseen by others. Nebuchadnezzar and his men could not reveal the dream or the meaning of the dream he had. From simple everyday decisions to major life decisions, there are unknown things in each of our lives that we must have the Lord’s help and guidance in. What type of person does God typically reveal his secrets to? Those who…

I. Ask Him To Show v.17-18

II. Act Upon What They Are Told – v. 24- & chapter 1

III. Acknowledge He Is The Source v. 20-23, 28

We also had a challenging thought from Steven Ayers and last week we had one from Matt Sewell. I’m proud of theses guys and thankful for their willingness to open God’s Word and speak in front of their peers.

Kenny Baldwin 8/26/11

jkayers — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:34:59 +0000

We had a blast last night as we went to Heritage Baptist in Locust Grove to hear Kenny Baldwin preach. He’s a favorite preacher for many of our teens and he delivered a powerful message as always. He spoke from 1 Chronicles 4 on Jabez and challenged our teens in a tremendous way.

Braves Game 2011

jkayers — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:02:21 +0000

We had a great time last night as thirty of us went on our annual trip to Turner Field to watch the Atlanta Braves play. It was an enjoyable trip as the Braves took care of business.

Braves 4, Diamondbacks 2

Teen Service 8/17/11

jkayers — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:21:44 +0000

I’m so excited about the service we had last night and what the Lord is doing in the Teen Ministry at Victory Baptist! We had one of our larger crowds in quite some time and the teens listen incredibly well. We continued in our “Digging Through Daniel” series and looked at Daniel 1:8-20 and saw the purpose, processing, person, and proving of Daniel.

Daniel asked Melzar for ten days to prove himself. Instead of defiling himself by taking the King’s meat and wine he asked for water and vegestables. What he took into his body soon became evident by his countenance. It works the same for us spiritually as well. The godly things we put in our lives and feed upon will become evident to others as they look upon us. Likewise, the ungodly things we feed upon will become evident as well.

I challenged each teen for the next 10 days to let God prove himself. As Daniel refused to physically eat that which would be a hindrance to him, I challenged each teen to lay aside some spiritual hindrance their dealing with (could be a sin or could just be a distraction). I likewise challenged each of them to feed upon something they had not been doing that would help them spiritually. This might include increasing something they are already doing or starting to do something they have failed to do. There was a noticeable difference in Daniel’s life after 10 days and I believe with all my heart that the same will be true of the teens that took this challenge.

Here is a pic of John and Andrew competing to see who could drink their Dr. Pepper the fastest. The catch was that they had to take one of their socks off, put it over the can, and drink the Dr. Pepper through it.

Teen Preaching July 3, 2011

jkayers — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:37:26 +0000

This is a late post but I want to say how proud I am of some guys in our teen ministry. Last Sunday Matt, John, and Steven stood up in front of our church delivered great messages out of God’s Word. We also heard Devin, who just graduated a year ago and is a product of the bus ministry, as well as Phil who has for about a year and has an incredible testimony. It’s excited to see young men who are willing to be used of the Lord. I look forward to seeing what the Lord is going to do through their lives in the days to come.

Teen Camp 2011

jkayers — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:58:51 +0000

We had a great time this past week as we went up to Dayton, Tennessee for the Our Generation Teen Camp held at the Fort Bluff Camp facilities. This camp was put on by Vision Baptist Church and they did a wonderful job. There were 24 of us who went and the Lord moved in a great way throughout the week. It was a great way to kick off the summer and I’m very excited about the many decisions that were made for Christ.