Books with author Kevin Johnson

Take Find Your Fit! to the Max with a Discovery Workbook "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Many of you may have known the answer to that question since kindergarten. More likely, however, you've been from astronaut to zoologist and back to architect and you still aren't sure. Unsure what you want to be, unsure even of who you want to be, and definitely unsure of where you want to do all this. The questions are big and overwhelming. They're also very important. Developed by some of the top minds in youth ministry and personality testing, Find Your Fit is the best tool available today for teens to discover their God-given uniqueness their talents, spiritual gifts, values, passions, and personality type. It's street smart and spiritually wise and designed for either individual or group use. Now, the Find Your Fit system is enhanced with the Find Your Fit Discovery Workbook. Created in response to demand from youth groups, bible studies, and other voices clamoring for more material, the Find Your Fit Discovery Workbook expands on the life discovery exercises found in your book. More exercises and more interaction mean more answers and information for you as you search for guidance and direction. This workbook is part of the revolutionary LifeKeys system that across the country has been opening believers eyes young and old to their unique gifts.

Tragic confrontations at schools throughout the past two decades are striking evidence that teens need help and training in peaceful conflict resolution. God knows each conflict a teen goes through with their families, friends, and teachersand he is in control. In this student edition of The Peacemaker, Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson show teens, youth leaders, parents, and pastors, how they can apply biblical principles to conflict situations, allowing for forgiveness and reconciliation instead of hatred or violence. With an approachable style that treats teens with respect, this much needed resource can be used individually or as part of a small group or youth group study.

You work hard planning mission trips. Now make mission trips work for you and your group.Headed to inner-city America? Appalachia? A border shantytown? Overseas? Wherever your destination, the MISSION TRIP PREP KIT contains all you need to prepare your students for an unforgettable cross-cultural experience—and tools to debrief them after they’ve returned to their worlds.Use this kit—To get on-site impact as well as long-term spiritual change in your kids.Whether you’re a mission-trip novice or a savvy traveler outside your comfort zones.Whether your group’s trip is geared toward reaching others with the gospel or to disciple your young missionaries.In several sessions spread over a month or two—or in an intensive, two-day training session or retreat.IN THIS LEADER’S GUIDE: You’ll receive not only the rationale, the how, and the logistics of planning and pulling off a missions trip, but—and this is the genius of the leader’s guide—4 PRE-TRIP TEACHING SESSIONS that will help your students—·Assess their EXPECTATIONS, their fears, their motivations.·Adjust their PERCEPTIONS of the culture they’ll be working in.·Improve their emotional and spiritual STAMINA for living for a week or a month in a very different world from their own.·Practice the skills and ATTITUDES (teamwork, servanthood, Christ-centeredness) they’ll need for a missions trip.And to make sure your trip’s goals are accomplished and the benefits stick around for the long haul, you’ll also receive 2 POST-TRIP SESSIONS that will help you DEBRIEF your students, ease them back into their own worlds, CELEBRATE with them, and make missions and ministry part of their EVERYDAY LIVES WITH JESUS.What’s more, in these pre- and post-trip teaching sessions are a variety of ACTIVITIES…processing points…creative PRAYER IDEAS…take-home applications…BIBLE STUDIES relevant to mission tripping…TALK OUTLINES that both instruct and inspire…and lots of sessions options you can tailor to your own HIGH SCHOOLERS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

A 365-Day Devotional from a Trusted Youth AuthorTotal devotion means being 100 percent committed friends with God. He created us to know and love others in the same way he knows and loves us. His desire is that we belong to him and do life his way. But living out your faith isn't always easy, especially if you're still figuring out what that means. Here are some tools to help.Total Devotion equips you with solid biblical truth to help you navigate whatever challenges come your way. You'll grow more confident in your faith and deepen your friendship with God--and improve your relationships with others along the way. Whether you've been a Christian for years or are just starting out, it's never the wrong time to work on the way you act or think. If you're ready to start taking your faith seriously, you're ready for Total Devotion.

Nope. Mission trips aren’t all fun and games. In fact, they can be pretty trying. Heat. Bugs. No bathrooms. Bad water. No pizza for hundreds of miles.But if you want it to, a mission trip could change your life. And that’s the case whether you’re seriously praying about becoming a missionary―or you just want a taste of what it means to serve God outside your comfort zone. One changed life―yours! So are you headed to inner-city America? Appalachia? A border shantytown? Overseas?Wherever your destination, this journal pretty much says it all: MISSION TRIP PREP: A STUDENT JOURNAL FOR CAPTURING THE EXPERIENCE. It contains all you need to understand what you’re learning on your trip, to digest and incorporate your experiences so they become part of you―and maybe even have some serious fun while you’re doing all that spiritual stuff! Inside these pages, you’ll receive DEVOTIONAL Bible readings and studies…reflective questions that GET YOU THINKING about the trip ahead or behind you…and, of course, journaling opportunities for expressing yourself before, during, and after the trip. Just watch and see what happens as you get into this journal. Who knows? Lives could change. MAYBE EVEN YOURS…

Bestselling author Kevin Johnson connects with youth like no other! He's selected some of his best devotions, written some new ones, and packed them into one handy, 365-day guide for today's young teens. Tackling difficult issues such as school blues, parental relationships, and future fears, these quick-witted and humorous devotions each include an attention-grabbing opener, an explanation with application of Scripture, and a take-away Bible verse. Parents and youth alike agree that these fun, fresh devotions will keep teens reading. Kevin Johnson's one-of-a-kind devotionals are never preachy--but always punchy.

We are surrounded by dozens of voices family, teachers, friends, media, even our own maturing body and brain telling us every day what to believe and what to do:"Whadja do to your hair?""Oooh, whata hunk!""Don't be such a nerd."With so many voices shouting at us, who do we listen to? Which are wrong? Which are right? The easy way is to give up and follow whichever voice is the loudest.THAT ISN'T THE ONLY WAY.God invites us to answer to His voice. He can help sort out the other voices, and show us truth from lies, good from bad, real from fake. So how do we hear His voice? By getting into the Bible God's Word and searching for His clear, compassionate voice speaking to us above the pressure-packed roar of the world.In forty-five devotional readings, Who Should I Listen To? provides Biblical responses to the conflicts junior highers encounter every day, with topics ranging from:Discovering God's view of us.Measuring entertainment.Choosing godly heroes.So get some earplugs and listen up!

Designed for middle schoolers, Deeper Bible studies provide you with a unique and effective tool for your students. Use in large or small groups to help communicate God’s truth in a way that connects with young teens and shows them what faith can look like in their everyday lives.• Choose will help students learn about temptation, the Holy Spirit’s power to help, and what God desires from them.• Pray helps students understand and participate in meaningful prayer with the creator of the universe. They’ll find that not only does God listen; he cares.• Stick shows students what God says about friendships and helps them find and be great friends.• Trust will help you teach your students who Jesus is and what it looks like to trust him on a deeper level. With questions that meet the developmental and spiritual needs of early adolescents, you’ll find that your students engage in the Deeper studies and really grasp the lessons.