Little Sins: Zooming In On A Big Problem

"LITTLE SINS"  IS PART OF YM360’S SERMON SERIES LINE OF RESOURCES AND IS IDEAL FOR:

• Any large group setting
• Mid-week youth service
• "Master teacher” format 

"LITTLE SINS"  COVERS THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND PASSAGES:

• Session 1 – Gossip (Proverbs 18:21) | Gossip can seem harmless on the surface. It can even feel good to gossip from time to time. What the person we’re gossiping about doesn’t know won’t hurt them, right? When we view gossip as a little sin, we run the risk of corrupting ourselves and everyone around us, not just the person we’re gossiping about. So instead, we should use our words to give life and build others up because that is the way of Jesus.
• Session 2 – Pride (Romans 3:19-20, 27) | Pride might be one of the sneakiest little sins. It can manifest itself in many ways and can harden our hearts before we realize it. The Bible is clear that God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble, but what can we do to make sure that pride isn’t taking root in our lives? In order to combat pride, we need to have faith in God alone and make others more important than ourselves.
• Session 3 – Anger (Ephesians 4:26-27) | Paul says that we should be angry yet not sin. So anger may not be a sin in and of itself, but it can become sinful depending on why we’re angry and how we respond to our anger. Anger can be devastating to our lives and the lives of others if we’re not careful, so we must learn to analyze our anger and rightly order our love.
• Session 4 – Envy (James 4:1-3) | Comparison really is a thief of joy. When we compare ourselves to the people around us, we can quickly become discontent with our gifts, and that discontentment turns into envy, which only leads to resentment for everyone around us. So envy may seem like a little, internal sin, but it actually makes it impossible to love God, our neighbor, or ourselves.