THIS PAGE IS FOR YOUTH LEADERS OR PARENTS WANTING TO GO THROUGH THE DEVOTIONAL BOOK WITH THEIR JUNIOR HIGH KIDS. THE FOLLOWING ARE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS BASED ON EACH CHAPTER’S TOPICS.
(NOTE: YOUTH LEADERS, CONTACT US ABOUT GROUP BOOK DISCOUNTS FOR YOUR YOUTH GROUP!)

CHAPTER 1: THE QUEST TO BECOME SUPER AVERAGE
• WHAT ARE SOME OF THE “GROUPS” OR “CLIQUES” IN YOUR SCHOOL?
• DO YOU FIT INTO ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES?
• DOES YOUR GROUP OF FRIENDS HELP OR HURT YOUR WALK WITH GOD?
• IF NOT, WHAT GROUP MIGHT BE BETTER TO BE IN?
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP OTHERS IN YOUR GROUP GET CLOSER TO GOD?

CHAPTER 2: TRUE FRIENDSHIP
• WHAT CHARACTER TRAITS OR ACTIONS MAKE UP A BEST FRIEND?
• WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?
• WHAT MAKES THIS PERSON YOUR BEST FRIEND? (NOTE: DO THESE REASONS FIT THE LIST FROM
   THE FIRST QUESTION?)
• COULD JESUS BE YOUR BEST FRIEND IF YOU LET HIM?
• IF SO, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WITH HIM?
• IF NOT, WHAT IS TAKING UP YOUR TIME DURING THE DAY THAT KEEPS YOU FROM JESUS?

CHAPTER 3: FRIGHT FOR LIFE
• HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RESCUED? IF SO, HOW DID IT FEEL?
• HAVE YOU EVER RESCUED SOMEONE?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS KIDS NEED RESCUING IN SCHOOL?
• DO YOU DO ANY OF THESE?
• HOW HAS JESUS RESCUED US ALL?

CHAPTER 4: RATED PG FOR PARENTAL GUIDANCE
• WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN COMMON WITH YOUR PARENTS?
• WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO TOGETHER AS A FAMILY?
• WHAT’S THE BIGGEST THING YOUR PARENTS DO TO ANNOY YOU?
• WHAT’S THE BIGGEST THING YOU DO TO ANNOY THEM?
• HOW CAN YOU PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING?
• WHY DO PARENTS MAKE RULES FOR YOU TO FOLLOW?

CHAPTER 5: THE WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS
• WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? WHY?
• HOW IMPORTANT IS EXERCISE TO YOU ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO 10?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DON’T TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY?
• HOW WILL THAT PREVENT YOU FROM BEING THE BEST GOD WANTS YOU TO BE?
• WHEN IS A GOOD TIME IN THE DAY TO EXERCISE?
• IS THERE SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED TO CUT OUT THAT MIGHT LEAVE ROOM
   FOR MORE EXERCISE?

CHAPTER 6: THE COST OF BEING COOL
• ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, HOW IMPORTANT IS POPULARITY TO YOU?
• HAVE YOU EVER LET POPULARITY MAKE YOU DO SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY WOULDN’T
   HAVE DONE? (I.E. WEAR CERTAIN CLOTHES, CHOOSE A HAIR STYLE, STEAL, LIE, ETC.)
• IF SO, WAS IT REALLY WORTH IT?
• WHICH IS EASIER: TO BE YOURSELF OR TO CONSTANTLY PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE?
• IF YOU CONSISTENTLY ARE TRUE TO YOURSELF WITH YOUR ACTIONS, WHAT KIND OF FRIENDS
   DO YOU THINK YOU’D ATTRACT?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS WITHIN YOUR YOUTH GROUP OR CLOSE FRIENDS THAT YOU CAN USE
   PEER PRESSURE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE? (I.E. GET KIDS TO GO TO CHURCH, READ THE BIBLE, BE
   A STRONGER CHRISTIAN IN SCHOOL, ETC.)

CHAPTER 7: OH, BROTHER
• DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR SIBLINGS?
• WHAT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIGHTS YOU AND A SIBLING HAS EVER HAD?
• HOW COULD IT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
• DID YOU ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN THROUGHOUT THE ALTERCATION?
• WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU COULD DO TO GET ALONG WITH YOUR SIBLINGS BETTER?
• HAVE YOU SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO YOUR SIBLINGS LATELY AND TRIED TO GET TO KNOW
   THEM BETTER? 
• HAVE YOU TRIED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR THEM IN YOUR FAMILY?
• WHAT ARE SOME FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR SIBLINGS TO MAINTAIN YOUR
   FRIENDSHIP?

CHAPTER 8: GROWING UP
• WHAT’S THE MOST AWKWARD PART OF PUBERTY?
• WHAT ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOUR BODY GOES THROUGH THESE
   CHANGES? (I.E. EATING HEALTHY SO YOU’LL GROW PROPERLY, GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP,
   LIMITING YOUR RED BULL CONSUMPTION TO ONLY SEVEN A DAY, ETC.)
• REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE GOES THROUGH THESE CHANGES AND EVERYONE (EVEN THE
   COOLEST KIDS) FEEL AWKWARD AT TIMES. WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT ARE SOME WAYS YOU
   CAN HELP OTHERS AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS CHANGE?

CHAPTER 9: ON YOUR MARKS
• WHY DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
• WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT SCHOOL?
• DO YOU THINK GOD WANTS YOU TO DO YOUR BEST IN EVERYTHING YOU DO?
• IS IT IMPORTANT TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO DO BETTER IN SCHOOL? (I.E. STUDY GROUPS, ACCOUNTABILITY
   PARTNERS, ETC.)

CHAPTER 10: DEFUSING THE ANGER BOMB
• WHAT’S THE MOST ANGRY YOU HAVE EVER BEEN?
• DO YOU GET ANGRY A LOT?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO PREVENT YOURSELF FROM GETTING ANGRY?
• ONCE YOU ARE ANGRY, HOW DO YOU CALM YOURSELF DOWN?
• HAS GETTING ANGRY EVER HELPED A SITUATION?
• DO YOU DO BAD THINGS WHEN YOU’RE ANGRY THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN’T DO?

CHAPTER 11: CHURCH CHAOS
• HOW CLOSE IS YOUR YOUTH GROUP?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO MAKE IT CLOSER?
• WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS OF HAVING A CLOSE YOUTH GROUP?
• WHAT CAN YOU DO SPECIFICALLY TO KEEP YOUR YOUTH GROUP CLOSE AND ENCOURAGE
   OTHER TO JOIN IT?

CHAPTER 12: GOOD HEALTH
• WHAT’S THE SICKEST YOU’VE EVER BEEN?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO PREVENT SICKNESS?
• HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOO TIRED OR SICK TO DO SOMETHING?
• DO YOU THINK SATAN CAN USE SICKNESS OR LACK OF ENERGY AGAINST YOU?
• IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN WHAT CAN YOU DO TO FIGHT SATAN AND KEEP HIM FROM WINNING
   THAT BATTLE?

CHAPTER 13: BACKSTABBING BUDDY
• HAVE YOU EVER HAD A FRIEND STAB YOU IN THE BACK?
• HAVE YOU EVER HAD A FRIEND TALK BAD ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU WEREN’T AROUND?
• WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO DEAL WITH A BACKSTABBING FRIEND?
• HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT (STABBED A FRIEND IN THE BACK OR GOSSIPED ABOUT THEM) TO
   A FRIEND?
• IF JESUS IS OUR FRIEND, HAVE YOU EVER DENIED HIM TO OTHERS?
• HAVE YOU EVER STABBED JESUS IN THE BACK BY DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD LET HIM
   DOWN?

CHAPTER 14: EXXXCCCUUUSSSSEEEE ME!
• HOW DO YOU TREAT THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: PARENTS? TEACHERS? SIBLINGS? FRIENDS?
   ENEMIES?
• WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT?
• HOW DOES BEING POLITE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET MAKE YOU A BETTER FOLLOWER OF
   CHRIST?

CHAPTER 15: A SOUR NOTE
• HOW CAN MUSIC, TV SHOWS OR MOVIES AFFECT YOUR ATTITUDE?
• WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO?
• WHAT MOVIES DO YOU LIKE?
• WHAT TV SHOWS DO YOU WATCH?
• IF SOMEONE THAT DIDN’T KNOW YOU LOOKED AT THAT LIST WOULD THEY KNOW YOU’RE A
   CHRISTIAN?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ONLY WATCH AND LISTEN TO GOOD THINGS?

CHAPTER 16: CHORES ARE A BORE
• NAME 10 THINGS YOUR PARENTS DO FOR YOU. (I.E. WASH LAUNDRY, COOK MEALS, BAIL YOU
   OUT OF JAIL, ETC.)
• WHY DO THEY DO ALL THAT STUFF FOR YOU?
• WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THEM?
• WHY SHOULD YOU HELP THEM OUT WITH CHORES?
• HOW DOES GOD WANT YOU TO TREAT YOUR PARENTS?

CHAPTER 17: GRANDPARENTS: OLDIES BUT GOODIES
• NAME FIVE THINGS THAT YOUR GRANDPARENTS LIKE TO DO.
• NAME FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR GRANDPARENTS.
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT BEING CLOSE TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS BENEFIT THEM?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT BEING CLOSE TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS BENEFIT YOU?
• WHY DO YOU THINK GOD WANTS US TO BE CLOSE TO OUR GRANDPARENTS?
• WHY DO YOU THINK GOD WANTS US TO HONOR ELDERLY PEOPLE?

CHAPTER 18: CHEATER, CHEATER, GRADE DECEIVER
• WHAT IS YOUR ROUTINE FROM AFTER SCHOOL UNTIL YOU GO TO BED?
• HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON HOMEWORK? 
• HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND PLAYING GAMES, WATCHING TV OR USING THE COMPUTER?
• DOES THIS SCHEDULE WORK FOR YOU OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAT WOULD
   HELP YOU DO BETTER AT SCHOOL?
• WHAT SUBJECTS ARE HARDEST FOR YOU?
• HOW MIGHT YOU GET HELP WITH THOSE SUBJECTS? (I.E. STUDY GROUP, PARENTS, FRIENDS,
   ETC.)
• IS CHEATING EVER A GOOD OPTION? HOW ABOUT COPYING HOMEWORK FROM A FRIEND AND
    LETTING YOUR HOMEWORK BE COPIED?

CHAPTER 19: THAT MAKES CENTS!
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN EARN MONEY?
• WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY DO WITH YOUR MONEY ONCE YOU’VE EARNED IT?
• HAVE YOU EVER SAVED UP TO BUY SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANTED? IF SO, HOW DID YOU
   DO IT?
• WHY IS IT DANGEROUS TO NOT BE GOOD WITH YOUR MONEY?
• DO YOU THINK GOD WANTS YOU TO BE GOOD WITH YOUR MONEY? WHY?
• WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR MONEY THAT WILL HELP GOD?
• WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR MONEY THAT WILL HELP OTHERS?
• ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN FAMILIES IS CAUSED BY BEING IN DEBT. WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE MONEY NOW?

CHAPTER 20: BLENDED FOR LIFE
• WHAT ARE SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT LIVING WITH A BLENDED FAMILY?

• WHAT ARE SOME AWKWARD THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN A BLENDED FAMILY?
• WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN HOW TO GET A LONG WITH YOUR NEW FAMILY MEMBERS?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO GET A LONG WITH THEM?

CHAPTER 21: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT?
• WHAT IS YOUR PARENTS’ RULE ON WHAT KIND OF MOVIES YOU CAN WATCH?
• WHY DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE THIS RULE?
• HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN THIS RULE?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR MIND PURE AND AVOID BAD IMAGES?
• WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT LETTING BAD STUFF INTO YOUR MIND?
• WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO AVOID BEING TEMPTED TO WATCH BAD THINGS?

CHAPTER 22: THE SCOOP ON RUMORS
• HAVE YOU EVER GOSSIPED ABOUT SOMEONE?
• HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYONE GOSSIP ABOUT YOU?
• HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
• WHAT ARE SOME DANGERS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE GOSSIP?
• DOES GOSSIP GLORIFY GOD?
• WHAT’S THE BEST THING TO DO WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE START TO GOSSIP?
• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS FOR YOU TO STOP GOSSIPING?

CHAPTER 23: LAWS OF ATTRACTION
• WHAT CHARACTERISTICS IN A HUSBAND OR WIFE SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR WHEN YOU START
   THINKING ABOUT MARRIAGE?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO PICK SOMEONE WHO LOVES GOD MORE THAN YOU?
• DOES GOD WANT YOU TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL MAKE YOU A STRONGER CHRISTIAN?
   WHY?
• WHY IS IT DANGEROUS TO DATE SOMEONE THAT DOESN’T LOVE GOD?
• HOW MUCH EASIER DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TO BE MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO SHARES
   YOUR SAME BELIEFS?

CHAPTER 24: ROAD RULES!
• WHY ARE THERE RULES?
• WHAT ARE SOME RULES YOU HAVE TO OBEY?
• ARE THESE SPECIFIC RULES MEANT TO TEACH YOU OR PROTECT YOU FROM THINGS?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW RULES EVEN IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THEM AT THE
   TIME?
• HOW HAVE RULES HELPED YOU IN LIFE?
• WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO RESPECT OUR ELDERS AND FOLLOW THEIR RULES?
• DOES FOLLOWING ADULT’S RULES HELP US TO FOLLOW GOD’S RULES?

CHAPTER 25: ULTIMATE DIRT REMOVAL SYSTEM
• ARE YOU A SINNER?
• HOW DOES GOD WASH AWAY OUR SINS?
• WHY DID GOD HAVE TO SACRIFICE HIS SON ON THE CROSS?
• WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DECIDE TO FOLLOW CHRIST NOW?
• AS THE LAST CHAPTER STATES, “NOBODY CAN EARN FORGIVENESS YET EVERYONE NEEDS IT.”
   WHY DO YOU NEED FORGIVENESS?
• WHY IS FOLLOWING CHRIST THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE?
• HAVE YOU MADE THAT DECISION YET?