Lesson Learned
Saddleback Church Weekend Messages
Saddleback Church
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What happens when we flip the script and let young people teach us? In this message, Pastor Kurt Johnston explores four powerful lessons from youth in the Bible. Drawing from the stories of Samuel, Esther, the boys who mocked Elisha, and the boy with the loaves and fishes, Pastor Kurt shares practical habits to transform our lives. Learn to "listen up" to God's voice by dialing down the noise, "step up" to protect the vulnerable, "shush up" by pausing to pray before speaking, and "offer up" what you have to join what God is doing. No matter your age, you will be challenged to put these timeless principles into practice. God is always at work, and when we align our lives with His, we can make a lasting impact in the next generation and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, this is Andy Wood, and I'm the pastor here at Saddleback Church, and this is our podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | Be sure to subscribe so we can get you these new messages every week, and I hope you enjoy today's message. |
| 0:14.2 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:24.9 | We are thrilled that you're here this weekend. |
| 0:26.6 | This is Next Gen weekend. |
| 0:28.0 | You've heard this mentioned out a few times. |
| 0:29.9 | It's sort of like family weekend. |
| 0:31.4 | Families are in church together. |
| 0:33.3 | And it's kind of a common thing. |
| 0:34.4 | A lot of churches do it. |
| 0:38.7 | In fact, I recently heard a story about another church that was doing it, |
| 0:44.8 | and it was a young family, and on the way to church, the mom, they were going to go to big church together as a family, and the mom turned back to the back seat and said, hey, do you kids |
| 0:49.6 | remember why we have to be quiet in big church. |
| 0:55.0 | And her five-year-old quickly said, well, because people are sleeping. |
| 1:00.0 | So here's the thing. |
| 1:02.1 | We're 45 seconds into the message today. |
| 1:04.8 | And if the person next to you was already dozing off, just let them be. |
| 1:09.5 | Just let her be. |
| 1:10.6 | Take a picture. Put it on Instagram, but other than that, |
| 1:14.3 | just just let it be. So since we're all here together tonight, I often think of, when I think |
| 1:22.2 | of church and kids and teenagers and how the church and kids and teenagers typically functions. |
| 1:31.3 | I have a picture in my mind that if you grew up going to church at all, it'll be very familiar to you. |
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