Taking a cue from 3D, we decided to launch a series called Bucket List at Chosen last Thursday.  I talked to the Chosen students about Abraham and the #1 thing on his Bucket List – a son.  It was a dream planted in his heart by God but it seemed impossible to achieve because he and his wife Sarah were 100 and 90 years old.  Eventually Abraham learned that with God all things are possible AND not only did God give him a son but He made Abraham the “father of many nations”!  During this series we are challenging the students to dream BIG!

So we asked the Chosen students to write out their own Bucket List during small group time and here is a selection from several different students:

  • “To be a softball coach” – 6th grade girl
  • “To cure an incurable disease” – 12th grade boy
  • “To go on a shopping spree” – 7th grade girl
  • “To go see an NBA game” – 10th grade boy
  • “To see an NFL game” – 12th grade boy
  • “To have money to buy a car and to build a church” – 6th grade girl
  • “To go back to school.  I want to be a high schooler” – 8th grade girl
  • “To be a beautician” – 8th grade girl
  • “To own an ipod touch” – 12th grade boy
  • “To turn my life to God!!!” – 8th grade girl
  • “To be a musician” – 8th grade girl
  • “To get a job and a car and a home for me and my mom to live in so we don’t have to stay with my cousin” – 12th grade boy
  • “To pass 8th grade and always get good grades” -8th grade boy
  • “To ride the tallest roller coaster” – 8th grade boy
  • “To go to Woodland Hills Mall” – 7th grade girl
  • “To go to Disney Land” – 8th grade boy
  • “To be a model” – 8th grade girl
  • “To have a good relationship with my mom” – 10th grade girl
  • “To have a job” – 10th grade girl
  • “To get a job and my own place for me and my baby and to have my own car” – 12th grade boy
  • “To work on the police force” – 12th grade boy
  • “To find a stable place for my daughter to live” -12th grade boy
  • “To live in a safe neighborhood” – 7th grade girl
  • “To go to the BET awards” – 10th grade boy
  • “To meet my brothers and sisters” – 11th grade girl
  • “To find my brother and sister” – 7th grade girl
  • “To build my family a new house” – 12th grade girl
  • “To get my G.E.D.” – 17 yr. old boy
  • “Get my G.E.D.” – 18 yr. old girl
  • “I wish I could get rid of my anger” – 6th grade girl
  • “To go to a homeless shelter and share a sermon” – 10th grade girl
  • “To go Ice Skating for the first time” – 12th grade girl
  • “To see my grandma in heaven” – 9th grade girl
  • “I already have a child but I want to get my education” -9th grade girl
  • “Just to take care of my baby and watch her grow old” – 12th grade boy
  • “To be baptized” – 9th grade boy
  • “To get a makeover” – 7th grade girl
  • “To travel to Jamaica or Haiti and build shelters for the homeless” – 11th grade girl

By reading this list you can probably guess what kind of environment many of these students live in.  Please pray for the inner-city teenagers in America!  They need to experience the life-changing power of God!

ALSO… Chosen is partnering with 3D to grant at least one Chosen student something from their Bucket List each week!

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