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Spring 2026 study guide for Sprout Teens (12–15): thirteen weeks of growing up — belonging, doubt, identity, storms and fruit — with a verse, a try-it and a prayer for every day of the season.

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SeasonSpring 2026 · Sep 1 – Nov 30
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Week 4 — Image bearers

Drought raises identity questions: who am I when everything feels empty? At the root of every answer God gives is one stubborn fact — you are made in His image. This week we let that become your self-image.

Made like Him

Tuesday · Day 2222 Sept
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27

Whatever the algorithms and their classmates say you should look like, act like, and be worth, the actual founding document of your identity is one line: you are made in the image of God. Not shaped by a trend, not assembled from other people's opinions. An image of God. That's the raw material of your whole life's growth.

Try it today

  • Say it looking in a mirror: 'image of God'
  • Note one comparison you're about to make — and drop it
  • Treat one person today as an image-bearer

Pray it today

  • Thank God your identity is issued by Him, not by trends
  • Ask to see yourself the way the Maker does