80 Youth Discussion Questions
Questions about life, faith, social issues, and more.
Youth discussion questions to get young people talking in group environments or mentoring relationships.
- What does it mean for you to be created by God? How does that play out in your life, or does it?
- What is hard about accepting yourself?
- How would you describe your personality?
- Do you find you are harder on yourself than other people? Explain why or why not?
- What is one question you would like to ask God in person?
- What are the things that you like about yourself and what do you not like about yourself. Explain why?
- What do you think is the purpose of the Bible?
- Is it hard to change? Explain why.
- If there is one thing you could instantaneously change about yourself, what would it be and why? What’s preventing you from working on that change (if applicable)?
- Is prayer important to you? Why or why not? Is it hard or easy for you?
- Who is one person you would like to go back in history to interview? Why?
- What kind of things do you tend to worry about or get anxious about?
- How do you feel when another person notices a quality or attribute about you?
- Who are your role models and why?
- Do you think people live in poverty because of their own decisions or because of uncontrollable circumstances that happen to them, or both?
- Is there a biblical character you identify with and why?
- Do you act differently in certain situations than others? Do you act differently at school than at church? Different at home than with your friends?
- How do you deal with pressure or stress?
- What are healthy ways to deal with stress/pressure?
- Do you have a pet peeve that makes you irrationally angry? Why gets under your skin?
- How would you describe good leadership? Would you call yourself a leader? Why or why not?
- Do you think the Bible is relevant to your life, why or why not?
- Why do you think we have so much anger in our society?
- Do you feel pressured to be someone that you’re not? Explain.
- Why do you think some people bully or attack others? What is their motivation?
- What is your biggest fear? From where do you think most people draw their self-esteem? What gives them identity?
- If you’re feeling down, what cheers you up?
- Do you think you’re a patient person? Why or why not?
- How does it feel to not have what you want when you want it?
- Is it easy for you to work towards a goal, or do you get frustrated and quit quickly?
- Have you ever set a long-term goal for yourself to work toward? What was that experience like? (Examples, improving in sports, music, hobby/activity, academics)
- Do you set realistic expectations for yourself? Explain.
- What qualities make someone a good friend?
- If you were standing before God and He asked you, “Why should I let you into heaven?” What would you say?
- Who would you die for?
- Do you consider yourself a good friend? Explain.
- Do you sometimes think you’re capable of doing more than you are?
- What’s it like to get in over your head in a situation and not be able to solve it yourself?
- What is the one thing that motivates you the most everyday?
- What is something that demotivates you, or zaps all of your energy to make progress?
- If you had a terminal illness and only had six months to live, how would you spend your time?
- Do you think Christians are easily recognizable to others? Why or why not? Should they be?
- If you could change one thing in the world for good, what would it be?
- Do you think you’re the same person in your social media that you are in person? What is different?
- Why do you think people go to church, or should go to church?
- What kind of things do you willingly post about yourself on social media?
- What is something you wouldn’t post about yourself on social media?
- Have you ever thought about what God’s calling is in your life?
- What does it mean/look like to have healthy relationships in your life?
- Can you think of any biblical examples of healthy relationships and what can they teach us?
- What makes relationships hard?
- Do you find yourself giving up on relationships or people when things get difficult?
- When a relationship has an issue—what techniques or problem solving strategies do you like to use? (Example, having an intentional conversation about the issue, writing a letter, bringing in a mediator, etc)
- Do you feel you are good at conflict resolution? Explain.
- What’s the most important element of a good relationship to you and WHY?
- Do you find yourself to be confrontational or more passive when conflict arises?
- What does the Bible mean to you?
- Have you ever lost someone, either through death or a broken relationship that was important to you and you’ll never get to talk to them again? What has that experience been like for you?
- How do you feel when someone tries to get you to do something you don’t want to do?
- Why do you think some people brag or exaggerate about themselves? What do you think they’re hoping to accomplish?
- Why do you think people talk badly about other people sometime? Why put someone else down?
- Which best describes you during conflict among friends and family—a peacemaker, a fighter, a defender, an instigator, or a hider? Is there another way you’d describe yourself?
- Among groups of friends, are you the person who comes up with ideas about what to do, the person who goes along with what everyone else is doing, or a combination of the two?
- Have you ever held a grudge against someone? What was that experience like for you?
- Why do you think some people give up on life?
- Are there certain people you don’t like following on social media? Why?
- How often do you read the Bible?
- What do you think when you hear someone making fun of a group of people different than them?
- How does someone follow Jesus? What does it look like?
- What confuses you about prayer?
- What is social justice to you, and do you think it is important?
- What does equality mean to you?
- What could you do, as a young person, to help improve the life quality of someone in need (Go-Fund Me, Kickstarter, could lead into mission ideas).
- How often do you help others? How?
- Have you ever taken part in mission or served others? What was the experience like?
- How would you like to be remembered? (Your legacy)
- How do you show Jesus to people who are different than you? What are actual examples from your life?
- Do you find most of your friends are similar to you or different?
- What is a good way to get to know someone different than you? Think situations or conversation topics.
- If you could take away someone’s pain, whose would it be?