Summit Student Ministries

What's the point of Christianity? Children Having Righteous Intimacy So That Intimacy And Newness Infiltrates Through You HISTORY/Bible Trivia What was the city where the followers of Christ were first called Christians? Prophetic/Vision: Burning ones on my college campus and people with snow on their heads. Light in a dark room. Take what you need poster. What it is NOT Be good / Feel good Religion Set of rules Boring Zombie/robot Jesus is not a drug to help you "get though the tough times" He WILL get you through the tough times, but not by some short, ecstatic High from some foreign substance. He will get you through the tough times through PERMANENT change and a brand new heart.  He will trade your brokenness for his wholeness.  He will trade your ashes for beauty. What it IS: Be God / Feel God Belonging to something bigger than you. Affecting every area, not just church/youth group. Following a person named Jesus What did

Why pray? God already knows what I'm thinking and feeling? God already knows what I need better than I do? Purposely Reaching Asking Yielding. Petition Repent Asking You What's the point of praying? Creating connection to God. Changing your heart. It is not for God, it is for you! How to pray? There's no formula. Literally, praying is just like talking. Analogy of talking to a close friend. Legal things that count as prayer: Thanking, Asking, repenting, complaining, venting, yelling, praising, shouting, sitting silently, singing, reading the Bible out loud,  Yielding? Stopping your plans. Following God's plan. Trusting that God knows what He's doing and that he has the BEST for you. Examples in the Bible Jeremiah 13 Psalm 119 Psalm 141 John 17 Revelation 8:3-5 Revelation 5:8 SONGS regarding prayer: Like Incense - Hillsong