Summit Student Ministries

 Matthew 6:6 talks about going into your room and shutting the door to pray to your Father who is in secret. Christianity has created the term the "secret place" to refer to this room that Jesus talks about in Matthew 6.  Countless times in scripture it talks about Jesus retreating to a secret area to pray. It mentions in scripture that Jesus would pray early in the morning and would go away to the mountainside so that he could be alone. This would be a great example of Jesus going into the secret place.  Matthew 14:23 Mark 6:46 Luke 6:12 Mark 1:35 Luke 5:16 We are called to constantly strive to be like Jesus, and thankfully we don't have to attempt to be like Jesus without any help. Jesus is actually going to help us become more like Him in every way, if we ask him too. The secret place does not have to be a location necessarily, but if you are new to praying and entering into communion and fellowship with Jesus on your own, I highly suggest creating a place that is dedi

Spiritual Disciplines require dedication and commitment and that you show up.  Reading the Bible is as easy as it sounds, but the only way that you will have a closer relationship with God is by actually reading the Bible. There is no way to get better at reading the Bible than to decide to actually do it.  Reading the Bible is not the same thing as reading a text book, or a book for leisure. The Bible is the only book in history that is alive. Here are some verses in Scripture that describe the Bible itself. 1 Peter 1:25 Enduring forever Ephesians 6:17 Sword of the Spirit - aka the Word of God Hebrews 4:12 Sharper than any double-edged sword John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God. John 5:39  John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth, your word is truth. Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so that they could understand the Scripture (this show me that people can read the Bible and get it wrong because they have closed minds) Matthew 4:4 Man shall not live on bread al

Prayer of Worship Hebrews 13:15, Revelation 4:11 Prayer of Thanksgiving Psalm 100:4. Prayer of Faith James 5:13-16 Prayer of Intercession Daniel 9:1-27 (just read verses 17-19), Romans 8:34 Corporate Prayer Acts 12:5-18 Prayer of Consecration Matthew 26:26-27 Prayer of the Holy Spirit Romans 8:26-27 The long and short of prayer is to remember that not only is Jesus interceding for you, but also the Spirit of God is also praying for you. Prayer is open communication with the Father and there are so many different types of prayer for different occasions.

  What is it? Prayer is : talking to God about anything, communicating a specific idea, requesting something (advice, help, guidance, a miracle, a need, an answer to a question), telling God who He is to you, speaking out loud qualities of God, expressing gratitude towards God, any form of communication to God is prayer. How do we do it? Mark 1:35 Matthew 6:5-13 You can pray alone, with other people, quietly, loudly, etc. You can be angry when you pray, you can be sad when you pray. You can be hurt when you pray. Just open your mouth and let your emotions and words flow.  Why do we do it? We pray because things actually happen when we pray. Things happen to us and things happen around us. We pray because God hears us and acts for us. We do it because Jesus did it, and we are trying to be like Jesus. If the only perfect human to walk to the earth JESUS needed to pray, we need to do it. James 5:16 Tells us that our prayers are powerful. It also tells us that we get healed when we pray. W