#Bible study on prayer teenagers free
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#Bible study on prayer teenagers for free
Spiritual disciplines can only be a means to growing closer to God. No spiritual discipline in itself is enough to compel us to commit to it. This is true with prayer, and this is true with all spiritual disciplines. But if I'm motivated by a desire to be closer to God, to be one with Christ, to draw near to the one whom I'm called to follow, then I will make room for this in my daily life. I've come to discover in my own life that if my actions are motivated by the idea of prayer strictly as a discipline, it's not enough to lead me to make changes in my life. If we don't value prayer, we won't make time for it. As I've said and written before, we won't make time for the things that aren't important to us. Why aren't teenagers more committed to consistently making time to talk and listen to God? Why aren't we, their parents and leaders?Īnd yet, I know the reason. And as much as we hate to admit it, our teenagers (and maybe many of us) simply don't value deep, focused times of prayer enough to carve room for it in their schedules. And for that to happen the idea of focused conversation with God has to be valued. This type of environment has to be planned for. In the fast-paced life of our teenagers, they won't often stumble upon quiet time by themselves. These two things have to be accounted for. In fact, finding these two things is impossible. I don't know about you, but these are two things that are very very difficult for our teenagers (and me) to find.
In a study I wrote for ym360's Disciple Now curriculum, called The Pause, we define this type of prayer as prayer that requires two things: silence and solitude. Their busy lives dictate a pace of living that isn't compatible with deep, intimate conversation with God. There's a lot that gets in the way of this type of prayer for our students. And my experience is that it doesn't come easy for our students, either. If I'm transparent, this doesn't come easy to me. What I'm talking about is the deep, discipline-driven, time set aside for intimate conversation with God type of prayer. I'm not talking about the ongoing, during the course of a day, short burst prayers to God. How can it be hard? Prayer just is, right?
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