Tonight is the 3rd night of our series, "Taking Responsibility For Your Life" and light bulbs beginning to flicker inside the minds of our students. Tonight's focus is on prayer. If you're a Christian, you have a responsibility to pray.
Many of our students struggle with prayer. They feel like they are talking to themselves or a wall. Daydreaming and loss of focus is another common experience they face. They also ask the question, "If God knows everything, including my thoughts, then why do I have to pray"? My favorite response is a simple one. We pray because Jesus prayed.
While I struggle with prayer in some of the same ways our students do in prayer I have been able to grow largely because of two great books. Bill Hybels book, Too Busy Not To Pray, and Philip Yancey's book, Prayer: Does it make any difference? I simply want to pass these to books off to you and hope they will help you with prayer and connecting with God.
My prayer is that our youth group will be one that takes responsibility for their lives and prays boldly!
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