Study Group: Commitment and Prayer

Last Sunday, the Girls in New Life (My youth group) started a new Bible Study. One with Commitment and Prayer. We will be meeting twice every month for three months. It's hard enough to stay committed to coming to church twice a week-moreover staying after church on Sundays. But I'm sure that when we spend this time with God, the relationship, the bond will grow tremendously.

At our first meeting we wrote down our prayer requests for this study. I would like to share them in public-also hoping that it is not only us girls who are participating in getting to know God, but also everyone around us. From Dare 2 Share (D2S) this year, I've learned how hard it was to share the Gospel with others who may not especially like listening to you. Much prayer is needed within that area. I've already seen people live the cause out. It makes me proud to see that we haven't stopped here just yet. That D2S wasn't JUST a spiritual high, but an ongoing life-time story that will help others also.

Many of you know that I'm homeschooled. I often ask myself how I can spread the word to others. But now I realize: Maybe I'm the background of everything. Maybe I'm the one who should be praying for those surrounding me and for those who are sharing. I went to school today and joined my prayer group. I have a lunch time of 40 minutes every Thursday. Some of the students there have formed a prayer group. We meet together at lunch and eat together. We go through our prayer requests, and pray together before heading to class again. I haven't actually joined the group consistently-esp. this year since I get there after lunch. But going there today made me realize how awesome it is to have a group of friends around you to pray for you. It was when a mother walked by us and said, "So you guys get together every week and pray together?" when I realized that by doing this, others can see. They can see that we're committed to living out the Gospel. I'm so glad that I have these friends in my life to lead me on. For helping me get back on the right track.

Anyways, this is my prayer list for this study group. May I ask that you guys pray for us too? Actually, not just us...but everyone around us. :] You're in this too, so why not live the cause together while we're at it?

Prayer Request:

-To be able to view God in a deeper level:

-To develop an intimate relationship with him: I've been a Christian "all my life" now and I still don't feel like I totally know what an intimate relationship with him is or just..feels like.

-Develop a stronger bond with him: like our book said. Demolish the strongholds that let you see God, but only from a distance.

-Develop a daily Bible reading habit: I keep saying this to myself over and over again, but it has actually almost never happened. It feels so redundant to say this once again, but....I'm going to try to change it once and for all. :]

-Treat Him like my first love: Just because He truly IS my first love, and I should never forget that.

This list could seriously go on forever and ever. But I think my ultimate prayer request for this journey with you girls is that we all learn the most out of it. Julie or maybe it was Kay Kay. But one of them said: "We'll only learn however much time we put in it." Meaning, if you put in 20 minutes per week, you won't get much out of this study, but if you put 20 minutes per day, you'll get soo much more out of it--and let me tell you now, it's such a great blessing to have so much information just put out to you like that with friends to help you go through it.