FBCJ SOLID Youth

Click here for a video skit introducing the rule first! While you're there, download a study sheet. The rule that destroys the "that's just your interpretation" argument. Let the Bible interpret itself by comparing spiritual things with spiritual (1 Cor. 2:13).

Before you listen, click here to download the study sheet and try your hand at our examples. Pay attention to every word and ask yourself "what is God trying to show me through this"?

What does it look like to pray boldly? Even more so, what does it look like to be put into a situation where you have no other option but to trust God to do the impossible? Doesn't your heart bleed to want to be in a battle like that with the Lord? Elijah's was...

The Spirit was stirring on this one. Are we as a nation in the midst of revival? What does the Bible say? You better pay attention to every individual word especially in the so-called "boring" verses that we so easily skip over in our reading.

What is your heart reaction when trials come in your lives? Okay, now that you know how you should answer, ask how you genuinely react when trials come your way, and then tune in to hear how Paul and Silas responded. If we're only thankful when things go our way, we're missing the point of unconditional gratitude.

The core rule that highlights the questions "What does the Bible say?", "What is God teaching?", and "How does this apply to my life right now?". Plus, we FINALLY get to apply all 4 rules to Hebrews 6:4-6.

The first 3 weeks focused on why and how to pray. Now we shift gears to look at examples of prayer in scripture. The defining trait for our 3 examples is simply earnestness. This will help us fight praying as a routine.

If God operated differently in the Old Testament than he did in the New Testament, is it not possible that there's more than one way he operated differently throughout the Bible? Download the study sheet in the link above and challenge yourself on some passages of scripture wrongly dissected by Christians today.

Not all of the Bible is about you, Monica! (apologies to anyone named Monica) But seriously, you need to know who the intended audience is for any given passage, and it's not always the church. The students tried their hand at figuring out Acts 2:4 & Matthew 24:13...you should too!

We finish out our template on prayer by walking through the rest of the tabernacle. The question now remains - are you prepared to see prayer as more about God than it is your "list of demands"?