deepening relationship with god pdyd presentation
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Slides used at PDYD 2 (Catholic Church, Malaysia) session titled: Getting Down with God- deepening Relationship with GodTRANSCRIPT
“deepening our relationship with God”
GETTING DOWN WITH GOD
The worlds greatest
CHRIST IN
YOUGalatians 1:27
CHRIST IN
YOU
2 Corinthians 13:5
“Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that
Jesus Christ is in you?...”
EXPLORING
CHRIST
GROWING IN
CHRIST
CLOSE TO
CHRIST
CHRIST
CENTERED
CREATE A SPIRITUAL CONTINUUM
“I believe in God. I know about Jesus, but I do not have a personal relationship with him. My faith is not a significant part of my life”
“I believe in Jesus and I am working on what it means to get to know him. I am interested in knowing him more. I’m attracted to the sacraments”
“I am getting close to Christ. I take His word seriously and depend on Him daily for guidance. I take the sacraments seriously”
”my relationship with Christ is the most important thing for me in life. It guides me in all that I think and do. ”
“yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me...” Gal. 2:20
MEETING CHRIST
(DATING HIM)
FALLING IN LOVE WITH CHRIST
(GOING STEADY)
COMMITTED TO CHRIST(CHRIST IN
ME)
DEEPENING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY SPIRITUALLY GROWING IN CHRIST
MEETING
SOCIAL DATING
RELATIONSHIPS START WITH MEETING AND DATING
Luke 19:1-6Jesus and Zacchaeus
MEET
Luke 19:5-6
Jesus has a DATE with Zacchaeus
THE EUCHARIST IS COMMUNION WITH CHRIST
CHRIST TRULY IN YOU!
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD THROUGH DEVOTIONS
READ ANY ONE OF THE GOSPELS
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.
That’s where Jesus tells his story while
dating you
Falling In Love With Christ
LOVERS SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER
Intimate moments with God in Prayer
FREQUENT HOLY COMMUNION
Discovering God’s Mysteries through the Church-His Body
Ephesians 3:8-10
“…so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be
made known through the church…”
COMMITTED TO CHRIST
EXPLORING
CHRIST
GROWING IN
CHRIST
CLOSE TO
CHRIST
CHRIST
CENTERED
CREATE A SPIRITUAL CONTINUUM
“I believe in God. I know about Jesus, but I do not have a personal relationship with him. My faith is not a significant part of my life”
“I believe in Jesus and I am working on what it means to get to know him. I am interested in knowing him more. I’m attracted to the sacraments”
“I am getting close to Christ. I take His word seriously and depend on Him daily for guidance. I take the sacraments seriously”
”my relationship with Christ is the most important thing for me in life. It guides me in all that I think and do. ”
“yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me...” Gal. 2:20
SURRENDERING TO GOD
Job 42:5-6
By hearsay I had heard of you,
but now my eye has seen you.
Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in
dust and ashes.
The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace. To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime. – Pope Benedict XVI.
PORTA FIDEI
LOVE & SERVICE
Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope. (Pope Benedict XVI – Message for WYD 2011)
YOU ARE TO SHOW THE WORLD WHO GOD IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE…
CHRIST IN YOU
“yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me...” Gal. 2:20
EXPLORING
CHRIST
GROWING IN
CHRIST
CLOSE TO
CHRIST
CHRIST
CENTERED
CREATE A SPIRITUAL CONTINUUM
“I believe in God. I know about Jesus, but I do not have a personal relationship with him. My faith is not a significant part of my life”
“I believe in Jesus and I am working on what it means to get to know him. I am interested in knowing him more. I’m attracted to the sacraments”
“I am getting close to Christ. I take His word seriously and depend on Him daily for guidance. I take the sacraments seriously”
”my relationship with Christ is the most important thing for me in life. It guides me in all that I think and do. ”
“yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me...” Gal. 2:20