{"id":31861,"date":"2018-06-14T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/four-faith-skills\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:11:13","slug":"four-faith-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/four-faith-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Faith Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you know if your students are actually growing in their faith?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you as the Youth Pastor, Sunday School Teacher, or Small Group Leader help students grow in their relationship with God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it just about what you teach them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or is there more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How do we help students make their faith their own?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we do know is there is a difference between\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Knowing <em>about <\/em>someone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meeting them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting to know them better over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And just like with people, getting to know God is different than just knowing <em>about <\/em>Him or having a single experience <em>with <\/em>Him. Getting to know Him, like anyone else, takes intentionality, effort and time spent together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-four-simple-faith-skills-every-teenager-needs-to-develop\">Four Simple Faith Skills Every Teenager Needs to Develop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While it doesn\u2019t happen in a moment, we think there are four specific skills we can help our students develop in order for them to know God better and build an authentic faith of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hear:<\/strong> Hearing from God through His Word, His creation and His people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pray:<\/strong> Talking to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> Talking about faith with friends and mentors <em>and<\/em> hearing <em>them <\/em>talk about their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Live:<\/strong> Learning to worship by living life in a way that honors God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/free-daily-devotionals-for-youth-ministry\/\">XP3 youth ministry curriculum<\/a> is designed to help students exercise these faith skills so that they can grow stronger and deeper in their faith. 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