deepening relationship with god pdyd presentation

“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