We believe God has so much more for you in 2024.

Below you will find The Five Practices we are focusing on at The Summit Church in the next 12 months. Our challenge for you is to lean in with an expectant heart to what God might want to teach you, show you, grow in you, do through you and bless you.

 

Praying

Pray this: Give me a heart to grow in prayer, O Lord. Remind my heart that nothing will satisfy like resting in your presence. God, help me develop a regular practice of prayer! I want to pray more often, I want to hear from You. Give me the discipline to become a person of prayer, starting now. Amen.

Pray this: Father, in both seasons of great joy and great frustration, remind me that growth is often slow and unseen. Give me the patience necessary for obedience. Point out areas in my life where I need to grow. Where there is the opportunity for growth, give me the strength to move ahead, knowing you are with me in each moment. Amen.

Growing

Giving

Pray this: God, I have seen your faithfulness in my life. In response to Your goodness and faithfulness help me to live with open hands. I am letting go of control and leaning into radically trusting you, Lord. As I grow in trust, I know it will challenge me to grow in generosity. When opportunities arise, give me the faith to live in trust, knowing that what is given for Your Kingdom has eternal value. Amen.

Serving

Pray this: Spirit of God, help me to be present with all who need me. Would you point out giftings of mine I could use to serve You? I want to use my time and talents to meet the needs of others. Give me patience when it’s inconvenient, and stir up joy in me to serve those who You love. More than anything else, let my service reflect your love for those I’m serving. Amen.

Pray this: God, thank you for adopting me into Your family, for the grace that has gone before me, for saving me. You call us to follow your example of reaching out and inviting others into Your story of salvation. Provide me with opportunities to do that. Open my eyes to recognize those moments when my invitations might be well-received. May my invitations be a faithful echo of Your own. Amen.

Inviting

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Ephesians 3:16-20 NLT