How do you connect with God?

This past week we spent time looking at a variety of practical ways in which we can spend time with God. The verses that we kicked off from were:
Romans 12:1-2 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
And
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
After reading these verses and realizing all the things that influence our lives we understood that in order for us to be found acceptable and to love God the way we should, we must be connected to Him. We practiced a couple of exercises (some which are awkward for us, we don’t like stillness.)
1. Be quiet and listen to a worship song. Allow God to speak to you through the words of the song. Try it with this song from Gungor – “Beautiful Things”
2. Read your favorite verse and sit still and meditate for 2 minutes on the verse.
3. Take 10 minutes and pray.
a. 1 minute to thank God for what He has given us
b. 2 minutes and confess any sin in your life
c. 3 minutes ask God for your needs
d. 2 minutes bring request before God for others
e. 1 minute surrender to God and His will for us.
4. Read a Psalm. Draw a picture, write in your own words, or write a poem about what you see as you read the Psalm. Use your creativity.
You could talk to your teens this week about your favorite way to connect with God or what you do on a daily basis to allow God to influence your life.