{"id":11097,"date":"2020-02-11T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=prayerline&#038;p=11097"},"modified":"2020-02-12T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:29:12","slug":"helping-students-love-the-bible-in-a-world-of-distractions","status":"publish","type":"prayerline","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/helping-students-love-the-bible-in-a-world-of-distractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping students love the Bible in a world of distractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa was the student who stood out. Eu Pui had been involved in FES Malaysia student ministry for 16 years, but Melissa stuck in her mind. Melissa prepared Bible studies thoroughly for the group she led. She thought about the timing. She thought about the audience. And what\u2019s more, Melissa wanted the Bible to influence her life, the way she interacted at church and her decisions at work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eu Pui longs to see more students in Malaysia like Melissa, committed to engaging deeply with Scripture. But with students\u2019 increasingly busy schedules and social media distractions, it\u2019s getting harder to help them love the Word. They lose concentration. They just want sound bites. They\u2019d rather watch a YouTube video than open the Bible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are just some of the challenges of student ministry today in Malaysia and in the rest of East Asia \u2013 and indeed, across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent IFES Scripture Engagement gathering brought together the Scripture Engagement global team, regional and national movement staff from almost every IFES region, including Eu Pui from East Asia. A network of regional champions for Scripture Engagement was formed. The group spent time talking together about how they can best help their students engage deeply with the Bible, in different contexts. This network will continue to be a space for encouragement and learning across the regions over the coming years, which, God-willing, will filter out across every national movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thank God for the conversations staff had at the Scripture Engagement gathering, sharing ideas and best practices. Pray that Eu Pui and the others would know how to take it forward in their own regions and movements.<\/li><li>Pray that Eu Pui and other FES Malaysia staff would continue to find joy in the Word as they spend time meeting students and preparing studies, talks and training.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/strengthen\">Find out more about how IFES is strengthening national movements.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":11128,"template":"","area":[455,500],"theme":[],"class_list":["post-11097","prayerline","type-prayerline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-east-asia","area-malaysia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Helping students love the Bible in a world of distractions &#183; IFES Prayerline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Melissa was the student who stood out. 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