Student finds joy in leading a Bible study group

As a student at Indiana University, I have been involved with St. Paul’s Catholic Center for my three years here. This year, I enjoy the great privilege of being a Bible Study leader.

I lead a Bible Study because I love being a disciple for Jesus, which involves bringing His love, peace, and joy to my fellow college students. Bible Study has significantly improved my spiritual formation over the past year, providing me with the opportunity to learn spiritual material and formulate it into a teaching plan for my Bible Study attendants.

I currently have three fellow students in my Bible Study group. Having a smaller group of people allows me to get to know these men in a much more personal way, building an individual friendship with each of them, with our faith at its foundation.

I approach my Bible Study by praying and inviting the Holy Spirit into my planning and leading. I submit to the Father and His will so that it is no longer I who am imparting the words of Jesus onto my brothers in my bible study, but Jesus Himself. This is what helps me to grow my brothers’ faith above all. Letting Him work through me as His instrument to form them allows their love for Christ to grow each week. I have improved my knowledge of the faith significantly since becoming a Bible Study leader and have built up solid friendships with my group. One of them has even joined me on the long journey of Exodus 90, a 90-day program based on prayer, asceticism, and fraternity.

I am very much looking forward to what God has in store for my Bible Study group in the coming year!