In my first “real” podcast episode I talk about my challenge to read the entire New Testament in November (#ntvember).
I give you the reason why I did it, what I learned throughout the month about spending time in the Word of God, how I felt at times, and some tips for consistently reading the Bible.
I hope it helps you since many of you will be making “resolutions” that include some kind of Bible reading for 2019.
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Today in our staff meeting, one of the things we talked about was understanding the end game of why we do some of the things that we do. The context was actually children’s ministry more than student ministry, but it applies to the daily activities of pretty much each and every one of us as we move through life in various roles.
One of the questions that was discussed was, “What does your ‘do’ do?”
It’s a funny question at first, but it really allows you to think of your activities (even the mundane ones) as part of the larger whole. It is important to think through what your activity means in the Kingdom of God.
We had a Friendsgiving at our house on Friday before Thanksgiving, and I was thinking a little about what makes people good friends. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family.
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The Bible tells us to, “Be thankful in every circumstance,” but often we’re too busy being jealous of others or not content with what we have to be thankful.
Our culture doesn’t help us with this, as we are always competing with others and told to, “Be the best.” Often, being our best comes at the expense of others. We’re also told that we need the newest and best _______ (insert ANYTHING in there…clothes, phone, house, car, etc).
All of this causes us to be discontented with what we have, and, as a consequence, makes being thankful for our current state difficult.
Since it is Thanksgiving week (although if you go to any stores, you’d think it’s Christmas Eve), I talked to our students about being thankful last night.
Here are some tips I the Bible gives us to get us to the right place to be thankful.
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I had two meetings last Thursday, and in both of them, we were talking about how to move things forward in our ministry. One of our great desires is that the student ministry can become a movement…something that really makes a difference in our city.
That got me thinking about how we talk all the time about great movements and the way they change things. Something that came up in my meetings was that there is at least one thing that has to happen in order for a movement to take place.
