"Be still and know I am God"
We need to let life happen to us more often, and stop trying ot make life happen for us
We wanna do so much for God
-But how about simply wanting and letting Him do something in us and to us
The ministry can get so productivity focused at times
We feel we must make things happen for God
We feel we must keep producing fruit
And this is ALL GOOD
Just like it is good to produce fruit as a Christian, the problem is when we get too wrapped up in producing fruit in and of ourselves. And forget that fruit is simply a by-product of what God is doing in us.
Stop and take time to let God do something in your life and ministry, slow down, if He is not working in you and speaking to you, your no good to those you lead or your ministry.
Plan more white space (empty space) in your calendar. Leave time for God to speak and do something in you.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Learning from the Unexpected
You ever learn from someone you think you have nothing to learn from?
It's humbling, but powerful.
It's humbling for my generation (18-30 year olds) especially.
Recently heard an elderly lady in the faith, a devoted follower of Jesus Pray
"Sometimes I just get happy all by myself when I think about your goodness Lord"
Sounds cheesy,but it was at a time when God spoke to me very specifically that day that I needed to learn and hear from those older in the faith then me.
Humbling for a young guy in ministry with all his idealogies and everything still.
But I think in general my generation needs to learn from those who have gone before us in the faith. While our approaches to church and how ministry is done are worlds apart. And while we have seen the mistakes of those who have gone before us in the church and we don't want to repeat them.
There is something that we can learn from the consistency of those in the Faith, who have been for years and still are following Jesus. Their consistency, dedication, persistence. I hope that can be me. So while that line in that prayer sounded very cheesy, there was a lot of power behind it.
someone who for years has followed Jesus and still can get happy just sitting there thinking about God's goodness to her. There is some power in that and i respect it.
It's humbling, but powerful.
It's humbling for my generation (18-30 year olds) especially.
Recently heard an elderly lady in the faith, a devoted follower of Jesus Pray
"Sometimes I just get happy all by myself when I think about your goodness Lord"
Sounds cheesy,but it was at a time when God spoke to me very specifically that day that I needed to learn and hear from those older in the faith then me.
Humbling for a young guy in ministry with all his idealogies and everything still.
But I think in general my generation needs to learn from those who have gone before us in the faith. While our approaches to church and how ministry is done are worlds apart. And while we have seen the mistakes of those who have gone before us in the church and we don't want to repeat them.
There is something that we can learn from the consistency of those in the Faith, who have been for years and still are following Jesus. Their consistency, dedication, persistence. I hope that can be me. So while that line in that prayer sounded very cheesy, there was a lot of power behind it.
someone who for years has followed Jesus and still can get happy just sitting there thinking about God's goodness to her. There is some power in that and i respect it.
In the News
Common Grounds Coffee House made the ChesnutHill Local Newspaper
http://chestnuthilllocal.com/blog/2011/01/21/also-serving-sweet-music-thanks-to-lemon-free-food-and-coffee-at-the-new-coffee-house-in-g’town/
Also made the Penn-Del District of the Assemblies of God paper.
www.penndel.org/connexions (page 8) Winter 2010-2011 edition
http://chestnuthilllocal.com/blog/2011/01/21/also-serving-sweet-music-thanks-to-lemon-free-food-and-coffee-at-the-new-coffee-house-in-g’town/
Also made the Penn-Del District of the Assemblies of God paper.
www.penndel.org/connexions (page 8) Winter 2010-2011 edition
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