with a shortage of Youth & College Pastors - if you have a good one, do everything you can to keep them.
and, here are some practical ways:
1. value their family
2. treat them like a pastor, not a babysitter
3. pay them like an adult, not a teen
4. protect them from the wolves
"Youth pastors should include gospel-centered, biblical help for mental health issues within their discipleship process. Because there's a lot of unhelpful mental health self-diagnosis taking place among youth right now. " @shane_pruitt78 via @ubahouston https://t.co/3AnjUsxNDt
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God has willed his truth to triumph through us.” -Martin Luther #HeReadsTruth#QuoteOfTheDay#Truth@HeReadsTruth
What’s your battle? “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:15) @HeReadsTruth#WordOfTheDay#YesAndAmen#DoNotFear
"God’s purpose in history—ancient, modern, or eschatological—is that when God brings catastrophic endings it is to prepare the way for unimaginable new beginnings” -Wright, Message of Jeremiah.
Given the joy in this video, it might be surprising to learn that the journey to "Gotcha Day" was filled with many highs and lows that left these parents exhausted and confused.
Read what God taught them early on in the process: https://t.co/pAgi1DoHJs
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When I am weak, I have a chance to see His strength! “But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
“The race is not for sprinters who flame out after 100, 200, or 400 meters. It is for faithful plodders—people like you and me. Fast or slow, strong or weak, we must all persevere.” -The Key to True Grit https://t.co/OvdRnUk6AC