One of the great tragedies of the church today, which we don't even perceive, and which is a vital contributing factor to much quitting, sadness, and loneliness:
The withholding of encouragement, specific and sincere, one Christian to another.
How to be an *elite Christian influencer*—5 key steps:
1. Read the Bible to kids
2. Sing Psalms with kids
3. Pray with kids
4. Catechize kids
5. Answer kids’ questions
John Piper: “You glorify what you enjoy. If you really love something and delight in it and talk about it because it gives you such pleasure, you make much of it. And when God is our deepest pleasure, we display him as our highest treasure.”
Don't mistake humility with mediocrity. In all things - small or large, on stage or off stage, online of offline - do it with all your heart. Do it with beauty. Do it with excellence. Do it with integrity. Do it with joy and love. And be sure to give all the glory to Christ.
It’s strange how that is: everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to do the small thing that makes just one person feel loved. —@AnnVoskamp