Youth groups & student ministries,
Remember that the purpose of every summer camp & mission trip is not for you to solely fall in love with the camp or trip, but to fall in love with the God who is over & in them.
Students, you may be back in school, but know that you're ALSO in the ripest mission field in America.
Be prepared to give an answer for the hope within you.
...but do so with gentleness and respect.
And if people don’t (eventually) ask about your hope..you’re doing it wrong.
“It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.” -Francis Chan
Fellow preachers, if the sermon we plan to preach tomorrow hasn’t already moved us, it surely won’t move anyone else. Bored pastors preach boring sermons.
Restaurants that have clean floors and bathrooms usually have good food and great service. Why? Because those who care more about the little things care more about everything.
One national hospital for over 40 million people. Babies around the room dying of malnutrition in cribs where their moms sleep on the floor underneath. Pray for God’s mercy, the church’s action, and Christ’s return.
Thousands upon thousands of children, many of them young children, living/eating/sleeping on the street with no one caring for them. Pray for God’s mercy, the church’s action, and Christ’s return.
Would you pause and pray for the Spirit’s leadership in a large gathering of pastors in the horn of Africa? We’re about to explore what God says in His Word about the traits of a church, the urgency of mission, and the destructive effects of the prosperity gospel.
Your struggles are no surprise to God. He is not taken off-guard by your fears, worries, mistakes and insecurities. He’s not waiting for some future version of you to show up. He delights in you, His child, right now. In fact, He gets the glory shining through our broken cracks.