You THINK you get it but do you really?
(Continuation of Youth Pastor Challenge week)
This is something I can chew on for a while.
"Sin ALWAYS takes you farther than you want to go, Sin ALWAYS keeps you longer than you want to stay and Sin ALWAYS costs you more than you want to pay" -Mark Beeson in our weekend service on Mother's Day weekend.
Two things about this thought:
- This is one of those things, you THINK you understand but if that's the case why is that we find ourselves struggling with the same patterns of sin in our lives over and over again?
- This rolls off the tongue nicely but that never produced life change in anyone has it? What if we let amazing quotes/thoughts/sermons like this CHANGE US!
Question #2: As a youth pastor who is constantly looking for ways to translate/communicate God's word to students, have I failed to daily let the Words of Christ deeply affect me.
If we fail to be affected by the Word when we hear it, what would make us think our students will live any different?
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I'm loving this week and your posts! Thanks!
There is a key element to this post and your previous one… We can't just teach others what the Bible says. WE have to live it too!
It's the simple statements and simple truths of the Bible that can be the most difficult to apply. Just check out the book of James, the Sermon on the Mount, or Philippians 2.14! Whoa. Power punches there…
So True Jenni!!!
James is my favorite book of the Bible! So 'simple' yet so 'focussed'.