If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.--David Livingstone
The road in youth ministry says that 8 of 10 of you will walk away from church by the end of your first year of college. Let's blaze a new road that is at least 8 of 10 of y'all will stay and lead in the church. I'm tired of the old road. I don't know what it will take to get there but I know what has always been done in youth ministry is not working. I need y'alls help. I cannot do this alone. If we don't ce together for this purpose we will fail. We have got to be unified and show love and grace to one another. We must live out Hebrews 10:23-25.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
If we want to do anything that matter in the scope of eternity we have to do this together. God meant us to do life together and that is why we are the church not the building. I am praying y'all will join me in blazing this new road. I love y'all and i Am praying for big things. We can't do it on our own only through God but the potential in each oe of you is enormous. I'm ready to change the world.
Privilege (repost)
I posted this before but I after watching it again it really has made me think. If Christians would nite together and realize what a privilege it is to be a part of God's plan we really would change the world. Christianity was never meant to be a list of do's and don'ts. It is a privilege because of God's grace and mercy that He even allows us to be a part of His plan. Take some time and watch this video. Then think about our attitude about God. Do. We have an entitlement attitude or a privilege attitude? One will lead to apathy and arrogance while the other leads to humbleness and miracles.
Leadership Homework
How do you see God working in our youth ministry?
What are we doing well asa youth ministry?
Dreams and visions: repost
2 Chronicles 26:4-5 “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,1 Corinthians 2:9
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
I am the Minister to Students and the Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church in Inverness, FL. I am married, and my wife's name is Denise, and we have two daughters; Destiny and Savannah. I graduated from The Baptist College of Florida in 2002, and I graduated from Midwestern in May 2008. The most important thing in my life is God, then family, and then my church. My life's purpose to help students move from a mediocre existence in Christ to living a life of excellence in Him.
Although Scott is on staff at First Baptist Church, the opinions expressed on this site are his own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of FBC or its staff.
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