Biggie Size Your Grace in the Pursuit of Holiness
Grace is the source for all life lived in the kingdom of the Son of God, and it is marked by righteousness, peace, and joy instead of me and my load of stuff.
Grace is the source for all life lived in the kingdom of the Son of God, and it is marked by righteousness, peace, and joy instead of me and my load of stuff.
Your child’s life is a part of a grander story that points in some mysterious way to the day when every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
What we as adults often fail to recognize is how the very teaching we believe is necessary for shaping “good” kids actually drives them away from Jesus.
All ministers would tell you that loneliness is a part of their story, yet I think youth ministry holds a unique place on the perpetual loneliness shelf.
Our children need to know that the goodness of God is not defined as his giving us what we want.
What God provides for us in our ministries is what we need and what our youth need. He can be trusted with our faith.
Seek not what you can’t control, but seek after the peace that comes in relenting to the God who created our children and loves them abundantly more than we do.
Youth ministry is not just about pointing adolescents to the cross and helping them plan for eternity. Youth ministry is an opportunity to help them experience Jesus’ kingdom today.
if I’m being honest, I prefer to retreat to the suburbia of my own heart, to not face the pain in the world, the pain in the lives of others, or the pain of my own story.