Archive for the ‘prayer’ Category
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Youth ministry is definitely in the action and adventure genre, especially during school breaks and vacations. There is a need (or is it a temptation?) to pack those times where students are available full of activities. I understand; I've done it too. I wonder, though, if the whirlwind schedule of ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Submitted by Brit Windel I don’t know if you struggle like I do in ministry with being able to say NO! I was speaking to a friend from back home just the other day and he was upset because he had to turn down a Discipleship Now opportunity that ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
You know the preaching adage "more is caught than taught"? Of course you do, and you know that the truth in it is that our own children and our students won't take on a practice they don't see us living.
Go get caught! Get caught by your students studying the Word ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
There are a million reasons why student ministers burn out, we could go on and on listing them. But at the very root of the phenomenon is chronic malnutrition - of the soul.
It creeps up on us. We are insanely busy, our lives filled with the urgent and ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Surround your ministry with prayer! As the "season" starts to roll, recruit a number of intercessors to pray for the various aspects of the ministry you lead. A team to pray for you during the week as you plan and prepare, a team to pray during your large ...
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