Francis Chan – Session One – Youth Minister’s Conclave, GA 2009
January 30, 2009Oh my goodness! This message tonight is what I call a SPANKER! He challenged us to BE and Make Disciples like Jesus. The thought that our churches are FAR from Jesus’ design was hard but true. He shared his struggles to be in ministry and not be running a Jesus, New Testament Church, but an American 21st century ministry. Far too long he felt not at peace with his Bible readings vs his experience at Church.
A great look at the parable of the sower! Oh my goodness. I can’t explain it.
All I can say is that it challenged me to get rid of the God-damned things in my life. I am NOT CURSING! I am saying there is MUCH waste and frivolity that need to be purged from my life. I cannot continue to live in a way that is full of waste and emptiness. How JD? HOW? Oh the wasted hours! The time slipped away by a good television plot. A good movie. And I find myself wasting my time. The food I eat – the money I spend. THe time I waste. God forgive me!
I am not cursing anybodies life, but my own. I am not talking to anybody else but me. The conviction and power of tonight’s message is too deep for me to explain here.
God help me to follow YOU with all my heart and soul and mind…
I understand what happened to you a little bit. I am like a time cop and I feel like I must be busy doing something all of the time. I am extremely hard on myself and then I have fallen into the trap of thinking that everyone is waisting time, so don’t swing too far over on the other side. You may actually drive yourself crazy, not to mention your friends. It is your “chilled, and relaxed” self that I love about you. I needed to experience a little laid back. Balance is the key here. As long as priorites are in the right place then I don’t see how time can be waisted. I have also read many blogs lately about this very subject. It’s interesting. Getting a fire lit under you butt is cool huh? Sometimes a little bit hard to take too.
You wouldn’t appreciate the time that you have now infront of you if you didn’t experience what it means to actually waste some of it. God works in mysterious ways.