Amazing People

We come in contact with many people in our lives. In the mix of all those you interact with there is a group that will change you. They are the one who stick beside you and encourage you to be the man/woman of God you were created to be. Who are your 'Amazing People'?

You have to look for this group. They normally will not find them, you have to find them. You find them not by looking just for these people but by loving people and it will all fall into place.

Be who you were created to be but not alone. Find your Amazing People and be built up in community and be who you were created to be.

Mundane or Miraculous

Our lives are one these two, Mundane or Miraculous. What determines this are the choices we make and the risks we take.

Live a little, get out of your comfort zones and become the man or woman of God you were created to be. This will invoke doing things you've never done. If you are not who you were created to be you must do things you've never done.

Focus on God, Not Problems

We all have problems and situations that we have to deal and put up with. But the moment we let God take hold of them He can transform them into something that will give Him glory.

Like King Saul in 1 Samuel 19 he went after David in Ramah and when he got there the Spirit of God hit him and Saul began prophesying; like the servants he sent before after David.

Don't let your problems hold you back from the God-purpose on your life. Let God get ahold of them and the situation change.

Visionary Perspective

How do you see the world? The answer to this question will determine how you live in it. We must keep our eyes fixed on the One who made the world because He knows what to do and how to live.

Our vision must be determined by the God-given destiny that we have. If we go around just living for the sake of living the world will never know Christ. We must follow Christ wholly and never let our gaze leave Him, least we sink as Peter did while walking on the ocean.

Keep you eyes on Christ and follow Him. He will never leave you nor forsake you.

True Leadership

The Cost of Greatness

Being a youth pastor is an amazing opportunity that God has given me, but it doesn't come without battles.  These last few months have been amazing and I can't wait to see what happens next.  We have a lot going on in Reaction Student Ministries and that's Praise to God.  Every minister will have blogs like this telling of all the great things that are taking place in their ministries, but I'm here to say what the cost of greatness is.  

All greatness comes at a cost.  Every area of my life has been hit since I've been a youth pastor (marriage, college, work, me, etc.).  The pain however is worth watching God transform teenagers into the men and women of God they were created to be.  I have learned over the last six months how important time management is and how true the following statement is: "the higher you go in leadership the less rights you have."  

My advice to anyone in ministry is this: "ministry will always be there but the loved ones God placed in your life will not."  Put God first, family second, and let everything else fall into third.  If your life is not in this set up, you are setting yourself up for failure.  

Watching God transform lives is a GREAT thing, but like all great things it comes with a big price tag.  Are you ready to pay the price?

What I've Learned

I have learned a lot over the last few months as the youth pastor of Celebration Outreach Center.  I  learned that teens really like to go to weapon stores in TN, and even more when you tell them not to go into them.  I have also learned that everyone is an amazing, wonderful, loving, best at everything.....to their parents.  I love being a youth pastor, because at the end of the day I get to remember those teens I have now a few months back and see how God has transformed them into who they are today.  That's what its all about.  Its not about numbers.  Its not about the cool events.   Its not even about our Wednesday night services.  Its all about the students and empowering them to change their world, and become world changers.  At the end of the day if that is not what Reaction Student Ministries has done, then we have failed.