So for Spring Break 2010, I went to Port St. Joe, FL with the college ministry that I am apart of. I had the opportunity to lead a few different things on this trip. Worship, A community outreach group, and the small group bible study sessions for a few nights.
Community Outreach
-Community outreach, it was just that. Shocking, I know. So we were broken up in several groups that went out and just listened into peoples lives. Listened to their stories. Fact: Everyone has a story. And I'm pretty, just about everyone wants to tell their story. Regardless if you are a Christian or not, people want to tell where they have come from, where they are, and where they are going, to some degree. Right? I mean, we all yearn for significance in this world, right? So we listened.
-The other third of what we were doing, was speaking into peoples lives. Telling them of the Truth that has set us free. Telling them of the Hope we anticipate and live for. Telling them the gospel. I found that the Gospel does not have to be amped up into deep rooted theology and amazing eschatology, but rather, the gospel is Jesus. HIS intervention, into my life. HIS hand transforming me from where I was, to where I am, to where I'll be. Some people call that a testimony.
-The last third was, we prayed. We prayed for the lost. We prayed for the Christians. We prayed for the luke-warm. We prayed for the broken. We prayed for the hopeless. We prayed for the tired. We prayed for the Church. We prayed for unity. We prayed for salvation. We prayed in expectation.
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Small Group Bible Study
-So like I said, I had the opportunity of leading a small group of men in the Word of God. Humbling. Why? Here's what we were talking about: The Misperceptions of God. The Grandness of God. The Incomprehensibility of God. The Self-Sufficiency of God. Can I just re-emphasize one of the things we were talking about: THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF GOD. If that doesn't humble you, try facilitating a discussion on it.
-Any who, we had some amazing conversations in our small group. Here are some reminders of things that I talked about:
--God doesn't need us, but He chooses to use us. So often I try to say that God needs me to do ministry. For example: If I give a non-Christian a bible, do I believe that the Holy Spirit is sufficient enough to do what He wants with the Word? More than less, I find myself saying, God needs me to explain verses to people, God needs me to explain what it means to have a relationship with Him, God needs me to feed the hungry, etc. He does not need me, but He chooses to use me by His Grace and for His Glory.
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Worship
-So I just had this revelation. We are all called to lead people in and to worship. But anyway, I had the opportunity to lead people in corporate worship. Wow. It was amazing. We had some spectacular nights of worship in the house. Picture this if you will: 200 plus students. Together. Unified, under one name: Jesus. In a house. Unplugged. No special amps or lighting or microphones. 2 guitars and a cajon. 200 plus voices singing to the One who is worthy. Wow. I must confess, that the last night of house worship was my favorite. Song list: We Fall Down, Hear our Prayers (Glorious Unseen), The Stand (Hillsong), Till I See You (Hillsong), With Everything (Hillsong). And I will proclaim; it is good to be in the presence of Him when He is being worshiped. Good stuff.
-Worship was amazing, because worship was not contained to just the nights we got together and some people got some instruments and sang some songs. But worship was something that was continual. Worship started the moment you woke up and prepared yourself in going to the 'work sites' and to the house to make sandwiches. Worship is something that is continual. Be reminded of that quote that Tozer said (paraphrased): "If Sunday is the only day you 'worship' the Lord, you aren't really worshipping Him. You are worshipping yourself. Because, for Him, worship is something that does not have an on and off switch. It is something that is fabricated in everything that you do and say."
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