Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.
I can’t wait till CTCYM Junior High…
Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.
Generous God vs. cheap church – UMC.org
via www.umc.org
At a stewardship seminar I recently attended, Nelson Searcy of the Journey Church in New York City said that a theology of abundance underlies everything his church does in terms of stewardship. If we expect people to be generous in their giving to the church, he said, then the church needs to model that generosity and sense of abundance.
via www.umc.org
Any thoughts?
God is Relentless
So Jesus told them this story: “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ – Luke 15:3-6
God won’t give up on you. He just wont. God will pursue you. God’s determination is untiring. God’s pursuit of you is unflagging. The poet Francis Thompson called God “The Hound of Heaven” – He’s a God whose love will track you down and turn you around. Running from God, hiding from God, ignoring God….It just won’t work. God will stop at nothing – not even a brutal death on the cross – to pursue a restored, meaningful, and vibrant relationship with you.
Being Socially Media Cautious
Often in my business classes at Texas Wesleyan the professors caution us on social media. The importance of social media websites is growing by the second. Everyday it seems there is a new way to connect with others via social networking, i.e. Facebook, Myspace, & Twitter are the major ones but there is many sites out there to connect.
It is a growing trend in American Business that when you apply for a job they research your background which now includes your use on Facebook, Twitter, or even Myspace. So now that stupid Facebook post you put up about your boss being a jerk, or how trouble the entire male gender is, or even how much your girlfriend/wife nags the crap out of you is a part of your job application.
Well now that’s a scary thought. Here is a good example of what I’m talking about. Seth Godin is an author and blogger and this what he said on what happens when a “stranger reads your blog.”
“I had a surreal experience the other day. I was sitting in a coffee shop and watched someone (at the recommendation of a friend who didn’t realize I was within earshot) open up my blog and start reading it. Right there, out of the corner of my eye, someone was experiencing me (well, digital me) for the first time.”
Really makes you think how many people have read just my blog and my facbook posts and my tweets and just on that information have formed an opinion of me that is not me.
Always be cautious what it is you put on the internet. Cause once its there, its there forever. Anybody anywhere can access it anytime.