*shrug*

If I could summarize all that God has done in the past two years, it would be “dying to self.” Learning to put God’s desires over my own. Learning to put other’s before myself.
Below you’ll find a document I stumbled across back in college that is a great reminder to those wanting more [...]

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An area that I’m constantly having to check myself on is the mentality that “I’ve done my time.” When you’re in ministry, it’s easy to think you’ve earned your right after ## years at the bottom.
“I’ve spent four years doing what I’m told. Now it’s my turn to have the ideas.”
“I’ve cleaned the [...]

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One of the biggest issues I see with people in ministry is finding their niche. Where exactly has God “called” me? That’s evident at Celebration when you see periodic shifting of staff to completely different areas.
I know it’s partly due to a need, but I also know it’s partly because people are not [...]

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I’m a micro-manager. It sucks. I can’t be if I intend to have a successful life on earth and in ministry. Right now I find myself with so many things to do that it is extremely overwhelming. It’s hard to keep track of what needs to get done and it’s hard [...]

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One of the things I’ve been hearing a lot from various interns is that they haven’t been able to attend service in a long time. This is usually because they’re assigned to a ministry that doesn’t get to be in service (most notable childcare).
Following that is usually something along the lines of “I’m not [...]

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