"Save us, O Lord our God and GATHER us from among the nations to give thanks to your holy name to triumph in your praise." Psalm 106:47
Connexion purpose statement: To connect students to Christ's kingdom and church by forming authenic relationships and making passionate disciples
There are only six days until The Gathering. I plead with all my fellow students to actively and intentionally invite friends and even perfect strangers to this event. Please, do not wait! This is a Question and Answer session so, by design, it will not be complete without QUESTIONS.
On the subject of student ministry, specifically the typically low expectations that many involved have, Dr. Aiden w. Tozer says this:
"You can have as little as you are satisfied with or as much as God wants to give you."
This is not a health and wealth message, but assurance that great and good things will happen in pursuit of the gospel. We must expect and work towards this outcome, not being complacent with stagnation and trusting always in a God that is powerful, glorious, and loving.
Look for more reminders which will be posted each day, from now until Wednesday.
As some of you know Pastor David Prince of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church will be our guest at the Gathering next Wednesday. The format will be Q & A and I want to encourage everyone to bring the people you've been ministering to this semester. No question is off limits. This is a unique opportunity to ask a wise pastor anything. Pastor David will try his best to answer any question from a Bible-centered, Christ-centered perspective. Begin inviting friends and acquaintances now and begin collecting questions.
As many of you know, our church will be having Michael Card, theologian/songwriter, as a guest on March 9. Well, my seminary classes got cancelled today, so I've been reading his book The Walk, which is about his discipleship relationship with Dr. Bill Lane. Its a short read and I recommend it. We all should be in the process of being discipled and discipling.
Here's a very insightful description of discipleship: "After all, that's one of the tasks of disciplers: to wake us up to what is really going on around us, to encourage us to take our eyes off ourselves and see that our world is not the only world. That outside the narrow confines of the self there exists a world that truly is golden. And they allow us to borrow their eyes until we can see it for ourselves" (29).
We will be looking at the topic of "Friendship" from the book of Proverbs on Sunday. This topic of discipleship is connected. I'm interested in your thoughts on "discipleship" and "friendship" and what role they are to play in our lives as Christians.
We have been challenged lately from Pastor David at AABC to be intentional with every aspect of our lives, commiting everything to the lordship of Christ. I just wanted to post a reminder that this applies especially to what you all are doing on campus everyday.
It can be so easy just to exist and survive. Wake up, go to class, go to work, go to sleep...and the cycle continues. I want to challenge us to open our eyes this week and look for the opportunities that God is placing before us. Let's be intentional about sharing Christ with the people around us.
This may look different for different people, but it may mean sitting in the social area of your dorm in order to start conversations that are intentionally about Christ. It may mean scheduling lunch with someone who you've spoken to in the past about Christ. Whatever it may look like for you, be intentional.
If you're reading this post then you have realized that we have a new URL which is easier to remember and will hopefully encourage frequent visits. As a sort of christening I encourage everyone to post a comment, either suggesting an improvement to the site (such as different colors, banners, or links) or just saying hello.
When: This Sunday, Feb. 3- (game starts around 6:30pm)
Where: Johnson's House- 141 Barkley Estates; Nicholasville, KY 40356
Who: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
*TV screen < 55 inches
