being a part of the conversation
0 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:07 AM.
With the rise of blogs and now micro-blogging(twitter/facebook), people are becoming more and more the part of conversations. People are engaging subjects, interests, people like never before. There are some people, and I find myself in this category a lot, that are bystanders to the conversations around them, like someone sitting on a bench in the mall watching everything pass by them. This past Sunday I challenged our students to get engaged in the conversation or start conversations about God. I think this is what gets missed when our students or even when we return to our regular lives. This is how someone can be on a “Jesus High” at camp and return to their old ways later. So the question is how do we get engaged in the conversation. 1. START THE CONVERSATION... Most the time we aren’t engaged in the conversation about God, because we are afraid to start it.
- Don’t be timid. Just because you are a preacher or haven’t gone to seminary doesn’t disqualify you from sharing what God is teaching you or doing in your life. What you share might be an amazing encouragement to those around you! 1 Cor. 2:12 2. Continue the Conversation... In Acts 2:42 it says that they devoted themselves to the apostles teachings and getting together, breaking bread and prayer.
- Once you start it, don’t be one and done.... Keep it up!! 3. Empower Others... Just the mere action of you having conversations about God is going to be a catalyst, but you should also be intentional about sharing it with others. I know this is what church is all about... But it can’t just happen inside these walls anymore!
- Don’t be timid. Just because you are a preacher or haven’t gone to seminary doesn’t disqualify you from sharing what God is teaching you or doing in your life. What you share might be an amazing encouragement to those around you! 1 Cor. 2:12 2. Continue the Conversation... In Acts 2:42 it says that they devoted themselves to the apostles teachings and getting together, breaking bread and prayer.
- Once you start it, don’t be one and done.... Keep it up!! 3. Empower Others... Just the mere action of you having conversations about God is going to be a catalyst, but you should also be intentional about sharing it with others. I know this is what church is all about... But it can’t just happen inside these walls anymore!
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