Insight

Serving others - more food for thought

You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. John Bunyan

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. John Wesley

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother Teresa

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King, Jr.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing. Billy Graham

The future of youth ministry - learning to serve!

In a previous post 'The future of youth ministry-consumers or servants', I asked if one of the major changes we face as youth leaders today is to orientate our young people away from a consumer mentality (which some argue has gripped the western church) to an attitude of service. Moving from spectators only, to participants in demonstrating Christ's compassion for the world, bringing Good News to those who have never heard it and engaging in sacrificial service because that's what the Lord Jesus would want from us.

Isn't one of the marks of a deepening faith, a servant heart? A desire to do good in the name of Jesus? A passion to reach others with a life transforming Gospel?

'For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.' Ephesians 2:10