“You got served”

Today I want to focus on the letter “S” of our campus ministry name, which stands for Service. We value service to our campuses and glocal communities. People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. So we feel serving people is the best way for us to show we really care.

Sometimes serving is seen as an entry level position in the church. Some may think, “I cant preach, sing, or lead in “important” stuff yet...so I’ll just serve until I graduate from this position.” Simple service and greatness are not contradictory.

In fact, Jesus implied that the greatest people are those who serve others. So we recognize that our call to greatness is a call to servitude, especially to those outside of the church. Serving those in need, means you get to walk in the supernatural power of God. When John the Baptist was in jail, he began to question his belief in Jesus so he sent some guys to find out for sure. As evidence to His divine origin, Jesus told these guys to tell John that the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, the dead are raised, and the gospel is being preached to the poor. Now the preaching of the gospel is not just in word, but in deed as well, but notice how SERVING THE POOR is in the same breath with other supernatural acts.

Serving is supernatural. Keep praying for the blind to see, and the dead to be raised. But with the same fervor and hopeful expectation, serve someone. Hopefully you can tell someone, you got served.

“The Bible is Rated “R””

Almost finished with our THIRST blog series. We just recently rolled out a name for our GCC campus ministry, that also happens to be an acronym for our values. Today I’m focusing on the letter “R”, which stands for Restoration.

Restoration is pretty much at the core of everything that we do. By the fourth chapter in the bible, we see that due to our own actions there is an immeasurable gap between humanity and God that wasn’t always there. And the rest of the bible is pretty much God walking out His plan to restore the relationship He once had with us.

The exciting yet humbling thing is that we have a part to play in this restoration process. Paul said it like this, “We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” That’s a pretty sobering thought huh? Are we living our lives in a manner worthy enough to possibly be the only appeal from God to person?

Since I believe that the end goal of EVERYTHING Jesus did was to restore us back to Him, I believe we should have that same focus with everything we do. This is why as a campus ministry we value restoration between God and students, and within the student body.

So if “R” stands for Restoration, technically the bible is Rated “R”.

“There’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in THIRST”

There’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in THIRST. The “I” does not reflect an individualistic ideal, it stands for Intentional Building. We value laying strong foundations for students to build their lives on. And we feel there’s no better foundation for greatness than a biblical one.

The reason its intentional, is because for some reason, people tend to think that this will happen naturally. But nothing in life get built by accident.

I like the story of the “Three Little Pigs”. It’s a great example of what happens when you build wisely, as compared to not building wisely. And just like in the story, when the Big Bad Wolves of this world come huffing and puffing...will what you have built fall down? Jesus also told a similar story. He said if you build a house on sand, it will crumble when the winds and storms of life come at you. But if you build on solid rock, it will withstand any storm in life.

What kind of house are you building? Hopefully you’re building wisely. Because when you build, others benefit. Just ask two of the three pigs whose house fell down. There’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in THIRST.