The Books
Yo, yo, and hello everyone! I hope and pray all is well with all of you.
I have read the next chapter in The Dirt on Learning and in Visioneering. Chapter nine in The Dirt on Learning is called From Drudgery to Delight. It is about making learning fun! The authors write Bible school ciriculum for Group Publishing and they include a lot of fun little gizmos to enhance learning. Jesus certainly brought delight to the learning process for His disciples. I think we can make learning fun today in the Church.
And the next chapter in Visioneering is called Warding off Criticism. It talks about what to do when we receieve criticism for our visions. The vision you have will most likely bring about change and those changes are going to be hard for people to accept. No one likes change who likes things the way they are. And there a lot of gaps too. For example, when Nehemiah envisioned Jerusalem as a walled-city there was no telling how long the walls there had been broken down, and all the people there had grown used to it being that way. There were several people (rulers from the surrounding areas) who were greatly opposed to the changes. But Nehemiah prayed about it, and decided to go along with the proposed changes and rebuild the walls. We need to think about the criticisms, pray about them, and look honestly at our selves. If we need to change our visions in some way, do it to bring about the best change possible. We must not confuse our plans with God's vision. Remember, "a vision is what could and should be. A plan is a guess as to the bes way to accomplish the vision". Also, "visions are refined- they don't change; plans are revised- they rerely stay the same". And "respond to criticism with prayer, rememberance, and if necessary, a revision of the plan".
I believe planting churches somewhere here in the US (Northeast perhaps?) is what God wants me to do write now. I'm hoping and praying to be able to come back to the South and be an Outreach Minister and/or a Spiritual Development Minister. What are some of your visions for the future? Comments please.
God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack
ps. This is Wenesday, so please pray for the AIM students today, and for Elijah and Kristan Peters (preparing to go to Auckland, NZ) and Rob and Denyce Hindman (preparing to go to Moscow, Russia) to be missionaries. Thank you all and God bless!
I have read the next chapter in The Dirt on Learning and in Visioneering. Chapter nine in The Dirt on Learning is called From Drudgery to Delight. It is about making learning fun! The authors write Bible school ciriculum for Group Publishing and they include a lot of fun little gizmos to enhance learning. Jesus certainly brought delight to the learning process for His disciples. I think we can make learning fun today in the Church.
And the next chapter in Visioneering is called Warding off Criticism. It talks about what to do when we receieve criticism for our visions. The vision you have will most likely bring about change and those changes are going to be hard for people to accept. No one likes change who likes things the way they are. And there a lot of gaps too. For example, when Nehemiah envisioned Jerusalem as a walled-city there was no telling how long the walls there had been broken down, and all the people there had grown used to it being that way. There were several people (rulers from the surrounding areas) who were greatly opposed to the changes. But Nehemiah prayed about it, and decided to go along with the proposed changes and rebuild the walls. We need to think about the criticisms, pray about them, and look honestly at our selves. If we need to change our visions in some way, do it to bring about the best change possible. We must not confuse our plans with God's vision. Remember, "a vision is what could and should be. A plan is a guess as to the bes way to accomplish the vision". Also, "visions are refined- they don't change; plans are revised- they rerely stay the same". And "respond to criticism with prayer, rememberance, and if necessary, a revision of the plan".
I believe planting churches somewhere here in the US (Northeast perhaps?) is what God wants me to do write now. I'm hoping and praying to be able to come back to the South and be an Outreach Minister and/or a Spiritual Development Minister. What are some of your visions for the future? Comments please.
God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack
ps. This is Wenesday, so please pray for the AIM students today, and for Elijah and Kristan Peters (preparing to go to Auckland, NZ) and Rob and Denyce Hindman (preparing to go to Moscow, Russia) to be missionaries. Thank you all and God bless!
posted by Zack | 1:08 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home