So lately, on my other blog SynerJACK, there has been this fad of ‘The 25 things I believe’ which have actually been really fun. So below is my list, and I now challenge you all to take a moment and have some fun with it. Game on!
1. I believe that commercials on T.V. are pointless, unless they are during the Super Bowl and for complete entertainment only!
2. I believe that children and youth are our future…and there’s a lot of work to do!
3. I believe that dogs are the best counselor.
4. I believe that world would do just fine without cats.
5. I believe sometimes, you just have to dance. Mostly when no one is looking.
6. I believe silence is often the wisest friend.
7. I believe that sometimes are biggest fault to having a poor life is not being able to let go of the past. Jesus gave us salvation which is always moving forward into the future, but many times we hold onto the past hindering our movement into salvation.
8. I believe my wife is the greatest answer to my prayers from when I was a child.
9. I believe I will never be able to show her fully what I mean.
10. I believe that if the world is going to end in 2012, then I have three years to go Skydiving, go to DisneyWorld, travel around Europe, meet the president, move to Montana, live in Cloudcroft, NM, buy Antartica, travel to the moon, read alot of books, start a business, grow gray-hair (because red-hair and grey-hair looks awesome!), have 2-3 daughters, scare off their first boyfriends, scare off all the other boyfriends, read a story to my children before bed, and grow old with my wife. I got alot to get done!
11. I believe that my dog talks to me!
12. I believe that Jesus Christ farted all the time.
13. I believe that obedience to God is the best feeling and fullfilment of joy that anyone could ever experience.
14. I believe that many people mistake obedience to God with self-righteousness.
15. I believe the church is more relevant today than ever before. We are just marketing all wrong.
16. I believe that Student Ministry (among other ministries) are the hardest jobs to exist. Not only is it physically, mentally and emotionally demanding, but you have to deal with parents. If that’s not enough, talk to the wife of a Student Minister.
17. I believe that a calling on life and the realization of that calling is one of the most beautiful conversations people have with God.
Man: “Wait, what?”
God: “I want you to be a ____________!”
Man: “Wait, what?”
God: “Now I know you are not deaf. I want you to be a ____________ and do ____________.”
Man: “Wait….what? I am not sure you know what you are talking about.”
God: “So now you are questioning me? What happened to this, ‘Whatever your will God, I will do’”
Man: “C’mon, you know me. You know I am all talk.”
God: “Yeah, you’re right. Too bad I’m all God!”
18. I believe ‘freewill’ is the greatest gift of God. Not so great for marriage.
19. I believe that Jesus chose not to give up, and willingly endured all the pain and torment of the cross. I, also, believe that it was easy for him to think about how easy it would be to give up and step off the cross.
20. I believe we think it was easy for Jesus to choose the cross because He was God incarnate. Therefore, we make Jesus into an idol, something we worship that is different from the true God.
21. I believe that if I go to bed to early at night, I am going to miss something great while I am sleeping.
22. I believe the serpent was not a snake, but a mesquito.
23. I believe that some people don’t get to choose thier homelife situations or lifestyle. However, they do get to choose the successfulness of both.
24. I believe that integrity is one the greatest things that a man can have.
25. I believe that when I die, I will be known for my integrity.
Bonus: I believe that pastoring is a full-time job with 40+ of overtime. And any Youth Ministers who can not recognize that calling on their leaders shouldn’t be in Ministry.
