Soul Detox

I just wanted to recommend this book Soul Detox by Craig Groeschel.  I'm half way through it right now and it has been one of Craig's best books.  Craig Groeschel is the Pastor of Lifechurch.tv one of the fastest growing churches in America.  Great book, I highly recommend it.

Student Leadership University

The past 2 weeks we have sent some of our strongest Student Leaders to Student Leadership University. This is my second year to be a part of it and I just wanted to use this post to highly recommend this program to every Student Pastor and Youth Worker to consider for your students.  It has been life changing for my students. Dr. Jay Strack and Brent Crowe are leading the charge in raising up Student Leaders to make a Kingdom Impact by raising the bar on what it means to be a Godly teenage leader.  Check out their website at www.studentleadership.net 

Lost Sheep

The other day I was looking at our small group records for my new Senior Class.  As I scanned the list of names I was overwhelmed by the number of Students on that list that I didn't recognize.  These students are members of our church but somewhere along the way have dropped out of being an active part of the ministry.  Around the same time as I looked at the list I was reading Luke 15 where Jesus gives the Parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Prodigal Son.  Jesus' challenge was to leave the 99 and go after the 1.  God used that passage to put in me a deeper burden for those that we have lost or those that have always been lost.  He has moved my spirit to pursue them like I never have before.  So I began this mission to track these students down by email, facebook, and phone calls.  Student Pastors don't give up on the ones that have strayed away, be willing to leave the 99 and go after the one, and when that one returns Party it up and give praises to God like never before!!!

Our Last Great Hope

I just finished reading this book titled "Our Last Great Hope" by Dr. Ronnie Floyd, Pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas.  I highly recommend this read to everyone.  It will inspire you to look differently at reaching the world for Christ and it will bring you to your knees begging God to send revival that we so desperately need.  I just saw that you can get the book on Amazon for less than $7 right now.  Definitely worth the read.