t09ether ... should've been there
T09ether was this past weekend. If you weren't there, you should've been. (Too bad you can't turn back time.) It was a blast to reconnect with students from Operation Barnabas & Momentum, to worship together with Jeremy Byng and his band, and to hear great teaching from our friend Kondo Simfukwe.The whole goal was to encourage students to continue to pursue Jesus. We really focused on the theme, Together, and challenged students to be committed to each other for accountability, and to older believers for discipleship.
Kondo took us to 2 Corinthians 12, and reminded us that God allows 'thorns' in our lives to keep us humble. To remind us that we are weak. That anything good about us, any strengths we have, any accomplishments we achieve, are ALL by his grace and power.
And so we need to be real about our weaknesses. We need to be open with others about them. We need to let people see who we truly are - that we're not always strong, that we don't have it all together. Why is that so important? Because when people know that we are weak and broken on our own, they will have no choice but to recognize Jesus' work in our lives when good things happen in or through us.
Here's what he left us with:
- what is your spiritual 'claim to fame'? (what's your strength?)
- what is your thorn? (what's your weakness?)
- who are you going to share your weakness with?
And if you're not being discipled, you should find someone to tell your answers to.
Labels: discipleship, Kondo, Momentum, Operation Barnabas, t09ether
posted by sarah @ 3:33 PM
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