4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1. To everything you do in the week that you spend with Joni & friends has a spiritual underpinning.
it is good to be practical, I am not against practicality in most instances; however spiritual truth doesn't start with being practical. it starts with what is true.
what is true is that we live in a fallen world.
Genesis 3:17 NKJV
17Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:“Cursed is the ground for your sake;In toil you shall eat of itAll the days of your life.
Because we live in a fallen world we deal with the reality of disease.
it is important that while we work with in the confines of infirmity but we focus on victory.
victory may not be healing victory may be coping, even more than coping would be thriving.
when you go to minister next week realize that your physical eyes are a tool to perceive physical realities. in order to perceive the effectiveness of the ministry you offer to these campers you are going to need to practice discernment.
2. Ministry is in People not programs.
Ephesians 2:10 NKJV
10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.