Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40 (NLT)
What is the most important thing you can do for kids?
Love God. Love them.
While we all know that ministry can be complex at times (sometimes of our own doing), Jesus really simplified what we are to do. So when we are dealing with staff, volunteers, parents and children…
Love God. Love them.
There are many ministry models that we can adopt – all kinds of variations, and even variations within variations. But within every model that we use with our kids we must…
Love God. Love them.
There are great curriculums out there. Different styles with different emphases, but in each of them we must teach and model for our children that we…
Love God. Love them.
Sometimes the pressures of leadership can get to us. Our interactions with parents and volunteers might get a little hairy, but in all we do with them we must…
Love God. Love them.
Pick an area of your ministry that deals with people. It doesn’t matter. There are different techniques, different tools and resources available, different approaches. But in the end, wasn’t Jesus right that as we deal with others, the most important part of our dealings is that we…
Love God. Love them.
Pretty simple isn’t it? I think maybe Jesus knew what He was talking about.
So how are we doing? In all of our interactions with so many people are we…
Loving God? Loving them?
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