Why Support Raising Does NOT Suck, Part II

Continued from a friend's blog:

3 The nature of support raising means you witness to God’s mercy in your life. When you talk about how your debts have been paid to numerous people, if you really believe it, each time the story fills you with joy. It’s been a gift to hear the gospel over and over in my story as i share with people; God uses me to preach his gospel to me everyday–what a trip. Thankful people are joyful people and discontent is found in those who believe they are entitled. The gospel maximizes joy–so long as you get the debt that was paid, and i mean REALLY get it. Oh that God would give us eyes to see and ears to hear.

4 Bible verses you learned when you were 5 start making a different kind of sense as you see them unpacked in your experience. All of a sudden you sit down with your Sunday school teachers who taught you the Word when you were a snotty little brat, and by the grace of God, they are able to see God’s Word not return void but come to fruition in your life. You start saying things like whoever loses his life for my sake will find it, and you believe it more than you believe in the chair you’re sitting in–and they see it too. Crazy.

Today. Luke 6:40 says, “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.” This truth has begun to show in my life and ministry. i’ve been meeting with a few college guys who i grew up with this week. They are the same age as the guys i will be working with at UW (these just finished first year). My time and availability here is limited, but i’ve selected a few key guys i am going to pour out into, help start a summer movement, and send back out to their respective UC’s to start movements back there where i’ll be able to continue coaching them. In many ways this is a test run and foretaste of what i’ll be doing at the UW. Growing confident though that this will spread to other campuses.