“I can’t do it if it’s not perfect” You can say it’s not perfect and be correct. You can say its not ready and be incorrect. This is the big question, right? How will I know when it’s ready? How will I know when this message will be ready to share? How will I know…
“I am in the wrong place” This may be true or it may not be. Only time will tell. The problem is you come to the conclusion that you are in the wrong place far too soon. The minute trouble arises you start updating your resume. Wrong move. In psychological terms, we choose fight or…
Maybe you’ve thought about this. I didn’t, until I looked at the short life spans of animals. I was inspired to do this by Seth Godin’s post How Long is Now? Animals don’t know how long they were created to exist. We humans have some idea, barring disease or accidents, humans can live, on average…
It’s too much work. Similar excuses sound like “it costs too much” and “it’s unreasonable”. Youth ministry is hard work, it costs money, and is often unappreciated. You should embrace the challenge of the work by bringing your best to it and providing joy because of it. Besides, what did you think you signed up…
I’m not __________________ (Good enough, smart enough, etc.) A poor self image is an incubator for excuses. Consider Gideon, the Lord came to him and wanted to choose him for great things. He responded with My clan is the weakest I am the least God always sees more in you than you see in yourself.…
If you’ve been on social media lately, it seems 2016 is a really bad guy. I say he, but it could be a her, or maybe it’s an alien and I should call it an it. Either way, 2016 has been a villain for many, but not me. Am I sad thar we lost so…
For those who do not follow me on Instagram, I have been leaving one minute messages about excuses and overcoming them. I got up on December 12th and said to myself, “I want to change my morning routine.” That day I went and bought some sweat pants and set my clock for 5:30 the next…
And you bought it hook, line and sinker. I understand why people wait until the beginning of the year before making new commitments but New Years Day is not a date, it’s a mindset. The minute you choose to make a commitment, the calendar flips to New Years Day. January 1, the calendar date, is quite alluring,…
I want to affirm you before you walk into your next youth meeting. Why? Because so many of us go into our youth meetings with such a lack of confidence in ourselves and in God. Many of us stand before our students feeling ill-equipped to help them; but it doesn’t have to be that way.…
The answer is simpler than you think, it’s mindset. Why can’t we breakthrough the numbers barrier in our youth ministry? It’s because of what we believe about evangelism our abilities our resources about God about our youth group If we had a different mindset we’d believe differently, act differently and then we’d breakthrough. …
