Hope this weeks’ thought finds you well, if a little cold! This is a great challenge – that you can make a difference. I read a Tony Campolo book a while back that said exactly this, we can make a difference if we care enough about something and take the step of faith, The first step is often the hardest. Go on, who knows what impact God could use you for.
Taking personal responsibility
'If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you' PROVERBS 9:12
We all love the idea of a better world, city or school. Maybe you've even been praying for God to DO SOMETHING, what if he has done something - sent you! In a graduation speech he was giving to a whole load of uni students, Chief Judge Alexander Saunders said, 'As responsibility is passed to your hands it will not do to assume that someone else will bear the major burdens, that someone else will demonstrate the key convictions, that someone else will be elected Member of Parliament, take care of the poor, visit the sick, protect civil rights, enforce the law, transmit value, and defend freedom. What you do not value will not be valued, what you do not remember will not be remembered, what you do not change will not be changed, what you do not do will not be done. You can, if you will, craft a society whose leaders...are less obsessed with the need for money. It's not a question of what to do, but simply the will to do it.' Paul writes: '...each one should carry his own load' (Galatians 6:5 NIV). Don't leave it to someone else! You've got a job to do! Sometimes we don't take responsibility because we believe others are more qualified. No, people who make a difference in life, only do so because they decided to try. Plus: God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called!
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Hey alan lucy from lochinver hear!
5 weeks agoI just wanted to say a big thank you to the yfc team!
I'm now a youth worker in nairn just outside inverness and i absolutly love it!
I have all of your team and your-self to thank!
THANK YOOOOOH
luv fae lucy xxx
Hey Alan!
6 weeks agohow are u?
wot ya up 2?
bmb Hoody (jr) x
Smells and shadows
16 weeks ago'IN THE SHADOW OF HIS HAND HE HID ME.' ISAIAH 49:2
After visiting the Balkan region of South-eastern Europe, reporter James Creelman wrote, 'I learned that the world's supply of rose oil comes from the Balkan Mountains. The thing that interested me was that the roses had to be gathered during the darkest hours. Initially this seemed to be a relic of superstition. But as I investigated I learned that 40% of the fragrance disappears in the light of day.' Do you want to make a difference in the world? Well, God wants your life to be really smelly (check out 2 Corinthians 2:14-16) and you'll need to let God work with you in the shadows before you come into the spotlight. Before the prophet Elijah called down fire from heaven in front of the evil pagan priests on Mount Carmel, God told him to go and hide himself at a brook known as Cherith (1 Kings 17). The country was in a mess and people were dying but Elijah needed to sit tight in this craggy Nowhereville until God said the time was right for him to go and confront the King. Stories like this make us think differently about being in the shadow, don't they? Like Elijah you need to learn to embrace the shadows, enjoy the sidelines, to discover God and grow in them, then stride out confidently with something to say that's worth listening to!
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'ouch' the Scottish exam results landed today - this may have come as a pleasant suprise to some - great, but it may have shocked a few more. If you or someone you know suddenly finds themselves in a 'oh no what i am going to do now situation!' what about a gap year - you could use your gifts and talents and gain experiences you could never have imagined or thought possible. Check out www.yfcone.com for more info and remember the truth in Jeremiah 29 v 11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
16 weeks agoHi, hope the summers going well, of course if you’re down south the holidays have just started. Well whether you’re at Imagine, Soul Survivor New Wine or sunning yourself on some beach somewhere I hope you’re having fun.
17 weeks agoThis week’s thought is a bit random but it’s got a good message, so apologies if you’ve got an allergy to feathers!!
Flying in formation
'LET US NOT GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER.' HEBREWS 10:25
Geese. They flap around with their long bandy necks, honking (ie making a loud noise; not a smell!) What could we ever learn from a goose? Well chew on this: Every autumn geese fly south to where the climate is warmer. But they don't just set off in a random flappage of feathers, they fly together in a 'V' formation. Geese know that to complete the long trip, they have to fly united. Air waves created each time a bird flaps its wings provide uplift for the one behind, conserving its energy and enabling it to double its flying range. A goose flying solo could never complete the trip but in formation the youngest, the oldest and even the weakest get there. In other words, they do as a team what they could never do alone. When the Bible says, 'Let us not give up meeting together... but let us encourage one another,' it's saying, 'Stay in formation! Enjoy the uplift!' Christians aren't meant to fly solo, whatever their calling, gifting or maturity. We're all part of Team Jesus, created to fly as a unit with other believers. Sometimes a goose will go off alone and find itself adrift. Before long though its wings become heavy from exhaustion and it loses altitude. There's only one thing it can do; get back with the group. How about you? Are you flying in formation today?
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Hey Al,
20 weeks agoJust thought I would leave you a wee comment....how you doing? Hope you're not working too hard! Just back from the garage...going to have to spend £440 on my car today to make it fit for travelling to Clan.....Ouch! Will give you a call next week to see what we need to talk about and sort out!
See ya!
Check out the Vid we added wishing a very Happy New Year to all our friends in Kick Land! Hope you had a good time and are looking forward to a great 2008. Give thanks for responses to prayer for Paul Charles whose funding situation has been resolved and he's able to continue is studies in the US. Please pray for our many friends in Kenya during this very difficult time, remembering Solomon, a sports ministry legend!
47 weeks agoA VERY Happy New Year!!!
47 weeks agoGod Bless
Kathy
U ARE WIRED REALY WIRED
48 weeks agoThis is the last blog of the year. From Kick i hope you all have a great time and hope to catch up with you at somepoint in 2008. God bless.
49 weeks agoI've come too far to turn back! 21 Dec 2007
'IF THEY HAD BEEN THINKING OF THE COUNTRY THEY HAD LEFT, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN' HEBREWS 11:15
Any pilot will tell you that there's a point of no return. When you reach the end of the runway there's nowhere to go but up. It's fly or die! In Hebrews 11 you'll see a list of totally normal people who did some mad and crazy things because even when they were going through the hardest times imaginable, they stuck to their vision. If you never look back, going back is not even an option. When you decide to follow God not everybody will be happy about it. Your vision could be their nightmare. Your success could prove all things they said about you wrong or remind them of the vision they abandoned. Usually the hardest place to follow your vision is at home. There are always so many people keen to remind you of what you used to be like and they're often unwilling to believe you can change! In order for God to move us on, the first thing he does is to make us uncomfortable. Until your faith factor is bigger than your fear factor you won't move! If you're at all comfortable, settled and content, don't expect God to give you more; you're not ready for it. When you start taking risks you'll pray like you've never prayed and stay as close to God as possible because it's all you've got. There's nothing like that sense of feeling frustrated and boxed-in to get your full attention on God. Bottom line: when you decide, 'I've come too far to turn back,' you'll start to see God's hand at work in your life!
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Hi Kick. Is it Grayzo that runs this? Missed you last night through in Edinburgh at the CIS meeting if it is you. Hope you're doing well and looking forward to camp! Stephen
77 weeks agoHappy birthday for the 6th! Blessings and much good stuff to you all... NESYFC
78 weeks agoThat would be good. My son was with you in Scalloway when you were there. I had forgotten, so I asked him and he said that they had had a cool time with you all. Trevor Watt was the main organiser from Shetland I think
82 weeks agoThai looks like a cool site. I found out about it at the SU I go to.
82 weeks agoWhen were you in Shetland? and more to the point when will you be back?
82 weeks agohey kickers, great to see u infiltrating the world of bebo! keep up the amazing work u all do, God has given u all such great skills & passion and its so encouraging to see u using them to reach folk! many blessings, and kicks!! lynz xox
82 weeks agoWell done Alan for getting Kick on here, Bebo is much better than Myspace!
83 weeks agoFirst comment on the board - good times!
83 weeks ago