Andy Landers Response

Just for the record so everyone knows I completely went blank at the end of class trying to remember Andy’s name and for some reason and I put it in my documents as “Jim’s notes”….I obviously wasn’t thinking yesterday when I wrote it out.(:

Anyways......

I really enjoyed the thing he talked about the I + A = T. That really spoke to me about a lot when he was talking about how often we go into a really good service and can feel God and know God is speaking to us about a lot and we take a ton of notes, but when it comes to the end of the night we still leave the same. Because we are taking it in, but we aren’t applying it to our lives and allowing the Holy Spirit to transform us in anyway. I have done this so often in so many ways, but it’s something that you don’t ever really hear teaching on and you don’t think about it too often because you think oh well I’m sure I’m doing everything right when in all honesty…you’re missing the whole big picture.  I think this is something that as a future ministry leader is very important to allow your life to be open to what God is trying to speak into my life and also allow him to change me with what I’m hearing.

I loved when he said that discipleship is more effective in a one on one setting. I have thought this so many times, people are more willing to open up when they are one on one with you more than they are in a big group. It’s about a connection with someone that you build. You build someone’s trust and their respect when you are willing to ask them tough questions and be their accountability in situations in life. I really liked this especially since we are starting our one on one groups with the GMC girls for our AC times. I’m so excited to see what God allows to happen in those times alone with the girls, because I really felt like God was talking to me a lot about what those are going to look like with whoever I get to meet with. (:

One of the other things that really got to me was how in ministry sometimes we have to do the hard things and we have to actually talk to fellow Christians who are struggling with things and we see them falling in sin and as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ we have to go to them and confront them about their sins. It’s not a bad thing that we confront them because it’s helping them get out of their sins and back to God and focus them more on what their calling is and not so much the things they are dealing with.

I really enjoyed this class and learned a lot about discipleship looks in different ways. I’m very thankful for this class and for what God has been speaking to me through all the people who have come in. (: