Report 4

Record of Ministry this week
Morning Worship - 1 hour
Evening worship - 1hour
Mid week service - 2 hours
Office Hours - 5 hours
Total Hours this week: 9 hours

Personal Reflection
This is going to be a mixture of personal and spiritul reflection. Last week I talked about checking my perspective: Am I caring for souls or am I caring about politics? Unfortunately when we start to focus on what really matters in ministry (the care of souls) the Evil One starts fighting against it. During this week I started praying for the kids in the youth group and for direction in how to teach them. Throughout this process one of the teens moved out of his parent's house because of alot of issues going on. I don't know if this is legimately a result of spiritual warfare, but it certainly did come at an opportune time. Please keep this teen and his family in prayer as they transition.

We are well on our way to raising all of our funds for Lovemercy. It is so cool to work with these teens and learn about all of their different personalities as well as just have fun. I am having such a blast ministering to them and being ministered to.

Spiritual reflection
This week I have been trying to make some changes in my spiritual life. There is an old saying that whatever takes up the most of your time is what matters most to you, and most of my time has been spent in front of a computer or sleeping when I get the chance. I have been making the effort to leave the machines off in the house and read (the Bible or something else--right now it is Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis) and spending time in prayer. I have especially been praying for my church and my youth group, because I feel like God wants to move in a mighty way.

I hope that all is going well where you are.

For His Glory,

Jon