Q&Q 2013

Questions:

Am I a shepherd or a shepherd watcher?

Will I obey God despite the outcome?

If I'm not fishing am I really following Jesus?

What does taking responsibility for our generation look like?

How do we become the church that the world can't live without?

How can we provide our generation with a vision?

What's the tide that God wants to bring in?

Am I aware of my inherent strengths as a woman?

What is my purpose in this season?

Do I believe that God really wants the best for me?

Who do you say I am?

How do we balance form and freedom?

How can I understand the supernatural  if I am bound by the natural?

Do we build the team around the roles, or the roles around the team?

What systems need to be in place for young adults?

What is my time commitment for young adults?

Will I trust God to write my love story?

Quotes:

"The more child-like we are the quicker we adjust."

"There are people who are thrown into the pit with the lion, and there are those who jump into the pit."

"God gives the what before the how."

"Sometimes we are awkward huggers when it comes to the grace of God"

"The right thing at the wrong time becomes the wrong thing."

"We don't put our trust in a plan, we put our trust in Jesus."

"The difference between compassion and sympathy is action."

"The greatest thing that I could ever do for the crowds I lead is getting alone with God."

"Youth ministry is when the youth are doing the ministry."

"God didn't call us so that we can be successful, He called us to be faithful."

"Don't examine the bible, let the bible examine you."

"One of the worst things to do for college ministry is to have a college ministry."

"If Bruce says to read a book, read it!"

"When we walk in humility we have unity."

"Expectations kill gratefulness."

"When eternity is involved there is more than till death do us part at stake. There is the very heart of God for the rest of the world to see."

"We don't have a marriage problem, we have a faith problem."

"Every generation has to have its own prophetic voice."

"You don't marry the person that you can live with, you marry the person that you can't live without. We can't be the church that the world can live with, we need to be the church that the world can't live without."

"There's something about a goal that makes discipleship make sense."

"A rising tide floats all boat, whether yachts or leaky rowboats. We are the tide of this generation."

"If I am not filled with the holy spirit I am filled with something else."

"If you try to find intimacy with another person before achieving a sense of identity on your own, all your relationships become an attempt to complete yourself."

"We need to practice the basics before jumping into the thing that we want to do."

"It takes a lot of trust to get someone who is wounded to reveal their wound."

"Wounded people tend to get stuck emotionally in the place where they were wounded."

"What if God didn't give us marriage to make us happy, but to make us holy?"

"There's a time to pray, and a time to have sex." -Bruce

"Life is change, growth is optional."

"Truth without love is attacking. Love without truth is avoiding. We need truth in love mingled with grace."

"Our willingness to wait reveals how much we value what we are waiting for."

"If you complain you remain, if you praise you raise."

"Biblical waiting involves expectations."

"God gives us suddenlies and little-by-littles."

"Patience is the difference between trying faith and doing faith. It is having a spirit that refuses to surrender to circumstance."

"Fear, worry, and rejection are all a form of pride; they rob our peace and joy."

"Gifts from God are to be used for others and community. A season of singleness is a gift from God, and should be used for community."

"Conflict is like fire, it can either burn you horribly or it can illuminate your path."

"If a leader casts a new vision without changing systems nothing happens."

"The only thing that will be sustainable is something that people are willing to commit to."

"Spiritual maturity is measured by how readily we respond to the person of God rather than the promises of God. It involves coming to the place where who is asking is more important than what we are being asked to do."