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Jesus & Courage - thats what I want...

Acts 4:13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

You know what? I don't really care what people think of my life... especially my schooling. I've done tons of educational stuff and sometimes good, other times bad.... but when it comes down to it, I want to focus on what really matters in a life lived for Jesus.

For those of you fully committed to God and ready to jump into whatever he asks of you... what is necessary for a future of full-time ministry?

• Is it how professionally and religiously you can execute a prayer?
• Is it your ability to rip apart any verse of the bible in the name of 'exegesis'?
• Is it the skill of digging into the meaning of everything, ignoring how simple it really is?
• Is it to present the Christian 'look' of piousness?
• Is it to remain in control at all costs?
• Is it to climb to the top of the career heap?

No way. Perhaps thats the 'art' or 'science' of ministry, but its not the soul... the core essentials for doing God's work.

Courage and Jesus... thats what's needed.

Peter and John were unschooled.... ordinary....
But they had the essentials for 'success' in ministry: they hung out with Jesus and they had guts.

Disclaimer: education is important - but not the MOST important!