Youth Congress Friday Night; Todd Gaddy

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Friday Night
Todd Gaddy
“Unfinished Business”

John 17:1-5 (read me)

He talked about a ride to church he had one Sunday morning. He and his brother were messing around in the back seat and his mom looked back and said if you don’t know it off you’re going to get a spanking. It quieted down for a little bit but just like clock work they started up again. She looked back said alright when we get home you going to get a spanking. That was the longest church service I’ve ever been in. During every part I was praying “Rapture, Rapture, oh please Rapture”. After church we loaded up in the car and all the way home there was no talk of spankings, none what so ever. We got home my dad said alright boys go up to your room I’ll be there in a minute. To make a long story short he finished what he had started.

Jesus also had a job to do and he finished it. See there’s a problem with us Christians, we like glorifying and praising God but we’re not too keen on the work part of it. We like to come in get our daily bread but when it comes to exercising, we kind of slack. We like the experience God has given us but the expectance we can’t handle. So we like Jesus have a job to do but ours is still unfinished business. Jesus sent us to go and make disciples. It’s not enough to get them saved we’ve got to birth them, baby them and raise them.

God draws people to Him all the time. But God’s drawing power doesn’t give us an excuse to be lazy. This is about us going to them, stepping out, taking this outside these four walls. To do that we might need to be around people that don’t have the Holy Ghost. We might also need friends that are sinners (with caution but it’s true). When you look at Jesus ministry on earth, He was always around the sick, the hurting, and the poor. Because the well people don’t need a physician, we have to find ourselves around people who have needs.

We like it quick and easy but our job is to make followers of Christ this takes patience. Disciple making is messy! But this is what we’re told to do. Matthew 28: 19-20 (read me)

He told a story about a friend both their kids swim together that how they met. They’ve know each other for a couple months and one day Chris asks Todd a question. “Todd there’s got to be something more, that’s got to be something more in life.” Bro. Gaddy had a chance to through the Bible they’re going through the book of John right now. You say Bro Gaddy take him to Acts show him how to be saved. Well he’s not there yet; he’s still trying to figure out who God is. He’ll get to Acts just not yet.

“You’ve been given the tools, the North American Youth Congress Syllabus is complete now GO!”

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Cameron
Filed under: General