I am sitting here in a New Hope Oahu programming meeting. They are planning for the Irresistible Church series, and they are on trait #3: an irresistible church lives heart first.
This is something that I love about New Hope. New Hope services are quite the production, done with excellence with a lot of preparation and work put into them. It would be easy to make it into a performance, losing the heart behind it. I'm sure that does happen sometimes, but a huge emphasis here at New Hope is heart. In this internship, the leaders are really focusing on developing our hearts and character, rather than filling all of our time with academics or skills training.
We can do amazing things, maybe be very "successful" in our ministry, but if we have ugly hearts, that basically nullifies everything we do. Having a heart that exemplifies Christ makes all the difference.
"So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart And guided them with his skillful hands." Psalm 78:72
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