Embracing the Gift of Mentorship in Faith
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1) "I would contend that perhaps it's one of the greatest treasures of life when you're raised in a godly home and literally know nothing other than a life of discipleship. It's why I love our excellent children and youth ministry here at Grace Community, where families can live in partnership with the godly teaching of our youth and children, pastors Brandon and Margaret. We and we we learn granted from amazing stories in the Bible that God can rescue and heal and deliver people from the most sordid lives of of sin and brokenness. And if that's your story, welcome to the way of Jesus. We applaud the amazing grace that's being poured into your brokenness, bringing about salvation and new life where you need it and when you need it." [11:15] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2) "I actually recall a time when I just about wished I would have lived a life of blatant rebellion and evil and brokenness, at least for a while, so that I'd have a better, more dramatic, dramatic story of of my conversion and of God's deliverance in my life. But I've come to learn that God gave me a treasured gift when he's when he saved my parents. I and and my parents did their absolute best to guide me into a life of following Jesus from the very time that I was born and I didn't do it perfectly. No one does, but I was the recipient of such a gift when I was fortunate enough to be born to those parents." [12:23] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "You see, we really do need each other. I'm convinced that the role we play, family and one another's lives in the church and grow groups in in in youth group in children's ministries in families doing life together in the home as parents. It's truly an invaluable when it comes to paving the way for our children to come to Christ. And we find out that Timothy was one such person, a third generation follower of Jesus here right in the very first years after Jesus life, death and resurrection." [13:25] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "And that's the dance of mentorship. A truly beneficial relationship is mutually beneficial, and that's the way good mentorship is. I suspect that if Timothy was made to feel like a low ranking underling gopher of Paul, the relationship would have turned out much differently. But this beautiful model of a healthy mentorship relationship instead serves as a stellar example of reciprocity and friendship and mutual value to both parties. It's a relationship of love, a relationship of respect, a relationship of of care." [15:11] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5) "And so it leads us to a question when we consider mentorship this morning. Who do you truly care about? And this talks to us about a willingness in our lives to be or become a mentor, to let someone look at our life and let someone walk with us and let someone do the co laboring in the work of Christ. And it's and it comes from truly caring about. Someone and loving someone enough to pour into their lives." [16:12] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6) "The lion's share of this message series has been to demonstrate the importance of beneficial spiritual relationships. And most of the examples so far have focused on people who had built into the apostle Paul's life, they built into the development of Paul as the great hero of the New Testament that he is and, and helped him become that hero of the way of Christ. It's all been designed to show us the truth that if we're going to become the very best versions of ourselves, we will, we will not be self-made. We'll have somebody along the way with us." [19:22] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7) "And in considering Timothy, there's a second question that we want to consider this morning in the context of mentorship. Not only who do you truly care about, and are you willing to do the work of mentorship in the life of somebody you love and care about or are, and, but are you willing to receive care? Do you have a willingness to be taught, to be mentored, to have someone come alongside you, to, to listen in as someone lives with you?" [20:13] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8) "The unfortunate thing about many people when they begin to follow Christ is they just quit too soon. And so, Paul is reminding Timothy, like a soldier, listen to your commanding officer, stay in the fight, don't get sidetracked by civilian affairs like an athlete, train in the fundamentals of the game, and you'll know better. You'll know better than to cut corners and you'll know better than to cheat because you can't win if you cheat. Like a farmer, faithfully planting and cultivating and doing the work with a focus only on the harvest." [25:09] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9) "Mentorship is a responsibility, and it's a reciprocal gift of relationship in the body of Christ. It's the constant and ongoing process of giving and receiving value and benefit and care into one another's lives. And it all reinforces once again my dear mentor's words from decades ago, John, you should always have a Paul in your life, and you should always have a Timothy in your life." [34:20] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2) "I actually recall a time when I just about wished I would have lived a life of blatant rebellion and evil and brokenness, at least for a while, so that I'd have a better, more dramatic, dramatic story of of my conversion and of God's deliverance in my life. But I've come to learn that God gave me a treasured gift when he's when he saved my parents. I and and my parents did their absolute best to guide me into a life of following Jesus from the very time that I was born and I didn't do it perfectly. No one does, but I was the recipient of such a gift when I was fortunate enough to be born to those parents." [12:23] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "You see, we really do need each other. I'm convinced that the role we play, family and one another's lives in the church and grow groups in in in youth group in children's ministries in families doing life together in the home as parents. It's truly an invaluable when it comes to paving the way for our children to come to Christ. And we find out that Timothy was one such person, a third generation follower of Jesus here right in the very first years after Jesus life, death and resurrection." [13:25] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "And that's the dance of mentorship. A truly beneficial relationship is mutually beneficial, and that's the way good mentorship is. I suspect that if Timothy was made to feel like a low ranking underling gopher of Paul, the relationship would have turned out much differently. But this beautiful model of a healthy mentorship relationship instead serves as a stellar example of reciprocity and friendship and mutual value to both parties. It's a relationship of love, a relationship of respect, a relationship of of care." [15:11] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5) "And so it leads us to a question when we consider mentorship this morning. Who do you truly care about? And this talks to us about a willingness in our lives to be or become a mentor, to let someone look at our life and let someone walk with us and let someone do the co laboring in the work of Christ. And it's and it comes from truly caring about. Someone and loving someone enough to pour into their lives." [16:12] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6) "The lion's share of this message series has been to demonstrate the importance of beneficial spiritual relationships. And most of the examples so far have focused on people who had built into the apostle Paul's life, they built into the development of Paul as the great hero of the New Testament that he is and, and helped him become that hero of the way of Christ. It's all been designed to show us the truth that if we're going to become the very best versions of ourselves, we will, we will not be self-made. We'll have somebody along the way with us." [19:22] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7) "And in considering Timothy, there's a second question that we want to consider this morning in the context of mentorship. Not only who do you truly care about, and are you willing to do the work of mentorship in the life of somebody you love and care about or are, and, but are you willing to receive care? Do you have a willingness to be taught, to be mentored, to have someone come alongside you, to, to listen in as someone lives with you?" [20:13] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8) "The unfortunate thing about many people when they begin to follow Christ is they just quit too soon. And so, Paul is reminding Timothy, like a soldier, listen to your commanding officer, stay in the fight, don't get sidetracked by civilian affairs like an athlete, train in the fundamentals of the game, and you'll know better. You'll know better than to cut corners and you'll know better than to cheat because you can't win if you cheat. Like a farmer, faithfully planting and cultivating and doing the work with a focus only on the harvest." [25:09] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9) "Mentorship is a responsibility, and it's a reciprocal gift of relationship in the body of Christ. It's the constant and ongoing process of giving and receiving value and benefit and care into one another's lives. And it all reinforces once again my dear mentor's words from decades ago, John, you should always have a Paul in your life, and you should always have a Timothy in your life." [34:20] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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