Just sharing a small idea that’s been a big Win for us recently:

Every week we start our staff meeting with sharing: “How have you seen God at work on campus this week?”. Always my favorite part of the meeting! But we recently realized that most of that good news of God at work is staying within the four walls of our staff meeting.

As we celebrated how God is working, we never took the time to pass on our excitement to the students whom God is using.

So recently we tweaked our schedule a little:

• After we spend about 30 minutes sharing
• we praise God in prayer for a bit
• THEN we spend 10 minutes texting students our team has shared about.

And we make sure that someone other than the staff that’s discipling them (or knows them best) texts them. Hopefully they’re frequently hearing encouragement from their discipler but sometimes it means even more coming from someone else.

 

An example that I texted to a student this week:

“Hey man. We were just celebrating as a team what God is doing on campus an...

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One of the ways I show care for others is through my words, both verbal and written.

Recently while flying, I had an idea. As I flew over the city of a friend and colleague, I simply typed some words of encouragement for that person about the leadership and vision they were displaying in their cause.  Looking out the window at the city lights, the vast geography prompted me to think about the people and needs in that city. I could visualize some of the challenges and celebrate some of the accomplishments.

As I hit the ground the email was already queued and could be sent.

Next time you’re at 35,000 feet, look out the window and take five minutes to encourage someone.

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