What's Hard?

leadership 2008-11-02

whats hard?
- having to make new relationships
- no results
- time
- inconsistency w kids
- personal life
- size of school
- few opportunities to meet kids
- campaigners who dont get it
- unfufilled plans
- rejection
- taking care of self
- competing w kids schedules
- not to blame them
- personal pride hurt in failure
- kids walls/finding an in
- cultural context
- tiring
- kids expecting to be entertained
- tough kids/situations

hebrews 12:1-3
- (heb 11 = faith hall of fame)
- therefore... = with their example and what we know...
- throw off everything that entangles
-- what entangles me? what do i have to do to throw that off?
- run race w perseverance
-- we will get tired and it will be hard
- v2 how do i fix my eyes on christ? key to ministry/yl
- hard things are real; so is christ
- we're facing opposition from satan and sinful men/women
-- jesus dealt w this; we will too
--- jesus died without campaigners understanding it
--- god's work and not ours