We led contemplative worship at our recent Youth Dynamics staff conference. One exercise was to think about what was holding you back from trusting the Lord more in your ministry. We wrote them down on post it notes and stuck them on the window of the conference hall we were in.The we had an area to symbolically wash our hands of these things and enter into a new season wholly invested in following the Lord in ministry.

For me, “control” and “expectations” hold me back from giving everything up in my life and ministry to the Lord. I worry too much about measuring up and feel like everything is on my shoulders. It’s funny, it’s all the Lord’s to begin with and it continues to be His. I just fool myself to think otherwise. It’s all His. It’s all the Lord’s.

You have any to confess and walk away from?

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2 Responses to “Leaving Behind”
  1. I did something similar with my youth a few weeks ago except we used scraps of paper and a garbage can.

    I threw away fear/insecurity and loneliness

  2. For dramatic flair, I did it years back with a metal trash can and lighter fluid. It flames up and is pretty sweet.

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