The ministry is in your hands

The sermon tonight was incredible! It was one of those messages that every teenager and young adult should hear. It was called "putting the ministry in your hands." It comes from the scripture Acts 1:8... I could never do it justice but here are a few key points from the night:

• If you are bored in church, you're doing it wrong! Church is what you make it. If you are bored...do something about it!
  
• If you are 15 years old, you are old enough to be a leader. We trust young men and women in the military with thousands of dollars worth of equipment, heavy machinery and extremely dangerous weapons but we won't trust them to lead a Bible study! Why is that?
• A building is not the church, we are the Church! Our body is the house of the Lord. We are his temple!
• Quit going to church and start being the church!
• Start to think about your school or college as your youth group. Instead of the small 20-30 of you, start to branch out and begin to share with all the people around you, not just who you go to church with.
• Mentor those who are younger than you! Start a cycle...learn from the elders in your church and the older youth in your group so that you can teach the people younger then you how to be great Christians.

I could go on and on! It was one of those messages where I was absorbing every second. I have heard this message several times now, but the impact that it makes, still gives me chills every time I hear it!
God is good:)