At the core of my min\u00adistry lies a set of con\u00advic\u00adtions sum\u00adma\u00adriz\u00ading my under\u00adstand\u00ading
\n of the Bib\u00adli\u00adcal teach\u00adings on min\u00adistry and life. <\/p>\n
I Must Nur\u00adture Inti\u00adma\u00adcy With God:<\/b> if I do not act out of a vibrant I Must Cul\u00adti\u00advate My Char\u00adac\u00adter<\/b>: who I am is more impor\u00adtant that I Must Build My Mar\u00adriage<\/b>: God gave me a wife for a reason\u2014she I Must Hone My Skills<\/b>: God deserves the very best I have to offer. I Must Main\u00adtain Healthy Rela\u00adtion\u00adships<\/b>: fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly, min\u00adistry I Must Rig\u00ador\u00adous\u00adly Ana\u00adlyze My Beliefs:<\/b> beliefs dri\u00adve behav\u00adior. This isn\u2019t a full phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of cam\u00adpus ministry\u2013it\u2019s more of a sum\u00adma\u00adry state\u00adment on my life and min\u00adistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-news","category-stanfordministry-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, then I labor in vain. I must reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly:<\/p>\n\n
\n both with my spir\u00adit and with under\u00adstand\u00ading<\/i><\/li>\n
\n His Word: for per\u00adson\u00adal growth in addi\u00adtion to min\u00adistry tasks<\/i><\/li>\n
\n Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Wor\u00adship: par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading regard\u00adless of my emo\u00adtion\u00adal state<\/i><\/li>\n
\n With a Small Group of Fel\u00adlow-Believ\u00aders: for account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty and encour\u00adage\u00adment.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n what I do. Char\u00adac\u00adter is a broad top\u00adic, but I con\u00adsid\u00ader these qual\u00adi\u00adties
\n to be cen\u00adtral:<\/p>\n\n
\n act\u00ading on what I pro\u00adfess to believe in pub\u00adlic and pri\u00advate<\/i><\/li>\n
\n dis\u00adre\u00adgard\u00ading per\u00adson\u00adal con\u00adse\u00adquences when fac\u00ading moral choic\u00ades<\/i><\/li>\n
\n Work: doing the best I can do because God is always my boss<\/i><\/li>\n
\n Respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty: liv\u00ading with\u00adin my means, being gen\u00ader\u00adous, sav\u00ading for the
\n future<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n is to be a friend and a part\u00adner in min\u00adistry. Plus, I will be mar\u00adried after
\n I retire. I ignore that fact at my per\u00adil.<\/b><\/p>\n
\n There\u00adfore I read wide\u00adly and wise\u00adly, and I earnest\u00adly desire book, con\u00adfer\u00adence,
\n and oth\u00ader resource rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions from those I esteem. My goal is to
\n mas\u00adter the essen\u00adtials of my pro\u00adfes\u00adsion. At present, I under\u00adstand those
\n essen\u00adtials to be:<\/p>\n\n
\n Dis\u00adci\u00adpline: learn\u00ading to live a God\u00adward life<\/i><\/li>\n
\n learn\u00ading to inter\u00adpret the Bible respon\u00adsi\u00adbly<\/i><\/li>\n
\n learn\u00ading to help oth\u00aders act effec\u00adtive\u00adly<\/i><\/li>\n
\n learn\u00ading to artic\u00adu\u00adlate ideas per\u00adsua\u00adsive\u00adly<\/i><\/li>\n
\n learn\u00ading to intrigue oth\u00aders with Christ and His Church<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n is about rela\u00adtion\u00adships. As a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal leader, I accept respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty
\n for the health of the rela\u00adtion\u00adships I am involved with and will work to
\n deep\u00aden them.<\/p>\n
\n I have a tremen\u00addous capac\u00adi\u00adty for intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal lazi\u00adness and self-decep\u00adtion.
\n I must read the most chal\u00adleng\u00ading works and talk with the most chal\u00adleng\u00ading
\n peo\u00adple to test my ideas for truth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"