April has been a month for starting new things. It has
always been this way with me. I have no idea why it just happens to be that
way. Maybe it’s because so many life changing events have happened around this
time or it’s a desire for newness needs to be answered. Maybe it’s by God’s
design that as nature wakes up so are we. Regardless this April has been no
different. My wife and I had started a new business venture together. It’s a small
home based business. It is not anything elaborate just a little something to supplement
our income and ease our burdens down the line.
The other thing I
started this month is a new ministry opportunity. I was listening to K-Love sometime
in March and I heard a radio ad for Groundwire. I heard these ads before they
are fast paced youth oriented outreach and Gospel presentations geared toward
the lost and hurting. This ad was different. For March Groundwire was K-Loves
ministry of the month and they were looking for people to join their ministry
as spiritual coaches. I held this in my
heart for a little while and then a couple weeks later checked out their
website Groundwire.net to see what this is all about. I read all about their beliefs
and their mission. They are a media based ministry whose goal is to interrupt
young people’s lives with the Gospel. I thought that was interesting. They have
placed adds all over mainstream and Christian radio and now they were placing ads
on MTV, VH1, BET and the Cartoon Network. They use a chat format to communicate
with people who log on looking for help.
Groundwire is the creation of Mr. Sean Dunn. He worked in youth ministry
in his church and once a year they would go all out and do a youth rally. The
kids would come and kids would be saved but he realized for the same expense he
could bring the Gospel to the masses through technology and media. This was the
start of Groundwire. It began with radio ads and e-mails and has grown to radio
and television with real time chat replacing e-mail as the primary mode of communication.
This ministry is powerful. I have had more ministry opportunities
in my first week than I had in any two months prior. I only
put in around 5 hour of my time. In my first week I have worked with people who
are really hurting, people who are lonely, depressed, struggling with questions
about forgiveness and salvation, and one person who has had thoughts of suicide.
I believe God is really reaching people
for his Kingdom here on Groundwire. I am very blessed to be a part of this
ministry. I get to see firsthand God working with people that by any other
means may be unreachable. I have learned so much from their resources and from
reading chats of more experienced coaches.
Right now I am not going to give the prayer ministry or the youth
ministry at my church because I think right now God has given me a nice balance.
If things get hectic and become more than I can handle I would probably give up
the administration part of the prayer ministry but not the ministry itself. But,
right now all is well and God is doing great things.
So what do I take away from this? Well, God has shown me how
much more I can accomplish when I keep the TV off. He also showed me he will
make a way for his will to be done even in people who are hard to reach.
What can you do? Pray! I would like to be a full time minister but
that is just not an option right now so there is a lot going on. Pray for God
to keep me his will and in balance.
Check it out www.groundwire.net
