David Forbes - Author - The Golden King Chronicles
Youth Worker On Fire Podcast
was a youth pastor when I first met him. As life progressed, he took on many wonderful responsibilities. He finished his Masters Degree in Apologetics and felt God's calling to write a book for children instead of academics. David has a wonderful wife and 3 children. He is a musician, as well as, an author. His debut novel "" is his first book in "". Order your copy here: _______________________________ Looking for a new student ministry resource? You can read my book “” here: Listen to more episodes from the Youth Worker On Fire...
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Clark Blake - Recon Marine - Soldiers Remembering Heroes
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I was asked to watch the Memorial Day celebration in Washington, DC on saturday night. It was very moving and the stories of sacrifice and loss of loved ones for the sake of our Nation was sobering at the very least. I proceeded today on Memorial Day to watch another Memorial Day celebration of sacrifice at Arlington National Cemetery where the President and Vice President of the United States gave very moving speeches and recognized many families who had lost loved ones. In student ministry, these soldiers are mostly still in our wheelhouse of ministry between the ages of 18 to 25 years of...
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Greg Larson - The Salt Network
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's mission, goal, and objective is to plant churches in every major university city around the USA. Greg and Amy Larson are about as good a fit as it gets for this calling! Greg Larson was a Fellowship Of Christian Athletes full time missionary after 2 years in Major League Baseball. Greg met Amy, they married, and then were onto full time missions in Central Mexico. Since coming back to the states, Greg has been an associate pastor for several years in Florida and now God is leading he and his family to start a church in Colorado near Colorado State University. Want...
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MERCY and GRACE
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"...As far as East is from West..." (Psalm 103:12) That's how far God separates our sins from us. He gives us MERCY when we deserve punishment. He Gives us GRACE when we deserve to be chewed up and left in our misery... or worse. Billy's (one of my former youth students) story is a humbling one for a senior in high school. I hope his story helps you to see one of your young teenage students the way God sees them. God has personally shown me plenty of MERCY and GRACE that I do not deserve. I hope as you listen in to this episode that you see how God is speaking through you. ...
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DRAFTING CHARACTER
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Character changes lives before talent. God will lift up the humble to confound the wise of this world. The old saying is this... "God does not choose the qualified, He qualifies the chosen." Even the National Football League (NFL) understands that great character trumps great skills. Listen in and find out how they identify this in the recent draft. Also, find out how a young lady whose character was so great that the Oval Office chose this small town girl to serve in the White House for two Terms. _______________________________ Looking for a new student ministry resource? You...
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253 Rain Day Play Day
Youth Worker On Fire Podcast
Rainy days can be challenging, but it's all in how we look at them. In this episode, I refer to Elijah praying 3 times, but instead he prayed 7 times in 1 Kings 18:43-46. Often we will pray once or twice for something and decide that God is not going to do what we asking. Jim Halstead (who has 2 interviews on this podcast), prayed for me and my ministry every week for more than 10 years. It kept our student ministry on task and gaining spiritual ground in our church and community. It was almost 20 years before I knew about that and those prayers, but it made spiritual sense. There was...
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252 Create With Passion
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You have a life license to Create! God created in advance good works for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). We are limited by our desire and trust that God is for us, not against us. The passion inside you can be nurtured or it can be crushed. You must decide! I spoke at a funeral for a 75 year old relative a few weeks ago. Then this week I heard a podcast about a famous rock star who at 75 is doing more for music and business than he has ever done. He is so excited that he automatically wakes up at 5:00AM to start his day from pure excitement. The power to create greater works, be...
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251 Easter Week
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Easter is our anchor! Easter is about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection is what distinguishes from everyone else. This season can be and should be a fun and exciting time for our students and family. Especially if we lead them and teach them well. _______________________________ Looking for a new student ministry resource? You can read my book “” here: Listen to more episodes from the Youth Worker On Fire Podcast here: _______________________________ EPISODE CREDITS Email us at: Hosted by: Doug Edwards Theme...
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Devouring 10,000 Calories - 365 Days A year
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Eat 10,000 Calories... 365 Days A Year! That's Right... You read the title correctly. But there is always an "IF" thrown somewhere in there... IF you want to work out like the greatest Olympian Of All Time, Michael Phelps. The greatest body builders use to wake up at 2:00AM to drink a protein shake. One of those guys said by the time the competition for Mr. Universe rolled around, we were exhausted from eating. What IF we devoured the word of God and prayed 365 Days a year like we were preparing for the Olympics? What IF we told people about the good news of Jesus Christ...
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249 Mark Donohue - Former Student - Corporate Trainer and Coach
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is ’s ministry. Mark helps to guide CEO’s, business owners, coaches, pastors, and more on a journey of becoming as successful in their family life as they are in their business life and/or ministry. Mark was responsible for leading 50 of his peers in high school to Jesus while being mentored in a student ministry by his youth pastor. When that happens in a small community, even the surrounding communities hear about it... and we heard about his reputation as a life changer through out our county! Now years later, Mark is a husband, a father, a business man, and a ministry leader....
info_outlineThe Truth is always the right thing to talk about and believe. The Truth is not what society usually wants to hear. Real Truth usually goes against the grain of society. So... it has to be delivered in Love, Compassion, and Power through God's spirit. Not by our own self-righteous power.
Students (and humans in general) are drawn to God's conviction and driven away by human condemnation. This episode will provide you guidelines on delivering Truth with God's Power.
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EPISODE CREDITS
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Hosted by: Doug Edwards
Theme Song: "The One and Only" by The 808 : Listen to more at https://bit.ly/3FTYIAJ
Intro/Outro Voiceover: Michael Helms : https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelTheSoundGuy
Edited by: Secret Roots Music House