Why Are We Doing “Uprising”?

I haven’t blogged on Bethel’s website since last year. My wife and I have been in Wisconsin while I was finishing my undergrad degree at Northland International University. Since we’re starting this Friday night youth outreach, I’ll be blogging more often on the topic of worship and the Friday night happenings at Bethel.

Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in d the splendor of holiness. (Psalm 29:1-2)

At the conclusion of Bethel’s Teen Challenge during the summer of 2008, I was told by a young man that we should be “doing stuff more often.” I said to him if by “stuff” he meant Bible teaching and strengthening the teens at Bethel in their walk with Christ, then I was all for it. Having to think about it for a moment, he agreed with me. Now, 14 months after that conversation, his desire is becoming a reality.

Tomorrow night, after 2 months of intense preparation, prayer, and coordination we’re starting an outreach program on Friday nights. I want to explain in brief why Bethel is stepping forward with this.

The purpose of the outreach is two-fold:

  1. To spiritually equip and challenge young adults to know God through Biblical teaching and discipleship; the goal of the teaching is both personal obedience to God and ultimate satisfaction in our relationship with God himself.

  2. To reach out to the world around us, proclaiming Jesus Christ as the sole Savior from judgment and only Lord of the universe, leading them to discover the soul-satisfying relationship with Christ.

The goal is not merely to show the students what God requires of them; we want to display God as He is in the Scriptures, and what that means for every human being’s thoughts, emotions, and actions. We don’t want to just influence how we act; action without emotion quickly becomes hypocrisy; action without thought quickly becomes fear… or worse.

The Word has something to say about the way we act, feel, and think. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) It’s our whole response to who God is and what He’s done. Join us as we examine worship… as we take off all the hype and dig into God’s Word to prove that He is worthy and all-satisfying for anyone who will come to Him.

Posted on 10/08/2009 under Daniel Viezbicke's Blog. Comments RSS feed.
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