Well, I'm in quite a predicament at the moment....a few things are going on that I do not like and I don't really understand how it is all happening this way, and I just feel really offended with what I believe is about to happen.
As you may know, a girl who is a strong Christian came to me at school, barely even knew I was a Christian, or had known me period; but knew I was teaching a bible study at my Youth Pastor's house. She told me that she was starting a bible study and had prayed to God for an co-leader to teach with her every other week. And she said that she wanted me to teach, so I prayed about it and I felt that God wanted me to take that step and go out there and expose my spiritual gift of pastoring/teaching to a new group of people.
We based it off of her Pastor's Bible Study book he recommended, which is a Synago book called "Friends for the Journey." We met, and I told her I didn't want the bible study to be at us at all, and that we are all equals and that it should be something completely about and devoted to God. We gave it the name of our school First Priority Bible Study. It has gone well over the past couple weeks, and we have had as many as almost 20 people come, and that is a good amount for a new Bible Study.
Two weeks ago I taught, and a friend of mine Johnny, who has some strife with me over something I will explain shortly, came for the first time. He brought a friend and his friend was not a Christian, and I am a strong teacher, who tries to go strictly from the Word of God. His friend asked questions after God spoke through me that night, and Johnny told me his friend was saved that night and became a Christian. That was wonderful I thought...now what could we do to enhance his growth I began to ponder...
Going back to Me and Johnny..Johnny is my girlfriends ex-boyfriend. He is extremely jealous of the fact that she decided for me over him, and takes much more initiative with me than ever with him. He used to yell at her for not calling him or something, or not doing everything he liked. And my girlfriend, who I love dearly, dated him for nearly 2 years, and she tells me she didnt even like him for the 16 months of dating him, and the reason she stayed with him was because she felt sorry for him, and I witnessed and defended her many occasions...well long story short she eventually started dating me, and then me and Johnny went on an retreat to the beach with our Youth. She couldn't go due to her brothers graduation. He didn't really speak to me until about the 4th of 5th day there, and told me that he loves her and will do whatever he can to get her back, and that He will tell her he loves her and wants her back so much...and he pretty much challenged me, I took no really caring of it feeling safe with my relationship, which I am. And I have forgiven him of everything he's said against me.
Well moving on, Johnny was this kid's friend, who is named Dustin McGriff. I figured since Johnny teaches with me at my Youth Pastors, he could teach at this Bible Study as well and maybe serve as a spiritual leader or something for Dustin, and could really make Dustin strive for God. Well, I had known about his teaching styles before. At my Youth Pastors, he refuses to teach out of the book, which I absolutely love and will only teach his way, which is by movies....he plays portions of movies like he did Patch Adams, and tries to relate them to bible verses and how we should act. I don't comprehend how you can compare Jesus Christ to Patch Adams(Robin Williams) at all, and I just felt he didn't convey a strong message, and so do a few of our other strong christians in our Youth.
Well I went to Johnny and asked him maybe to teach, and told Him I would talk to Victoria(co-leader of the other Bible Study) and I said I only wanted him to teach if he went out of the book. SINCE it is the structure for the Bible Study, and with the crowd we have, it's hard enough to get them to follow us teaching when it's not something they can think is funny and completely lose sight of, being a movie style teaching. He told me that he refuses to teach out of the book, and I told him well I will talk to Victoria. Well I prayed about it, and was going to talk to her today...however on the phone with my girlfriend I had predicted Johnny who is stubborn and must get everything he wants, would go to Victoria before me and plead his case and I would be shut out or not given a chance to speak in the situation.
Arriving to school this morning, Victoria wanted to speak to me, and what do you know Johnny had talked to her, and she thought we should allow him to teach, and feels God wants him to teach the movie style. And I tried to explain to her that we have a structure and his movie style teaching would completely throw it off completely. And then she made the most incredible remark ever...."Well God's walk doesn't have a structure" and in my head THE BIBLE screamed out, since it is our structure. And this is a book that is to give us assistance through what we teach and how we teach it, what questions to ask and everything...it's a smart thing to have to keep an organized structure. And now I'm pressed with a situation I thought I would face eventually, I told myself in the beginning if I felt God's work was not going to be accomplished through it, I would leave the Bible Study, maybe for good.
I have nothing whatsoever against Johnny, I was the one who felt poised to go ask him to teach in the first place, but it was practically a slap in the face to see him scoot around waiting on me, and go straight to Victoria, who my Youth Pastor has warned me is making it her thing, even though I remind her I want it to be God's and she is someone who many say who does her own thing with whatever. I just got off of the phone with my Youth Pastor who is in WV at the timebeing for a family surgery. He told me he will think about it to give me Godly council, and agrees that I should tell him to teach out of the book, and that we shouldn't let him do his own thing in something that is already set and has a structure already...but told me he would call me back in ways of dealing with Johnny and Victoria....
And I just don't know what to do really and I am going to strongly pray about it and ask for the words and knowledge to solve my problem, and I was just wondering if you people could give me some insight into it, or some ideas or your thoughts.
I called Victoria and pleaded my case somewhat, she still doesn't understand and I asked her not to announce his teaching for another week so I could pray about it and come up with a decision and set my heart right with what I should do.
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As you may know, a girl who is a strong Christian came to me at school, barely even knew I was a Christian, or had known me period; but knew I was teaching a bible study at my Youth Pastor's house. She told me that she was starting a bible study and had prayed to God for an co-leader to teach with her every other week. And she said that she wanted me to teach, so I prayed about it and I felt that God wanted me to take that step and go out there and expose my spiritual gift of pastoring/teaching to a new group of people.
We based it off of her Pastor's Bible Study book he recommended, which is a Synago book called "Friends for the Journey." We met, and I told her I didn't want the bible study to be at us at all, and that we are all equals and that it should be something completely about and devoted to God. We gave it the name of our school First Priority Bible Study. It has gone well over the past couple weeks, and we have had as many as almost 20 people come, and that is a good amount for a new Bible Study.
Two weeks ago I taught, and a friend of mine Johnny, who has some strife with me over something I will explain shortly, came for the first time. He brought a friend and his friend was not a Christian, and I am a strong teacher, who tries to go strictly from the Word of God. His friend asked questions after God spoke through me that night, and Johnny told me his friend was saved that night and became a Christian. That was wonderful I thought...now what could we do to enhance his growth I began to ponder...
Going back to Me and Johnny..Johnny is my girlfriends ex-boyfriend. He is extremely jealous of the fact that she decided for me over him, and takes much more initiative with me than ever with him. He used to yell at her for not calling him or something, or not doing everything he liked. And my girlfriend, who I love dearly, dated him for nearly 2 years, and she tells me she didnt even like him for the 16 months of dating him, and the reason she stayed with him was because she felt sorry for him, and I witnessed and defended her many occasions...well long story short she eventually started dating me, and then me and Johnny went on an retreat to the beach with our Youth. She couldn't go due to her brothers graduation. He didn't really speak to me until about the 4th of 5th day there, and told me that he loves her and will do whatever he can to get her back, and that He will tell her he loves her and wants her back so much...and he pretty much challenged me, I took no really caring of it feeling safe with my relationship, which I am. And I have forgiven him of everything he's said against me.
Well moving on, Johnny was this kid's friend, who is named Dustin McGriff. I figured since Johnny teaches with me at my Youth Pastors, he could teach at this Bible Study as well and maybe serve as a spiritual leader or something for Dustin, and could really make Dustin strive for God. Well, I had known about his teaching styles before. At my Youth Pastors, he refuses to teach out of the book, which I absolutely love and will only teach his way, which is by movies....he plays portions of movies like he did Patch Adams, and tries to relate them to bible verses and how we should act. I don't comprehend how you can compare Jesus Christ to Patch Adams(Robin Williams) at all, and I just felt he didn't convey a strong message, and so do a few of our other strong christians in our Youth.
Well I went to Johnny and asked him maybe to teach, and told Him I would talk to Victoria(co-leader of the other Bible Study) and I said I only wanted him to teach if he went out of the book. SINCE it is the structure for the Bible Study, and with the crowd we have, it's hard enough to get them to follow us teaching when it's not something they can think is funny and completely lose sight of, being a movie style teaching. He told me that he refuses to teach out of the book, and I told him well I will talk to Victoria. Well I prayed about it, and was going to talk to her today...however on the phone with my girlfriend I had predicted Johnny who is stubborn and must get everything he wants, would go to Victoria before me and plead his case and I would be shut out or not given a chance to speak in the situation.
Arriving to school this morning, Victoria wanted to speak to me, and what do you know Johnny had talked to her, and she thought we should allow him to teach, and feels God wants him to teach the movie style. And I tried to explain to her that we have a structure and his movie style teaching would completely throw it off completely. And then she made the most incredible remark ever...."Well God's walk doesn't have a structure" and in my head THE BIBLE screamed out, since it is our structure. And this is a book that is to give us assistance through what we teach and how we teach it, what questions to ask and everything...it's a smart thing to have to keep an organized structure. And now I'm pressed with a situation I thought I would face eventually, I told myself in the beginning if I felt God's work was not going to be accomplished through it, I would leave the Bible Study, maybe for good.
I have nothing whatsoever against Johnny, I was the one who felt poised to go ask him to teach in the first place, but it was practically a slap in the face to see him scoot around waiting on me, and go straight to Victoria, who my Youth Pastor has warned me is making it her thing, even though I remind her I want it to be God's and she is someone who many say who does her own thing with whatever. I just got off of the phone with my Youth Pastor who is in WV at the timebeing for a family surgery. He told me he will think about it to give me Godly council, and agrees that I should tell him to teach out of the book, and that we shouldn't let him do his own thing in something that is already set and has a structure already...but told me he would call me back in ways of dealing with Johnny and Victoria....
And I just don't know what to do really and I am going to strongly pray about it and ask for the words and knowledge to solve my problem, and I was just wondering if you people could give me some insight into it, or some ideas or your thoughts.
I called Victoria and pleaded my case somewhat, she still doesn't understand and I asked her not to announce his teaching for another week so I could pray about it and come up with a decision and set my heart right with what I should do.
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