Monday nights are D-group nights, but instead of our room of now 4 meeting, we decided to meet with all the team three guys. There where 12 of us, (I didn't think of this till just now but I find it ironic because D-group stands for Discipleship group and their was 12 of us) and we started off by having 3 big buckets of chicken and watching the home run derby. That is what it is all about, fellowship with other Christians. I know we're here on project but how many times on a Monday night could you find 12 guys get together have fun, and then spend time just talking about Jesus. That sadly should be a norm, and it is what we talked about last night. We talked about what the futures held in everyone going back to college. The importance of staying in the body of Christ with other believers. Not everyone here is going to be heading back to their campuses with a good solid group of Christian friends. This will be hard for many. When you spend time with other Christians it will help your walk, you were not designed to do it alone, others can help you stay accountable, and you will just get burned out. Iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another, this is SO true. Acts 2:42-47 explain how important it is that Christians spend time together, John 12:20-23. I explained to the group how a good sports team gets good. For example; my junior and senior year football team went 21-1 with 21 wins in a row, in the regular season. We also did everything together, Thursday night wings, football Saturdays, football Sundays. We did everything together, and we got real close. This made us stronger as a team. Same goes in your walk with fellow Christians. The more you spend time together, the stronger yall will be. I also explained how much cooler Christians will look when in large groups. I know this sounds kind of weird, but if you have like 10 guys all hanging out laughing and having fun, people are going to look. If they are not cursing and getting drunk people will ask questions I promise you. We will be attractive (not in the physical sense) we will look appealing. They will want to be apart of us, and this opens up the door for ministry. Lastly I shared with the group how glad I was that I was not going back to Charleston or Hilton Head. Back in both of those places in SC, I don't have any close friends who are strong Christians who will keep me accountable. Most of them would just drag me down. I am thankful that I will be in Montgomery, AL the next 6 months and will get plugged into a D-Group of Christians guys. One of the Campus Outreach staff members runs CO at Huntington University which is in Montgomery. I am so excited. I also explained that it is not bad to hang out with those friends, but the majority of your time needs to be spent with Christian brothers who will support you. I am by no means cutting off any of my relationships with any of my boys back home, but if I were to be going back, I would probably not spend as much time with them. That would be hard, and I told the guys last night the importance of this decision. It is much easier to get pulled down, then pushed up. Please pray for all 11 guys on my team, that they will stay united with their Christian bothers, and that they will stay plugged in and Grow in Christ. Pray that I find a good solid group of Christian guys that I can grow with have fellowship with. I am praying now that I find that unity.
Serving Him,
Daniel
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