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I have this mentality in ministry sometimes that everything relies on me. I think that my talks have to have just the right words, or the prayer service has to have just the right elements to stir emotion or whatever it may be. I get caught in this trap of thinking my work is what is going to cause people to give their life to Christ.

I think God put it best when He said in Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” If you follow His advice in this verse, you will find His plan for your life - which is written in the desires of your heart. Let me break it down for you.

If you want to work for a mission greater than yourself, and to guard the truth of the Catholic Church while being an ambassador of God's love – you might be called to serve as an Ablaze Missionary.

Love causes us to move and calls us to action. It is what drives us to stand up for the youth, to call people out when they’re not living as the son or daughter they are called to be, and to take a leap of faith to pursue the will of God. Love is not some girly, fru fru thing with pink and red hearts.

In ministry, we often fall into the mindset that we have to know all the answers. And then, once we’ve downloaded all the data of the faith, it’s our job to cram it into the minds and the hearts of our young people. Because, if we can just get the information into their heads, they’ll “get it”, suddenly love being Catholic and then follow Jesus. And that, my friends, is how we make disciples and raise up a generation of saints. Right?