Head knowlege Vs. Heart learning (aka. Christian University VS. vli)

Tonight was my first night of class. (Vineyard Leadership Institute) It was really interesting. Not really what I expected… kind of what I had hoped for though. The first quarter long class I have is called “The Leader’s Self-Understanding and Spiritual Formation.” It is all about spiritual formation and spiritual disciplines and it was really, really convicting. From only 3 hours tonight it was really clear to me that if I REALLY want to go into ministry and REALLY want to serve God I need to change some serious stuff in my life.

For starters, I feel like I need to cut out a lot of non-necessities. I don’t feel like I have many of those to start with but I mean really going bare bones… like maybe not getting my cell phone turned back on if I can get out of my contract and only using the phone like that goes through my computer. I know there are more things that I can give up I just need to wait and see what they are and if I need to get rid of them. I though about being a nun… I wanted to be a protestant nun… so why can I not live my life in a monastic style?

Also, for a long time I have totally disregarded the idea of a morning “quiet time.” But it stuck me just how important that is for a number of reasons. The day is STARTED with a focus on God and it teaches discipline. I really need to get my butt out of bed at 6:30 so I can spend at least 30 minutes… it is hard with insomnia but maybe if I start getting up then things will get better on the sleep end of it.

I am interested to see what will happen if I follow some of these steps… it could be pretty cool