• Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Contact

Sunday School Revolutionary

Sunday School matters. Be revolutionary!

Are You Going Through the Motions in Sunday School?

July 23, 2010 by Darryl Wilson Leave a Comment

I was listening to the radio on my drive home. Matthew West’s song, The Motions, came on. Stop here and press the link and listen to the song (make sure your volume is not on mute). Then after listening to the song, read the rest of this blog post.

In the chorus, West makes a powerful statement followed by a haunting question (for the complete lyrics, press HERE).

I don’t want to go through the motions
I don’t want to go one more day
Without your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t want to spend my whole life asking
What if I had given everything
Instead of going through the motions?

Knowing that West underwent career threatening vocal surgery in 2007, adds even more power to the song. Watch this VIDEO of the song and clips from his questions and hospital stay. (His surgery went well.)

My point in sharing this song is to challenge you to give God your all. He deserves our best. Be passionate in your Sunday School work. Work hard. Pray hard. Care. Don’t leave anything undone. Don’t look back with regret.

At the same time, make sure what you are doing is what God desires. Doing the wrong thing with passion and enthusiasm is still the wrong thing. In golf, chess, or Sunday School work, repeated practice does not make perfect. It only makes permanent. And practicing something wrong also makes it more difficult to make needed change later–for you and others.

Stop now and ask God to help you recognize what you need to do to give everything. Don’t go through the motions. Be revolutionary!

Related posts:

REVOLUTIONARY Sunday School Anagram
What Does It Take for a Revolutionary Director to Lead the Sunday School?
Plan for Your Sunday School to Grow This Year, Part 2
Unique Names for Sunday School and for Sunday School Classes

Filed Under: Pastors/Sunday School Directors Tagged With: do the right thing the right way, going through the motions, Matthew West, no regrets, passionate

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Looking for Something?

Loading

Connect With Me

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Disciple-Making Encounters

Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.

Order Your Copy Today!

Categories

  • Assimilation (316)
  • Best Practices (6)
  • Community (2)
  • Enrollment (42)
  • Events (24)
  • Job Description (33)
  • Leadership (227)
  • Misc (230)
  • Outreach (449)
  • Pastors/Sunday School Directors (476)
  • Planning (198)
  • Prayer (4)
  • Resources (43)
  • Small Groups (84)
  • Space/Arrangement (11)
  • Spiritual Maturity (264)
  • Starting New Classes (143)
  • Teaching (484)
  • Uncategorized (2)

Together we can make the needed changes to strengthen leaders and churches to reach Kentucky and the world for Christ.