Preacher or Peloton Instructor
I’m so blessed to have a preacher that is almost a bona fide Peloton instructor. I think he has a few more life-coach type classes, but I am confident he will be certified in no time. He’s a natural encourager and coach and you really feel that in his sermons.
From him I have learned that these are times for loving my neighbors. I am naturally so in-tune with what might be offensive that it is practically my super-power, so I’ve got loving my neighbors covered. That’s great because that’s like God’s only rule. Since I can follow that rule without even trying I can focus entirely on myself. Having time to focus on me is absolutely necessary because I’m kind of a hot mess. I often feel like I am alone and facing constant struggles and I'm tempted to blame myself and look for things I need to change, but my preacher helps me see that I’m actually doing everything right. I was perfectly made. It’s just that I live in a fallen world and Satan is constantly in my ear telling me I shouldn’t do this or that. Not only that, but sometimes God needs me to fight Goliath. So life is hard.
Every week I feel completely beat up and unloved by the same world that I am so good at loving. All of my relationships have been struggles and none have lasted. Why is everyone so selfish? Even though I make sure to tell him what my love language is, I have yet to meet a man that will love me enough to love me the way I want to be loved.
Sunday mornings are when I get my love tank filled. My preacher reminds me of God’s unconditional love for me. I totally get it. God sees me and loves me and wants to give me heaven.
I love how my preacher uses the absolute best stories about himself to explain what the Bible really means. I’ve tried other churches in the past, but so many preachers seem to just stick to what the Bible says. That’s so old and irrelevant. I wish everyone would attend my church and they totally can because it’s all virtual! It doesn’t even cost anything: free weekly motivation from a nearly-certified Peloton instructor!
2 Timothy 4:1–4 Preach the Word
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.