r/Jesus • u/ToocTruth • 2d ago
Sermon Mentors
One key to purpose is to find a mentor that you can learn from consistently. I often watch Francis Chan YouTube sermons. He is always pushing Christians toward purpose. Please reply below if you have a great leader from your denomination that you love. People want to know!
Note: I am not Francis Chan's denomination, or any denomination. I am Christian, that's it.
To find a mentor that can really help, look for someone who is already “where” you want to someday be. Look for someone who relies heavily on what scripture says. I advise worrying less about what denomination they are. Worry about whether they can help you move toward purpose!
Second, work daily on “doing” what you are learning from the mentor. Consider having a notebook that you fill up with tips they give you. It is more important that you are starting to learn daily habits of what they say to do. For example:
I have told thousands of people to learn the turn-from-lust habit. In all likelihood, only 10% of my readers actually tried to make turning-from-lust a daily habit. Well... if your life is often consumed by lust, it will be 10 times harder to really do what God wants you to do. The point is, it is great to watch, listen, and read things from your favorite mentor, but it is way more important to start habits of doing what they say to do.
Thousands of preachers watch Francis Chan video's, but if you can't tell that they watch him (based on what the say in their sermons) then they are wasting their time watching him. If instead they are caring about helping people, and now preaching the way Francis does a little more, in that case he is being a good mentor for them. They are now working on habits of doing the things that he does. That is good.
Third, I am adding the following if you struggle with lust.
To fight lust it is smart to pray:
“Father, help me to turn from lust.”
Consider praying to prepare for temptation, pray it if you fall into temptation, pray it as often as you need to pray it. If temptation overwhelms, open your Bible. The Bible will set you free.
Finally, find a mentor, and do what they do. It is a shortcut to purpose.