Three Ways to Minister on Social Media

“She is like the merchant ships bringing her food from afar.” Proverbs 31:14

This blog post is intended for the Christian Entrepreneur who uses social media as a platform to conduct business.

Although most of the time, this passage is misunderstood, many of us are all too familiar with the woman of Proverbs 31. In this specific verse, it shows that she did not mind going the distance for high quality because back then, all of the exotic goods were brought by ships after months of travel. She was committed to doing things with excellence, even if that meant she had to wait for months.

For the past two weeks, La Distinction Co has been studying Christian entrepreneurship according to the Bible through the series called Faith and Dreams. In this short article, we share three important lessons to consider when considering yourself a Christian Creative on social media.

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1- Quality Content: As Christian Creative/Entrepreneur, we are ambassadors for the Kingdom of God on social media. When someone comes across our page, they should feel edified. It is not a problem to share Bible verses, but at some point, we have to ask God to bless us with the holy spirit so we can start to translate the verse we post into a language that our population can understand. We need to give others the desire to open a Bible and study the word for themselves. We need to encourage, motivate and educate.

2- Valuable Services: Are we walking the talk? When people book our services, do they really receive value for the price that we are asking, or do they feel duped? As Christian Entrepreneurs, we cannot be involved in quick schemes, baiting, or deceiving (like saying things are on sale when they’re not or leading people to believe one thing and do another). We have to show integrity because our boss is omnipresent, and he sees our hearts. We should have boundaries and maintain them. Other people need to see the difference between us and the world in our services.

3- Show Up as Yourself: How can we share the good news of the gospel with others when they see us on social media constantly sharing something negative or full details of our debauch the night before? This is not to encourage anyone to pretend to have a perfect life, but if you are going through some difficulty, ask God for discernment on whether or not you can be public with it. Because when we show up on a social platform in plain crisis, we might actually discourage other people who already think choosing to follow Jesus is all about misery. If you wouldn’t share it at work or wear it to work, why would you wear it or share it on your platform as a Christian business person? We need to be disciplined and distinguished in the way that we conduct business in the name of Jesus Christ.

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Pray Ugly Prayers

Arise, Lord, in your anger;

rise up against the rage of my enemies.

Awake, my God; decree justice. Psalms 7:6

When I was little, my relationship with God was always unclear. It was like I had this one great friend who swears to protect me and says that he loves me, but I always have to tip-toe around him because if I say or do the wrong thing, he might just leave me alone and scared.

If this sounds like your relationship with God, I am inviting you to dedicate some time to pray until you start to feel God’s entire, peaceful presence.

Yes, God is almighty. But, he is also a father, a provider, a nurturer, and a friend.

Reading the Psalms of David in the Bible (which is most of the Psalms), you will realize that David was not afraid to ask God to punish people on his behalf. He had a lot of respect for God. He spent a lot of time praising, dancing, and writing songs of love and honor to God. However, in times when he was targeted, rejected, or pursued, he placed it all without reservations in front of God.

God can see beyond your facades, but he wants to hear how you express yourself to him and see how comfortable you feel around him. As an earthly parent, you may feel offended if you find out that your kids are not comfortable telling you everything. What makes you think God will be okay with your generic prayers?

Ugly prayers are unfiltered, unedited, fresh-out-of-the-angered-soul prayers. They are crying prayers, wordless prayers, long sighing, and suffocating prayers. God wants to hear them all. He wants to hear about your anger, temptations, annoyance, desires, and oppressions.

David had no issues expressing either of these emotions to God, and God crowned him the man after his heart. God wants to be in the mess with you, to help you piece your puzzle together. Just like when you see a therapist, you have no problem sharing your discomfort because you know the session is confidential.

Well, guess what? Confidentiality with God is 100% guaranteed.

So why should you pray ugly prayers, like David? Simple answer: to be closer to God.

If you want to start digging in the word and really master your Bible, check out this journal with a Bible reading tracker from La Distinction Co.