Your Digital Pastor - Dr. Marcus Cylar

Devotion: “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭ESV ‬‬http://bible.com/59/2co.5.21.esv I don’t know about you, but I need to be reminded of the sacrifice of Jesus every single day of my life. When I start trippin and getting beyond myself, I need this verse to come back to my memory... http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV Tool of the Week: Cute CUT iOS app https://cylar.me/2K23UmZ Feature Presentation: Best free content for church communicators 1. Adam McLaughlin - $100/mo church comm pack https://cylar.me/2K2X4xP 2. Brady Shearer - church growth formula https://cylar.me/2JYN7RS 3. Gary Vaynerchuk - The GaryVee content model: How to Make 30+ Pieces of Content from a Single Keynote https://cylar.me/2K0N6gl Moments of inspiration 1. Don’t ignore the process; expose the process! 2. Whatever you need to do, just go get a win!

Devotion: Proverbs 16:24 ESV - I’ve learned over recent months that love languages are applicable in more than romantic relationships. Words are very important to me, and they should be to you as well. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV - Want to make a hater upset? Refrain from getting upset! Don’t give him/her the #SameEnergy he/she is giving you. Trust me, it’ll work. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Is our level of expectation for what God can do in our lives where I t needs to be? God is eagerly looking to bless us, but are we ready for the blessing? http://yourdigitalpastor.co

God is eagerly looking for as many opportunities to bless us as possible, but we’ve got to be living right first. There’s no way around it. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: Psalm 32:8 ESV - Sometimes, in the midst of your talking to God, God will interject with instruction and guidance. It’s unique that it happens here in this psalm, but that’s really how God deals with us in prayer, if we’re truly listening. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: Matthew 6:25 - Lord, help us to always consider your love for us and keep things in perspective. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: Matthew 22:37 MSG Tool of the Week: RØDE VideoMic Me/Me-L for quality smartphone audio Feature presentation: Twitter is still a viable platform, and your ministry should be on there. It doesn’t take much of a time investment, though, if you’re doing the right things. Moments of inspiration: - Keep that same energy! - You’ve got a powerful testimony! http://yourdigitalpastor.co

If God is the creator of all, knows all, and can do all, then why don’t we start with God when we’re looking for solutions, rather than consulting God at the end of our fruitless pursuits? http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: 1 Peter 5:6 MSG - If we can rest in the fact that God’s strong hand is on us and that God is careful with us, we can prayerfully find peace in God’s timing and not trip when things don’t go the way we’ve planned. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: Psalm 1:1-2: Yes, God likes us when we are doing what we’re supposed to be doing, but God also loves us even when we aren’t. That ought to encourage us because we are going to have low moments when we’re not hitting on all cylinders. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Devotion: John 1:37 MSG - The purpose of a miracle is to demonstrate the potential power of God in your life, if you would just get to that “be it unto me” place. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

When we do what we do for God, do we truly act like we’re doing it...for God? http://yourdigitalpastor.co

If we could treat each instance of God’s goodness as an event to be celebrated, rather than just lumping everything God does together, perhaps we would be more appreciative of God and more faithful. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

I feel so strongly about Instagram as a platform that I firmly believe every ministry NEEDS to be on there. In fact, if a church is just starting out on social, I would advise them to start on IG because if his many features it has and how many unique opportunities you have to engage people for the sake of the gospel. The following are the steps I would advise a church to take to get started and gain traction one Instagram if I were consulting with them. 1. Getting team together to pray for unity, execution on vision 2. Draft a content calendar 3. Purchase a wireless lavalier mic that connects to a smartphone 4. Record 4 weeks of messages; watch to pull out as many 60-sec clips as possible for posting 5. Pull out written quotes from those clips for quotable images 6. Start collecting as many testimonials as possible; people talking about (a) takeaways from the message, (b) experience with the ministry in general, (c) Christian experience in general 7. Get everyone on the team who is

Be not weary in well doing. Well, that's not this scripture, but it's essentially the same message. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

If we could really take this verse to heart, I believe we could alleviate a lot of the political tension that divides us in the body of Christ today. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

Don’t you ever be deluded into thinking your salvation has anything to do with you or what work you’ve put in. It’s all about God. All of it. And if circumstances need to be shifted in order for us to be reminded that, then they will be. http://yourdigitalpastor.co

We tend to go straight to the "ask whatever you wish" part and skip over the fact that we need to abide in God before we can ask anything. http://yourdigitalpastor.co