Follower of Jesus. Illinois native. Student Ministry. Johnson University. Coffee snob.
Knoxville, TN
Joined April 2014
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Makayla McCartney retweeted
We never feel more hopeless in a tough situation than when we run out of ideas to give God for how to fix it. He doesn’t want suggestions. He wants our full attention. What obstacle is a human impasse to the One who can pave a dry road in a sea and shoot a geyser from solid rock?
Highlights from today’s lecture series on faith and sexuality @JohnsonUniv by @markyarhouse ...
1) “People can live without sex, they cannot live without intimacy.”
2) “Making people straight is NOT the answer; there are plenty of people for whom being straight has not... – at Tennessee, USA
Makayla McCartney retweeted
"I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach."
- Charles Spurgeon
Makayla McCartney retweeted
We’ve lost our theological minds to think it’s enough for people of light to sit in the light, carry the light, show the light, preach the light, podcast the light but not fight the darkness. It’s like showing up in the ring decked out, belted & gloved, & never throwing a punch.
Makayla McCartney retweeted
Don’t think your love for that one person was wasted because it was not reciprocated. Love never fails. It may have failed to do what you wanted it to but, if you’ll offer that unrequited love to God to do with as He pleases, He’ll use your large heart to extend His love to many.
Is there anything more disappointing than opening a jar of peanut butter and realizing you accidentally bought “crunchy”. 😑 – at Knoxville, TN
I just used “sociohistorical” in a sentence without even thinking.
I’ll take my diploma now, please 🎓
@JohnsonUniv #go2JU – at Knoxville, TN
Creepy Guy @Starbucks: Can I offer you my card. I work in the modeling business. Do you model?
Me: I’m a pastor...
Him: *quickly backtracks*
#mostlythetruth #intern #starbucksencounters #saynotoweirdos – at Knoxville, TN
It’s only 10:00 in the morning and I’ve already reached my limit of Tennessee drivers this morning – at Knoxville, TN
Makayla McCartney retweeted
I think everyone should become rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see it’s not the answer. - Jim Carrey – at Wayne, IN
One day I’ll make it through an episode of @QueerEye without crying, but today is not that day 😭 – at Knoxville, TN
Today I saw a whole family (including kids) in the motorized shopping carts @Walmart. And if that’s no the most TN thing I’ve ever seen, idk what is...
(also I got called a “young’n” at the gas station.)
#Tennessee #Knoxville #govols #bleedorange – at Knoxville, TN
Makayla McCartney retweeted
Our ability to appreciate grace is in direct correlation to the degree to which we acknowledge our need for it. The more I recognize the ugliness of my sin, the more I can appreciate the beauty of God’s grace.
So a troll @rdmcclenagan hacked my account. And any backlash can be directed to his email rdmcclenagan@fellowshipknox.org ✌🏼 – at Knoxville, TN
Makayla McCartney retweeted
Who’s Becca talking to?
Jake from Minneapolis.
What are you wearing “Jake from Minneapolis?”
Ummm...no socks.
#TheBachelorette
FACT: youth ministry is hazardous and should be engaged with caution.
#intern #youthministry #blackeye – at Knoxville, TN