Ep 12: Time to Make the Donuts

Speaker1: Well. Good morning Sunday morning drivers. Is that offensive? I hope not. Anyway, I'm Daniel Delp and this is for your Sunday morning drive. The short podcast designed to help put you in a Colossians three two mindset and help prepare your mind for worship on those hectic Sunday mornings. I hope you're having a great morning. Today we're brought to you in partnership with Ministry League this morning. Ministry League has some great resources available both on their website, Ministry League.com and on their app. So if you're looking for ways to enhance your spiritual life, whether that be through study or through the other great podcasts in the Ministry League Network, please check them out. If you know me, then you know I love to support the projects of my friends, especially those in the household of faith. And you'll also know that I'm a huge nerd and a fan of high fantasy. Well, I wanted to let you know about the Crystal Chronicles, a fantasy book series by author and brother in Christ. Mccaa. If you want elves, orcs, assassins, magic, and mystery, I encourage you to check out this series. His newest book, the Crystal Chronicles The Stirring, is now available, and I've linked to his Facebook page in the show notes of today's episode. I've really enjoyed the first book in his series, and I look forward to reading book two, and I'm sure you will as well. Again, check out the Crystal Chronicles, a series by friend and Christian author Emma Carr. Thank you so much for making us a part of your Sunday morning routine, or listening to us whenever you're able to. I'm excited for today's episode. It brought back some good memories for me. Well, let's get into it. This is episode 12. Time to make the donuts. Let's go to church.

Speaker2: Are we there yet?

Speaker1: Do you remember Fred the Baker? If you're not a fan of nostalgia inducing commercials from the 80s and 90s, then probably not. Fred was a recurring character of sorts in commercials for Dunkin Donuts, and the commercials would usually picture him bright eyed and bushy tailed, and he would head out the door and enthusiastically say.

Speaker3: Time to make the donuts.

Speaker1: Time to make the donuts. But by the end of the commercial, he was run ragged, burnt out, and exhausted by the early hours and the monotony of the work, and he would bitterly mutter.

Speaker3: I made the donuts.

Speaker1: I made the donuts. Side note if you are on your way to church this morning and happened to be in Hawesville, Kentucky, and you also happen to be making a donut run, I like blueberry. Anyway, I have some good friends that started as co-workers in one of the most draining jobs imaginable customer service, and I've known these guys for well over a decade. Fred the Baker became sort of a champion to us as we slogged through the monotony of our jobs, and as we dealt with many a Karen, we would joke back and forth. Time to make the donuts. And it got us through our week, one day at a time. While I was thinking about that job yesterday. And it's my fear that sometimes we have a Fred the Baker attitude about our spiritual lives. Now, this could extend to many areas in our walk as Christians worship acts of service, doing good works, showing the love of Christ to our fellow man, rolling with the punches that Satan deals out while remaining faithful to God. Dealing with temptation day in and day out. It can be a lot, but do we let it become monotonous? Have we let Satan or others steal our joy? Have we become weary? Galatians chapter six, verses nine through ten says, let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap, if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Speaker1: Scripture encourages us not to trudge through our service to God, but to do it joyfully. Proverbs 1722 says, A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Friends, when it comes to our service, our commitment, and our dedication, maybe we need to shift our thinking a little bit. And there's an old cliche that sometimes we use generally when we're talking to our kids who are complaining about having to get up early and go to worship, and it's that we don't have to serve our God, but we get to. First Thessalonians 516 through 18 says, rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Let's change our thinking this morning because when it comes to serving the master, we are doing so much more than just making the donuts. We have an opportunity to make disciples. Let's make sure that we adjust our attitude accordingly. Let's find ways to put joy back into our service. I'm Daniel Delp and these have been some thoughts for your Sunday morning drive. Our discussion questions for today are. Have we become weary of doing good for the Lord? Has our service become monotonous? And what are some ways that we can put joy back into our labor for the master?