Being excellent your industry is essential, valid and key to your ministry.
Fish Baggers, here’s your direct, essential advice from JP and Josh on this week’s Fish Bag Podcast:
Pursue Excellence in Your Work: Strive to be excellent in your craft and relationships. Excellence earns you respect and authority, opening doors to share your values and faith in any environment.
Let Your Actions Speak: People notice your integrity and professionalism. When you consistently do good work and treat others well, you gain credibility—this is what gives you the right to speak into people’s lives.
Integrate Faith and Work: Don’t separate your faith from your workplace. Bring your values, honesty, and compassion into everything you do. Even in high-pressure, results-driven environments, your faith can shape how you lead and connect.
Prioritize Relationships: No matter how successful someone is, everyone craves real relationships. Invest in your coworkers, ask how they’re doing, and build genuine connections. This opens opportunities for deeper conversations about what motivates you.
Be Vulnerable: Leaders and professionals often hide their struggles, fearing loss of authority. But being honest about your challenges builds trust and deeper relationships. Vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness.
Show Fruit, Not Just Talk: The visible “fruit” in your life—kindness, integrity, joy—demonstrates God’s work in you more than words ever could. Let your life be the evidence.
Work Together, Embrace Imperfection: Nobody’s perfect. Recognize your own flaws and the strengths of others. Collaboration and openness make everyone better.
Take Initiative: Whether you’re a student, a missionary, or a professional, step up and bring your best. If you’re not seeing opportunities to share or lead, focus on serving and loving those around you—doors will open.
Fish Baggers, if you want to make an impact, start with excellence, build real relationships, and let your faith show in both words and actions. Be bold, be real, and keep growing—your influence starts with how you live every day.
Outro song by James Tyson. IG: https://www.instagram.com/james.mtyson/
Contact JP at: jpsanders@ywambarcelona.org
Join us in Barcelona.
The following weekly points of connection take place at our hub: the 81 space. (81 Bac de Roda, Barcelona. ring “bajos”)
🔥 REVIVAL MORNING – A time of gathering with the community for teaching, worship, sharing, or prayer
🗓 Thursdays 11:00-12:15
🥣 SOUP SUNDAYS – Eat good soup, read the Bible, and connect
🗓 Sundays 18:00-20:00
🎶 FRIDAY WORSHIP – Spontaneous worship!
🗓 Fridays 10:00-12:00
🎨✨ SUELOS DORADOS – Creative night. A night of ‘playground mentality’ creating (playful, free, and open to anyone)
🗓 Fridays 18:00-20:00
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These take place around the city. Message for location.
🛹🙏 MACBA MORNINGS – Skaters gather to pray at MACBA every Monday!
🗓 Mondays 10:00-11:30 (DM @panama_dave for info)
📖🛹 SKATER BIBLE STUDY – Skaters gather in the city to read the Bible and connect
🗓 Wednesdays 18:30-21:00 (DM @fabiskt for info)
