1 Corinthians 1:4 NIV — I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
This week you have been encouraged to examine your mission and ministry. On this Thankful Thursday, show appreciation for others who have influenced your ministry. Who has joined with you, encouraged you, or supported you in your mission to spread the word of God? Reach out to those who have shaped your walk by their ministry. Use today to intentionally be thankful and share your appreciation with others.
Let’s pray. Dear God, thank You for sending others to shape my ministry for You. Help me to show my appreciation today. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
One Sunday in 2021, as we arrived for worship, our church family was greeted by the words of Psalm 91 written on the sidewalk leading to the sanctuary. What a beautiful surprise! Although no one came forward as the person who took such time and patience to write out the scripture, I am in awe of the courage it took to undertake this task. This person didn’t choose to write a short scripture, but one that included 16 verses. I wonder how this person would have responded if someone happened to come to the church as he/she was writing? Was he/she nervous while writing or confident in his/her purpose? Was this act a mission or ministry carried out with deliberate purpose? One thing is certain. The person who took such time did so for no attention or self glory.
Now examine your daily walk. Do you have a mission or ministry that you do quietly or without others knowing? It could be leaving encouraging notes or messages. Perhaps you randomly pay the order for the people behind you in the drive-thru. Maybe when you go to Aldi you leave the quarter in the cart so the next person doesn’t have to put in a quarter to borrow the cart.
On this Water Walking Wednesday I encourage you to step out of your boat on a mission to “secretly” show the love of Christ. Sometimes it’s hard for us to do secret acts because we will likely not see how the act is received. However choose your mission prayerfully and allow God to do the rest. As you pray about what your secret mission will be, take some time to read the entire chapter of Psalm 91 that was so beautifully written on our church sidewalk.
Let’s pray. Dear God, reveal to me a “secret” mission I can carry out today to minister to others. May my words and actions show others Your love. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Mark 16:15 MSG — Then he said, “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all.”
Testify Tuesday has become a weekly title on Tuesdays for our blog. What does that mean to you? The definition of testify in Merriam-Webster dictionary is to make a statement based on personal knowledge or belief; bear witness. You and I are called to share the good news in our daily walk. How do you bear witness to others about your relationship with Christ? What is a ministry that you use to carry out your mission to share Christ with others?
Let’s pray. Dear God, thank You for sending Your son Jesus to die on a cross for my sins. Open my eyes to moments each day that I can share Your message with others. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
1 Corinthians 1:4 NIV — I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:20-21 MSG — In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV — But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
Join us as we wrap up our week on prayer rooms and being. Today we encourage you to be planted in God’s word.
How can we be strong and courageous for God in a dry and weary land? In the song Psalm 63 by Jeremy Riddle, he encourages us to seek and worship God. We are humans who have a tendency to create unrealistic expectations and easily get discouraged by the people, places, and things of this world. If we seek God wherever we go and choose to see God in all our people, places, and things, then we can gain his strength and courage.
Do you take for granted that the same God that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us? Let’s pray.
Dear God, thank You for Your power that lives in me. Help me not to look to this world for unrealistic expectations. I seek Your strength so that I can be courageous for Your glory. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
Water Walkers 