Have you thanked Him?
Have you praised Him?
Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?
Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?
1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)
1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.
“Carry like Mary” – Pastor Eric Smith
During one of the panels in our “TAKING BACK OUR COMMUNITIES – battling the opiate epidemic” conference held in Mason yesterday, Pastor Eric made this comment.
He said we are to CARRY JESUS with us and be prepared to DELIVER Him when called.
Pretty powerful picture huh?
He also commented that the “church” needed to move from being a classroom and return to its roots of discipleship. In other words we need to remember that the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ was to be carried and then shared by HIS followers "RELATIONALLY"; that by “doing” life and “sharing what we were carrying” the “church” could again be a powerful voice in our communities and notably in this opiate crisis.
He echoes what I have shared from Tripp in the past.
“The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.”
…He (GOD) allows us to be a part of what he is doing in the lives of others. As you respond to the Redeemer’s work in your life, you can learn to be an instrument in his hands.” - PAUL DAVID TRIPP
John 13:34-35 (ESV)
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
The so the challenge before us today is really the same one we have each day!
Love others. Share what you are carrying!
Is that a text to a friend you haven’t heard from in a while? An offer for coffee? Maybe drop off an encouraging note or make yourself available?
Ask yourself, "Are you ready to be used of GOD today? To be His instrument of peace, love, hope and possibility?"
Have you equipped yourself with truth so that if tapped on the shoulder to "DISCIPLE" another you will be prepared?
Friends sometimes we can’t wait for the scheduled bible study or a Sunday morning to get engaged, to “disciple”.
Jesus calls us to LOVE as He loved.
Jesus was ENGAGED.
Jesus was PERSONAL.
Jesus was an INVESTOR in lives.
And Jesus has made it clear that we are to be those repentant folks who are open and willing to heed His direction to carry His message of FAITH, HOPE, LOVE and REDEMPTION!
Are you “carrying” today?
Are you ready to “deliver” today?
“The mission that God has given us is a highly relational mission. Jesus said, "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" John 20:21. Jesus came into this world, lived in obscurity for 30 years and then spent three years relationally investing in twelve men, whose charge was to do the same thing by relationally investing in others. This strategy has worked for 2000 years each of us has been touched by someone reaching out to and investing in us relationally, thus advancing the gospel and the mission of God.” ― Gary Rohrmayer
I love you ALL!
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