this'll light your fire // Wednesday E-Devotion

1 Thessalonians 3:8 (nlt) --- It gives us new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord.

Preparing a message on discipleship this Sunday, and this verse keeps coming to mind. I first heard it and grabbed onto it over 12 years ago as I learned how to pour my life and faith in the lives of others.

Hear what it says, the verse above...

1. we are encouraged when people we minister to live for Jesus.

2. we get more excited about ministry when people we encourage begin to show they love Jesus.

3. we see God at work in the lives of the people we push toward following Jesus.

A disciple is a follower. We have to follow Jesus. It is what the church is all about. This will light your fire. It ought to get us going stronger and harder after God.

Ephesians 3:16 (nlt) --- I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

Had a great conversation with a church leader from a church near us yesterday, and I go excited and got my fire going a little more because of her excitement for teaching others about Jesus. It makes a huge difference in me when I find the people around me walking with Jesus.

John Maxwell, the leadership guru, said: if you look behind you and people are not following you, you're just on a trip. Literally you are not leading.

I love to see and it lights my fire to see people following and walking with Jesus

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