This will be the last devotion I share until the week of July 8th as I will be on a mission trip in Cuba. Please pray for this team and the impact we pray for as we serve with some Fellowship of Christian Athlete leaders.
The last several weeks has been full of mission opportunities and trips.
Several weeks about Kasim, Larry and myself were part of the Men on a Mission team working on a church in North Carolina. That trip went well, but it didn’t go as expected due to some issues with building codes. God still worked much.
Last week we hosted at our new campus a mission team from 8 churches from the Spartanburg, South Carolina area. This was their second trip to our area, and it was a blessing. They accomplished more than we thought possible. It all hit even more on the last night of the trip when there were 7 baptisms at a block party. We are praying for even more impact and grateful for what God has done.
This week I will be in Cuba with a group from our church, and this is my second trip this year. On the first trip we met 2 leaders that stole our hearts, and we are excited to work with them again. Our plan is to work on ball fields and sports courts as well as to serve coaches and athletes, but we will be flexible to see what God does.
There are so many ways that we can serve. We don’t even have to go on mission trips to serve. You might have a neighbor that has a need. There might be a person that God brings to your mind that you need to share your story and faith with. Do what God leads you to do.
In the sermon I shared yesterday at our church we talked about how important every testimony and every gift and every person is. We ought to take opportunities to share our faith. That doesn’t have to be in front of a crowd. It might just be with one person.
Share. Serve. Realize you are significant to God! Your story is important.
Luke 21:1-4 NASB
And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. 3 And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; 4 for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”
What the widow gave was more significant than what the rich person gave. Every things we do and share about the hope God has given us really is significant. Choose to make your words and life count!
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