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notes from a meeting

 


I am spending this week with ministries that are deeply involved in helping people with physical needs and sharing Christ with them.  So in this e-devotion I am going to share some of the highlights I have gleaned so far.


They are in no specific order and not from one specific topic.  I am highlighting a day full of meetings as I go through my notes.  Check it out… more to come.


— Some questions to ask to help you re-evaluate your purpose:  what are we supposed to do?  Are we doing the right things? What are the right things? How do we decide what is right? 


— Focusing too much on the blessings of the past may keep us from aiming higher in the future.


— God calls His people to do hard things.


— Do our beliefs transform us so much that we serve others?


— To reach people no one is reaching you have to do things no one is doing.


— We rob God when our work and life are out of balance.  Both work and living life should be done as an act of worship giving God all the glory.


— When I thought I had to control everything, I abandon my ability to rest and to trust God.  I cannot truly worship God if I think I can control either my work or any part of my life.


— The box is never more important than the gift.  The box being ministry.  The gift being Jesus.


— Ministry leaders set the tone for the ministry and it’s people sharing the Gospel.


— Your presence may be the answer to someone’s prayer.


— Prayer opens my spiritual eyes to the people around me.


— We rarely see people come to Jesus when we aren’t spending time with lost people and aren’t telling them about Jesus.


— Compassion ministry is a ministry of presence.  Just show up.  Enter their story.  Walk with people.


Psalm 34:8  NLT  

Taste and see that the Lord is good.  Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!

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