Showing posts with label apostles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apostles. Show all posts

Monday, May 3, 2021

Equipping the Saints for the Work of Ministry

And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; — Ephesians 4:11-12


For the past few months, I've been meeting every other week with a mom from our congregation.

She is joining our church and met with our elders yesterday to confirm that she wants to follow Jesus.

She mentioned how blessed she's been by our times together.

And I've felt the same.

God has brought us together to pray for each other and to share our burdens and blessings.

We are both cancer survivors, and we often feel nervous about what that means for our futures.

She went through chemo 10 years ago. 

Mine was two years ago.

We have both learned to trust in God and put our lives in His hands.

We are still learning to be anxious about nothing.

In three weeks, her youngest son will be baptized.

Thank you, Lord!


Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Praise from People

We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. — I Thessalonians 2:7 


I often look for praise from people.

I am really pleased when they tell me what a great job I'm doing.

Even though God asks us not to look for praise, I can't resist.

Paul truly was not looking for praise from people.

As an apostle of Christ, he certainly could have asked for praise.

But when people praised him, he gave the glory to God.

Lord, please help me to do the same.