Just What...

In conjunction with yesterdays' prayer that the community would be hearers of the Word, there are many in the church still struggling to respond appropriately when they hear the Word of God.

It's entirely possible we oversimplify our faith at times.

Just trust in God.
Just read your Bible.
Just spend time in prayer. (even if it's a 70-second challenge)
Just share your story
Just be loving (on days other than Valentines)
Just....

Be the body of Christ that brings glory and honor to God.

And yet, daily realizing the work involved to make the right decisions... more easily said; not so easily done.

Do the right thing, at the right time, with the right measure, with all your heart.

All of which come as a matter of habit (thing), experience (timing), discernment (measure) and attitude (heart)

Maybe it's just me that struggles with this..

We have good intentions. We start off strong. We're ready to go. Then life. Frustration. Set-backs. Minor victories over-shadowed by major setbacks. The slow-down begins.

(Maurette Brown Clark is singing It Ain't Over as I'm writing this, listening to Pandora.  "Keep fighting until your victory is won")

What if, for as easy as we make our faith out to be, we give up all the more easily?

Effective and efficient work isn't easy work. It's hard work done well, with right tools, resources and manpower with right attitudes.

If the church isn't so equipped, doing the work of the Lord after we've heard it will be more of a struggle than God ever intended for us to carry out.

Pray this #effectiveSunday, God help your people be the body of Christ you intended for us to show to a lost & dying world in desperate need of You. May we overcome the things that hinder us from doing the right thing. May we learn the timing for what God has in store for us to accomplish. Pray for discernment, that we may proceed with the correct measure. Pray we carry out the plans and purposes God has for us with good attitudes and a clean heart. May the body of Christ be found as a magnet, drawing this lost world to God through the power of the Holy Spirit and the grace and mercy of the cross of Christ.

On this day when the world acknowledges the power of love, may many experience the love of God. Eternity changed as hearts are transformed. For the glory of God. Thank you, for so loving the world that you sent your Son, Jesus Christ.

- PNC