RELATE & RELEVANT

At our Men's Ministry meeting last night, a gentleman shared about a loss he experienced in his life. Tragically, another man experienced a similar loss less than 2 weeks prior. In the man's frustration of the circumstance, he shared how God brought him to realize that his loss was how God was going to use him to related to the other man.

We know God has plans for our lives and purposes for the circumstances we face, but we struggle to get past the "us" and the "why" and "how" aspects of our understanding and simply say, God...what would you desire to happen that you would receive the glory in this matter.

Yes, it's a hard proposition, but God fully understands the concept of being able to relate and be relevant in our lives. It's why His plan included the loss and sacrifice of His own son.

Whatever the circumstances look like, pray that God would receive all the glory in them.

Pray that the miraculous would be accomplished in the lives of those outside the circumstances as people and pastors believe for the miraculous within the circumstances.

Pray that pastors would continue to have an understanding and place a priority on being "real" with the church and community. To be able to be to related and be relevant to a lost and dying world. For the glory of God.

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