Let It Be Us!

Thursday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Jeremiah 50-51
NT: Ephesians 3
W&W: Psalm 107.1-16

Friday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Jeremiah 52
NT: Ephesians 4
W&W: Psalm 107.17-32

Today’s Reflection:

I have been praying: let it be us! God, you give the increase… Give it to us! In our Towne Hall Meeting, as I finished answering a question about possible ministries to add, I shared the following thoughts from my prayer journal:

Several years ago I was in the habit of praying the scripture found in Psalm 2.8: “Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” I had kind of gotten away from that, but God reminded me of it in this morning’s Old Testament reading: “With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people… and I give it to anyone I please” (Jeremiah 27.5). God made Bethel and the people in it and around it. He will give this community to anyone he pleases.
Oh, God, give them to me! Give me their ears. Give me their hearts. Enable me to speak Your Word to them and enable them to hear. Give me these souls to feed and nurture, to love and care for, to win and disciple.
Do this so that they may become disciples of Jesus Christ:
· Knowing God in Worship
· Showing Love in Friendship
· Growing up in Discipleship
· Going Out in Citizenship
· Sowing Seeds of Partnership

I challenge you to pray that prayer with me!

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
Romans 3.25a: God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.