God has given you a Life Message to share! “Your lives are echoing the Master’s Word … The news of your faith in God is out. We don’t even have to say anything anymore – you’re the message!” 1 Thessalonians 1:8 (Msg) When you became a believer, you also became God’s messenger. God wants … [Read more…]
You were made for a mission! “In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.” John 17:18 (Msg) God is at work in the world, and he wants you to join him. This assignment is called your mission. God wants you to … [Read more…]
God loves to use weak people! “I am with you; that is all you need. My power shows up best in weak people.” 2 Corinthians 12:9a (LB) A weakness is any limitation that you inherited or have no power to change. Everyone has weaknesses. In fact, you have a bundle of flaws and imperfections: … [Read more…]
Service starts in your mind! “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Philippians 2:5-7 (NIV) Real servants serve … [Read more…]
We serve God by serving others! “You can tell what they are by what they do.” Matthew 7:16 (CEV) In our self-serving culture with its me-first mentality, acting like a servant is not a popular concept. Jesus, however, measured greatness in terms of service, not status. God determines your greatness by how many people … [Read more…]
God deserves your best! “Since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be.” Romans 12:5 (MSG) He shaped you for a purpose, and he expects you to make the most of what you have been … [Read more…]
Only you can be you! “You shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13 (Msg) God designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on … [Read more…]
You were shaped to serve God! “Your hands shaped me and made me.” Job 10:8 (NIV) Before God created you, he decided what role he wanted you to play on earth. You are the way you are because you were made for a specific ministry. Not only did God shape you before your birth, he … [Read more…]
You were put on earth to make a contribution! “It is God himself who made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.” Ephesians 2:10 (LB) You were created to serve God. “God has created us … [Read more…]
There are no shortcuts to maturity! “I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns.” Philippians 1:6 (LB) It takes years for us to grow to adulthood, … [Read more…]