Sunday Night Reflections
Posted by: Jeff Adams in Ministry Musings, Scriptural Application for Everyday Life
Lost in Reflection
The remnant of Jews in Nehemiah’s day assembled together to worship God and pray to reestablish the foundations of Hebrew society. As they prayed, they listed all the many ways God provided for them and their ancestors and also their continued disobedience. In the Nehemiah study this morning I took this example to say that two obstacles that can keep us from fulfilling the mission God has for us are pride and failure to grow.
Grow is the one word theme we have adopted for this year. Both as an individual and as the church we are asking God to grow. Not only do I want to avoid pride by surrendering the control of my life to God, I want to learn from my sin and mistakes, avoiding them in the future. So, along with you, I am examining my life and assessing those areas where I need to grow.
This assessment of areas where growth is needed is all part of the discipleship process. When Paul left Titus in Crete, he gave him the following instructions. He was to find out what was lacking in the lives of the believers and fill the void. Then, he was to reproduce himself by developing other leaders (Titus 1:5).
We have been through a wonderful week of The Summit. There is a growing sense and awareness that God is doing something special. Let’s not blow it! Let’s set aside our pride and learn from past mistakes. Let’s examine our lives, find out what’s lacking and fill the voids. Then, let’s grow and reproduce ourselves in others!
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Hey Jeff, I wasn’t sure where else to ask, but I was wondering where I get find out what we pray for each week on tuesday nights, for the weeks I can’t make it. Also, that way I could be praying during the week as well! My email’s Hjesse7@yahoo.com if you want to email me back. Gracias!
-Jesse Hamilton
Great thought, Jesse! Unfortunately, most of what we pray for on Tuesday nights is pretty spontaneous. I’m not sure how to go about getting the information out – and some of it for security reasons praying for those in difficult places, we don’t want to commit to written form. I guess for right now the best way is to ask someone who was there – in person, not via the Internet. I love it that you want to keep up, though!