Pray for us today as we seek to bring God's Word and comfort to the people we meet today. Pray for strength. Pray for Kevin as he brings a message and as I share my story.
God is already speaking to me about complete surrender to His plan. So many times we do things for Christ not because he asks us to or because we love him. We do them for selfish reasons. We want others to say, "what a good Christian" or "praise God". Really, we are often seeking to glorify ourselves.
In Matthew 16:24 Jesus says, "if anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." Henry Blackaby says of the deny part of this verse that, "when we are successful in the world's eyes, we seek to bring God into our world by honoring Him with our success." I want to be successful in God's eyes. That should be our standard!
Father, may we be about your work as you will, not for our glory or plans.
Chris
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