Driving down the road this morning I was rehearsing in mind my thank you talk. "thank you for your faithful support to IL Ministries... It's making a difference in the lives of pastors and people across this state..." then I would share two or three things that are happening. Connect with the people in a closing statement.
The routine that I used to sweat over has become fun and comfortable. I love the discussions in the church lobbies that follow.
This morning is different because of the Word of the Lord. The word spoke to me and is causing me to rethink.
The Word of the Lord:
This is what the lord says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the lord.
If there is anything to report, anything to share, anything to celebrate, any reason to give it's this... I want to know God more, I want to delight in His ways more, Jesus loves me and He loves you!
What else is there? When we speak to God, He listens.
There is a passage of Scripture that amazes me, it's in James: Elijah was a man, just like us! So, if Elijah, the man who called down fire. Elijah, the man who ran faster than any man ever before, Elijah, the man who never died... Just like me?
Oh to know God more and to boast not of works nor tell of my good deeds but to boast in this, God knows me!
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