“Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.”
Matthew 10:9-10
Suitcase – check, jeans – check, a few tops – check, my favorite hooded sweatshirt – check, socks and underwear for four days – check, toothpaste, deodorant, road trip snacks – check. I don’t often get to travel, but when I do I like to travel light. Once on a family trip the airline employee who checked our single suitcase was amazed that a family of four only needed one. I don’t think I could travel quite as light as Jesus’ disciples were told to travel. Would you or could you travel that light?
Jesus is sending His disciples on a business trip; this week’s passage is part of His instructions to them. Before we get to the travel light part maybe we should look at what they are taking with them. Jesus called them together and the very first thing He does is give them the authority they need to conduct the business they will be doing. He gives them the “authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness” (Matthew 10:1). He gives them power. Next, he gives them specific instructions about where they are going to go, who they are going to meet with and what they are going to do (see Matthew10:5-8). Then Jesus tells them He wants to travel light, really light. Would you go on this trip? You can’t take any money, no clothes; no extra shoes and not even a walking staff.
Jesus was sending them on a business trip of faith. The most important thing they are taking with them is the power and authority He had given them. He told them that a worker is worth their keep. They work for Him and He works at this time for the Father, so that means he wants them to rely on God’s provision while they are on this trip. There is also an expectation that the Lord would use the people they would be meeting on the trip to supply some of their need.
Sometimes, when we are planning a trip whether for business or a much needed holiday we spend so much time planning, worrying over every little detail and planning for what we believe could happen that we end up traveling loaded down with too much stuff, to little power and very little faith. Sometimes we live life like that too don’t we?
Let’s plan some, pack less and trust more as we travel through life, let’s travel light.
A Prayer
Father – Your Son tells us to travel light, because His yoke is easy and His burden in light. Jesus wants us to trust Him with all our needs as we travel this life. When we are obedient to His call, He will be faithful in His provision. Help us to plan some, to lay down some of the baggage we carry and to trust more – help us to travel light. Give us what we need to show others that they to can travel lighter when they lay stuff down at the feet of Your Son. Encourage all of us to travel light right into eternity. In the name of Jesus, we pray – Amen.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Oh Grow Up
“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food.”
Hebrews 5:11-12
Way back in the 80’s there was a catchy little tune used to advertise a particular toy store. Do you know the one I’m thinking of? It went something like “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R us Kid…” It was a great commercial, that expresses possibly something we’d would've liked when we were kids – to stay a kid. We couldn’t stay kids though could we; we had to grow up, be responsible and take our place in our communities, our place in the world. Sometimes I think we purposely try to stay a kid in some aspects of our lives. We may each have a different place in our lives where we have convinced ourselves that it’s ok not to grow up.
In this week’s passage the writer of Hebrews is addressing a group of believers who have apparently decided that it was ok not to grow up spiritually and become mature followers of Jesus. Most likely they were making this decision out of worldly fear rather than trusting in the Good News they had received and the One who made that good news possible. The writer basically calls them a bunch of babies (Hebrews 5:13) and then says to them “Oh grow up” (Hebrews 6:1). Fear, personal comfort and often a skewed understanding of what it means to be a mature follower of Jesus can stunt our growth.
Only one thing about following Jesus is safe – being faithful and obedient to the end will get us an eternity with God Almighty. Other than that nothing else about following Jesus is safe, in fact it is risky and dangerous. In Matthew 24 Jesus warns His followers that they will be persecuted and put to death for their faith. Remember that in the story of the talents the servant who took no risk at all ended up the loser when it was time for his evaluation (see Matthew 25:15-30). We are not meant to be bench warmers in God’s kingdom and economy, we are meant to be ministers of the good news – all of us.
Fortunately for us the writer of Hebrews encourages us to grow up and gives us some clues as to what that looks like. First we need to constantly practice what we’ve been taught in other words we need to know and do. We also need to practice discernment so that we can easily and regularly distinguish good from evil (Hebrews 5:14).
We’ll know we are growing up and becoming spiritually mature by the fruit our lives produce. The more mature, the more and better fruit we produce. The willingness to take risks, to stand on God’s promise to be with us always and to use all we have learned to bring hope to those around will grow us up. The writer of Hebrews after calling this group a bunch of babies and telling them to grow up in no uncertain terms speaks encouragement to them. He tells them that yes he has just given them a good what for but that he is confident that they will get back on track and that betters things are ahead as they become faithful and faith-filled grownups.
I know I’m still growing up – so let’s grow up together.
A Prayer
Father – thank for the patience you show your children. Thank you for your faithful teachers and Your amazing Word that tells us like it is and encourages us time again to get up and keep walking by faith, to keep growing up so that we will be fruit producing, mature followers of Jesus who can take the Good News of Jesus into a hurting world and bring it hope, love and freedom. In the name of Jesus, who encourages us to grow up – Amen.
Hebrews 5:11-12
Way back in the 80’s there was a catchy little tune used to advertise a particular toy store. Do you know the one I’m thinking of? It went something like “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R us Kid…” It was a great commercial, that expresses possibly something we’d would've liked when we were kids – to stay a kid. We couldn’t stay kids though could we; we had to grow up, be responsible and take our place in our communities, our place in the world. Sometimes I think we purposely try to stay a kid in some aspects of our lives. We may each have a different place in our lives where we have convinced ourselves that it’s ok not to grow up.
In this week’s passage the writer of Hebrews is addressing a group of believers who have apparently decided that it was ok not to grow up spiritually and become mature followers of Jesus. Most likely they were making this decision out of worldly fear rather than trusting in the Good News they had received and the One who made that good news possible. The writer basically calls them a bunch of babies (Hebrews 5:13) and then says to them “Oh grow up” (Hebrews 6:1). Fear, personal comfort and often a skewed understanding of what it means to be a mature follower of Jesus can stunt our growth.
Only one thing about following Jesus is safe – being faithful and obedient to the end will get us an eternity with God Almighty. Other than that nothing else about following Jesus is safe, in fact it is risky and dangerous. In Matthew 24 Jesus warns His followers that they will be persecuted and put to death for their faith. Remember that in the story of the talents the servant who took no risk at all ended up the loser when it was time for his evaluation (see Matthew 25:15-30). We are not meant to be bench warmers in God’s kingdom and economy, we are meant to be ministers of the good news – all of us.
Fortunately for us the writer of Hebrews encourages us to grow up and gives us some clues as to what that looks like. First we need to constantly practice what we’ve been taught in other words we need to know and do. We also need to practice discernment so that we can easily and regularly distinguish good from evil (Hebrews 5:14).
We’ll know we are growing up and becoming spiritually mature by the fruit our lives produce. The more mature, the more and better fruit we produce. The willingness to take risks, to stand on God’s promise to be with us always and to use all we have learned to bring hope to those around will grow us up. The writer of Hebrews after calling this group a bunch of babies and telling them to grow up in no uncertain terms speaks encouragement to them. He tells them that yes he has just given them a good what for but that he is confident that they will get back on track and that betters things are ahead as they become faithful and faith-filled grownups.
I know I’m still growing up – so let’s grow up together.
A Prayer
Father – thank for the patience you show your children. Thank you for your faithful teachers and Your amazing Word that tells us like it is and encourages us time again to get up and keep walking by faith, to keep growing up so that we will be fruit producing, mature followers of Jesus who can take the Good News of Jesus into a hurting world and bring it hope, love and freedom. In the name of Jesus, who encourages us to grow up – Amen.
Monday, October 17, 2016
In The Trenches
“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians 15:58
In war the soldiers “in the trenches” had it the hardest – cold, wet, muddy and often fierce fighting were the marks of the trench. In times of peace it has come to relate to hard work, often the dirtiest and hardest jobs in any given business. These are the jobs usually held by the people on lowest rung of the organizational ladder. Sometimes just getting through the day can feel like being in the trenches.
In his first letter to church in Corinth Paul provides a lot of instruction for the believers on a number of issues. Leading up to this week’s passage Paul had been talking to them about resurrection – Jesus’, ours and what resurrections bodies might look like. As I was reading Paul’s words, I got the feeling that he was a little frustrated with this group of people. These folks had heard and accepted the Gospel Paul had brought them but something or someone must have been interfering causing doubt, confusion – earlier he had told them not “be misled” and before that he asks if none of what he had told them before was true why was he and his companions endangering themselves daily? Why were they still in the trenches? When Paul had finished with what he had to say he exhorts all those who have heard or read his words to stand firm, to stay fully in the trenches fighting the good fight and working hard for the Lord no matter what obstacles were placed before them; reminding them that their work would never be in vain as long as they were being obedient to the Lord.
As followers of Christ Paul’s words of instruction and encouragement reach across the millennia to remind us that our work will not be in vain either. What’s getting in the way for you? What’s making you feel like throwing in the towel and climbing out of the trench? Hand whatever it is over to the One whose life has set the example for how we should live and work. He’ll give you the courage and strength to stay in the trenches.
A special word of encouragement to anyone reading this that has been called to leadership in Christ’s church – the trenches are especially messy for us, the work can be back and soul breaking at times. Stand firm, you are not alone – I’m there, lots of other leaders are there but most importantly Jesus is right there with us, fighting the good fight along with us.
Being “in the trenches” is hard but we labor not in vain.
A Prayer
Father – It is hard working in the trenches of life. Thank you for being in them with us. Be our strength and our courage. Fill us with the power of Your Spirit. In those moments when we feel overwhelmed, fill us with your hope and peace. Help us to shine the light so brightly that even when those outside the trench see the messiness of it – they will join us when we invite them into the trench. In the name of Jesus, who is in the trenches with us we pray – Amen.
1 Corinthians 15:58
In war the soldiers “in the trenches” had it the hardest – cold, wet, muddy and often fierce fighting were the marks of the trench. In times of peace it has come to relate to hard work, often the dirtiest and hardest jobs in any given business. These are the jobs usually held by the people on lowest rung of the organizational ladder. Sometimes just getting through the day can feel like being in the trenches.
In his first letter to church in Corinth Paul provides a lot of instruction for the believers on a number of issues. Leading up to this week’s passage Paul had been talking to them about resurrection – Jesus’, ours and what resurrections bodies might look like. As I was reading Paul’s words, I got the feeling that he was a little frustrated with this group of people. These folks had heard and accepted the Gospel Paul had brought them but something or someone must have been interfering causing doubt, confusion – earlier he had told them not “be misled” and before that he asks if none of what he had told them before was true why was he and his companions endangering themselves daily? Why were they still in the trenches? When Paul had finished with what he had to say he exhorts all those who have heard or read his words to stand firm, to stay fully in the trenches fighting the good fight and working hard for the Lord no matter what obstacles were placed before them; reminding them that their work would never be in vain as long as they were being obedient to the Lord.
As followers of Christ Paul’s words of instruction and encouragement reach across the millennia to remind us that our work will not be in vain either. What’s getting in the way for you? What’s making you feel like throwing in the towel and climbing out of the trench? Hand whatever it is over to the One whose life has set the example for how we should live and work. He’ll give you the courage and strength to stay in the trenches.
A special word of encouragement to anyone reading this that has been called to leadership in Christ’s church – the trenches are especially messy for us, the work can be back and soul breaking at times. Stand firm, you are not alone – I’m there, lots of other leaders are there but most importantly Jesus is right there with us, fighting the good fight along with us.
Being “in the trenches” is hard but we labor not in vain.
A Prayer
Father – It is hard working in the trenches of life. Thank you for being in them with us. Be our strength and our courage. Fill us with the power of Your Spirit. In those moments when we feel overwhelmed, fill us with your hope and peace. Help us to shine the light so brightly that even when those outside the trench see the messiness of it – they will join us when we invite them into the trench. In the name of Jesus, who is in the trenches with us we pray – Amen.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Back to Basics
“When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.’”
Acts 4:24
We had just moved into a new rental house, it was freshly remodeled so even though the house had been built in the forties it felt new inside. We hadn’t been there but a week or so when a plumbing problem developed – the toilet was backing up into the tub – such fun…not. Luckily we have an awesome property manager so he came right over when we called. He quickly determined that the problem wasn’t in the house but outside where the pipes head for the main. He did some digging, made some corrections – so the toilet would flush properly and then acknowledged that the problem was more than he was able to take care of and that he’d have to find someone else to do the work. It appeared as though it was a situation of getting back to the basics.
This week’s passage from the Book of Acts is a get back to basics kind of story. Peter and John had been arrested, thrown in jail for the night and then taken before the Jewish religious leaders for questioning and discipline. Peter and John made it clear that they would, despite the many threats made against them, be faithful to the call God had placed on them to spread the good news of Jesus. As soon as they are released they headed back to where everyone else was hanging out and shared all that had happened. The response of the group – They prayed to their God, acknowledging Him as the maker of everything and asking that the Lord be with them, strengthen them and to give them a refreshed boldness – in other words they were getting back to the basics – prayer and relying on God to do all He had promised.
The result of these early believers and followers of Jesus getting back to basics – they received a top off of Holy Spirit power and a fresh boldness for speaking the good news to everyone they encountered.
Is your spiritual life flagging? Is life beating you up? Have you felt threatened by the world around you because you dare to speak the truth of God’s love and light into the dark world around you? Are health or financial issues causing you to lose faith, to lose hope? Does life seem to be a never ending storm? Get back to basics – pray to the Creator God who loves us so much He became one of us and then sacrificed his life for ours. Pray giving him the praise He deserves and asking for what you need the most - a top off of Holy Spirit power to restore your strength and renew your faith. Oh about the plumbing issue – they ended up putting new pipe in all the way across the street, how’s that for back to basics?
I’m getting back to the basics spiritually – how about you?
A Prayer
Father – Thank you that no matter where we find ourselves we can always get back to the basics of believing in and following You. Send your Spirit to give us a fill up when life seems to be getting to be too much for us. Remind us that You are the maker of everything and that You planned it for good. When we are ready to overflow with your Spirit, show us who needs our bold encouragement and the Good News of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, who calls us back to the basics – Amen.
Acts 4:24
We had just moved into a new rental house, it was freshly remodeled so even though the house had been built in the forties it felt new inside. We hadn’t been there but a week or so when a plumbing problem developed – the toilet was backing up into the tub – such fun…not. Luckily we have an awesome property manager so he came right over when we called. He quickly determined that the problem wasn’t in the house but outside where the pipes head for the main. He did some digging, made some corrections – so the toilet would flush properly and then acknowledged that the problem was more than he was able to take care of and that he’d have to find someone else to do the work. It appeared as though it was a situation of getting back to the basics.
This week’s passage from the Book of Acts is a get back to basics kind of story. Peter and John had been arrested, thrown in jail for the night and then taken before the Jewish religious leaders for questioning and discipline. Peter and John made it clear that they would, despite the many threats made against them, be faithful to the call God had placed on them to spread the good news of Jesus. As soon as they are released they headed back to where everyone else was hanging out and shared all that had happened. The response of the group – They prayed to their God, acknowledging Him as the maker of everything and asking that the Lord be with them, strengthen them and to give them a refreshed boldness – in other words they were getting back to the basics – prayer and relying on God to do all He had promised.
The result of these early believers and followers of Jesus getting back to basics – they received a top off of Holy Spirit power and a fresh boldness for speaking the good news to everyone they encountered.
Is your spiritual life flagging? Is life beating you up? Have you felt threatened by the world around you because you dare to speak the truth of God’s love and light into the dark world around you? Are health or financial issues causing you to lose faith, to lose hope? Does life seem to be a never ending storm? Get back to basics – pray to the Creator God who loves us so much He became one of us and then sacrificed his life for ours. Pray giving him the praise He deserves and asking for what you need the most - a top off of Holy Spirit power to restore your strength and renew your faith. Oh about the plumbing issue – they ended up putting new pipe in all the way across the street, how’s that for back to basics?
I’m getting back to the basics spiritually – how about you?
A Prayer
Father – Thank you that no matter where we find ourselves we can always get back to the basics of believing in and following You. Send your Spirit to give us a fill up when life seems to be getting to be too much for us. Remind us that You are the maker of everything and that You planned it for good. When we are ready to overflow with your Spirit, show us who needs our bold encouragement and the Good News of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, who calls us back to the basics – Amen.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Handmade by God
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13
I have a confession to make. When I was in high school my mom made me take Home Economics classes (do they even teach that in schools anymore?). I did great for the semester I took cooking. By the time I got to high school I’d already been cooking for a long time. But sewing class was something entirely different. That was probably my most difficult academic pursuit – passed with a ‘D’. So I know very little about sewing and even less about knitting. But what I do know is that it is a hands-on skill, that takes plenty of practice to get good at and that some have more natural ability toward that sort of thing than others.
This week’s passage comes from a psalm of David. Did you know God could knit? I googled what’s the hardest knitting stitch to try and get an idea of just how hard knitting with yarn could be. The search came back with three (my knitting friends may let me know what they think of them) they are the Bobble, the Nupp and the Latvian Braid. I have to admit that I was lost pretty quickly as I watched the “how-to” videos. How much harder it must be to knit a human together in a confined space? Thankfully we have a hands-on God who is skilled enough to put us together any way he wants. In the creation narrative of Genesis God “formed man from the dust and breathed life into him” (Genesis 2:7). Keep reading and God makes the “woman from the rib he took from the man” (Genesis 2:22). Then in the Psalms David tells us that God knits us together.
God doesn’t knit together some drab old human – no David goes on to sing his praises to God because he is “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). The Hebrew word translated as fearfully in this passage has two different means depending on the context it is found in. In this context it means to be awesome. Sit with this for a minute or more - God handmade me, and he handmade you to be awesome, wonderful, marvelous and amazing. God handmade us and filled us with all the gifts we would need to be and do all that He has purposed for us to do and be
I know the world and even some of the people around us try to tear us down, make us fill like we are less than who we are because we don’t fit into some kind of media driven box. That kind of stuff hurts and makes us weary especially if we fall for the skewed picture our fallen world presents. When that happens – stop, rest and remember… You have been handmade by God to be awesome, wonderful and amazing and that you are all of those things no matter what the world or anyone else says.
A Prayer
Father – Thank you for making us to be awesome, wonderful, marvelous and amazing. Thank you for so skillfully knitting us together in Your image. Remind us often that we are amazing, especially in those times when the world is beating us up, making us feel worthless and anything but amazing. Help us to be encouragers to those around us who need to know that they were handmade by You to be awesome. In the name of Jesus, who makes us awesome – Amen.
Psalm 139:13
I have a confession to make. When I was in high school my mom made me take Home Economics classes (do they even teach that in schools anymore?). I did great for the semester I took cooking. By the time I got to high school I’d already been cooking for a long time. But sewing class was something entirely different. That was probably my most difficult academic pursuit – passed with a ‘D’. So I know very little about sewing and even less about knitting. But what I do know is that it is a hands-on skill, that takes plenty of practice to get good at and that some have more natural ability toward that sort of thing than others.
This week’s passage comes from a psalm of David. Did you know God could knit? I googled what’s the hardest knitting stitch to try and get an idea of just how hard knitting with yarn could be. The search came back with three (my knitting friends may let me know what they think of them) they are the Bobble, the Nupp and the Latvian Braid. I have to admit that I was lost pretty quickly as I watched the “how-to” videos. How much harder it must be to knit a human together in a confined space? Thankfully we have a hands-on God who is skilled enough to put us together any way he wants. In the creation narrative of Genesis God “formed man from the dust and breathed life into him” (Genesis 2:7). Keep reading and God makes the “woman from the rib he took from the man” (Genesis 2:22). Then in the Psalms David tells us that God knits us together.
God doesn’t knit together some drab old human – no David goes on to sing his praises to God because he is “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). The Hebrew word translated as fearfully in this passage has two different means depending on the context it is found in. In this context it means to be awesome. Sit with this for a minute or more - God handmade me, and he handmade you to be awesome, wonderful, marvelous and amazing. God handmade us and filled us with all the gifts we would need to be and do all that He has purposed for us to do and be
I know the world and even some of the people around us try to tear us down, make us fill like we are less than who we are because we don’t fit into some kind of media driven box. That kind of stuff hurts and makes us weary especially if we fall for the skewed picture our fallen world presents. When that happens – stop, rest and remember… You have been handmade by God to be awesome, wonderful and amazing and that you are all of those things no matter what the world or anyone else says.
A Prayer
Father – Thank you for making us to be awesome, wonderful, marvelous and amazing. Thank you for so skillfully knitting us together in Your image. Remind us often that we are amazing, especially in those times when the world is beating us up, making us feel worthless and anything but amazing. Help us to be encouragers to those around us who need to know that they were handmade by You to be awesome. In the name of Jesus, who makes us awesome – Amen.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Unbroken
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; all the kings’ horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.” We’re all a bit broken in some way and nothing in the world can put us back together. The brokenness of our world weighs on me sometimes. My own self doubts and inability to stand up to others standards leave me feeling inadequate and broken. I suspect that many people deal with similar feelings of being irreparably broken. Some search the world for someone or something that can put them back together, to make them worthy and adequate. But like our egg friend Humpty Dumpty – the world can’t put itself back together let alone us.
Thankfully, we have not been left on this planet to stay in our brokenness – unless of course you like being broken. There is someone, not of this world who can unbreak us. In this week’s passage the psalmist is getting his praise on big time and reminds himself and everyone within ear shot that the God of the universe, the creator of everything can “heal the brokenhearted and bind up our wounds.” We don’t have to search the world over in order to be put back together, God will meet us where we are - all we have to do it call out and lay our broken selves before Him.
Now don’t get me wrong – God will bring healing yes, but He may take His time and there may be some pain involved in the putting back together process. But trust that the One who made you, the One who never intended for you to be broken in the first place is absolutely able to unbreak you.
How have you been broken? Has your health broken? Has someone who is supposed to care about you betrayed you and broken your trust or your heart? Are you broken financially? Are you filled with self doubt because the world has unreasonable expectations of how you should look or dress or what you should earn?
No matter what you are facing or how broken you feel – let Jesus have it, have you and soon enough you will be unbroken.
A Prayer
Father – Thank you for the healing that Your Son brings to our lives when we call on Him. Meet us where we are and unbreak us, put us back together so that we can see You in our eyes and so others can see Your image in us too. Once You have put us back together again, help us to live our unbroken lives out loud so that others will find the healing only You can give. In the name of Jesus, who is able to restore us, so we are unbroken we pray – Amen.
Psalm 147:3
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; all the kings’ horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.” We’re all a bit broken in some way and nothing in the world can put us back together. The brokenness of our world weighs on me sometimes. My own self doubts and inability to stand up to others standards leave me feeling inadequate and broken. I suspect that many people deal with similar feelings of being irreparably broken. Some search the world for someone or something that can put them back together, to make them worthy and adequate. But like our egg friend Humpty Dumpty – the world can’t put itself back together let alone us.
Thankfully, we have not been left on this planet to stay in our brokenness – unless of course you like being broken. There is someone, not of this world who can unbreak us. In this week’s passage the psalmist is getting his praise on big time and reminds himself and everyone within ear shot that the God of the universe, the creator of everything can “heal the brokenhearted and bind up our wounds.” We don’t have to search the world over in order to be put back together, God will meet us where we are - all we have to do it call out and lay our broken selves before Him.
Now don’t get me wrong – God will bring healing yes, but He may take His time and there may be some pain involved in the putting back together process. But trust that the One who made you, the One who never intended for you to be broken in the first place is absolutely able to unbreak you.
How have you been broken? Has your health broken? Has someone who is supposed to care about you betrayed you and broken your trust or your heart? Are you broken financially? Are you filled with self doubt because the world has unreasonable expectations of how you should look or dress or what you should earn?
No matter what you are facing or how broken you feel – let Jesus have it, have you and soon enough you will be unbroken.
A Prayer
Father – Thank you for the healing that Your Son brings to our lives when we call on Him. Meet us where we are and unbreak us, put us back together so that we can see You in our eyes and so others can see Your image in us too. Once You have put us back together again, help us to live our unbroken lives out loud so that others will find the healing only You can give. In the name of Jesus, who is able to restore us, so we are unbroken we pray – Amen.
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