I have found ministry and ministering to people to be quite
simple and strait forward. I don’t know
what all the fuss is about. At the
beginning of each day, I petition the Lord for a few things to help shape me,
prepare me, and equipment for the ministry ahead fully expecting that he will
give me eyes to see the need and ears to hear those in need, as well as the
wisdom and courage to act.
But like I said, I do ask for a few things first, some basic
ABC stuff. I ask God to help me be, and I am thankful because I am:
Alert to the need presented
Accepting of the person as a child of God
Anxious for nothing as God’s intervention is sought
Blessed to be ordain for this very challenge
Beckoned to be in this place and at this time to serve
Boasting only in Christ and not myself
Casting my net where the Master directs
Counting the moment’s challenges among my blessings
Counseled by the Counselor who walks beside me
Discerning without condemnation
Delivering a return on my Master’s investment
Doubting not that God will provide the increase
Entrusted with talents by my Master
Empowered by God’s love
Equipped with the word of God
Fixed on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith
Faithful and just with others as God is to me
Favored by God to have his trust in this ministry
Guided by divine wisdom
Granted gifts from above
Giving cheerfully.
Hopeful that God’s will be done
Holding all thoughts captive and obedient to Christ
Humble before God through my service to others
In prayer continually
Intuitively responding to the call of God’s Spirit
Inseparable from the love of Christ
Justified before God and so aware the magnitude of this gift
Jealous for God as he is for me
Joyful in all circumstances for my joy comes from the Lord
Knowing the truth and sharing it in love
Kneeling before God fully humbled by his grace
Knocking on doors to find those in bondage to sin
Love, love, and more love in everything I do and say
Lamenting with empathy and mercy the plight of those in need
Lost to the world and claimed by Christ
Making the uncomfortable, comfortable
Moved to compassion
Mastering my impulses and human nature so not to impede the
ministry
No fear of anything in this world
Needing nothing more than Christ
Never doubting the word or the Word of God
Offering only my best efforts, my first fruits
Ordering my life for purposeful service before guiding
others
Owing nothing but the debt to love one another
Praying continually
Proclaiming the good news at every opportunity
Pursuing a godly life
Quietly and secretly making my offerings
Quickly choosing listening over speaking
Questing always for the inspiration of God before speaking
Resisting the Devil and temptation
Renewing my spirit through God’s Spirit
Repenting of sin and following Jesus as a way of life
Seeking God’s Kingdom first in everything I do
Serving others so that I am last in this world
Searching for God in all of his creation
Trusting in God and not my own understanding
Tithing without second thought
True and faithful to the One who is Faithful and True
Unwavering in my faith
Understanding of other’s situations
Unflinching in my love for God and all of his children
Victorious in Christ permitting myself neither despair nor
self-pity
Vocal in speaking the voice of truth without regard for the
world’s judgment
Vehement in protecting the oppressed
Worthy of the ministry set before me
Wasting neither time nor resource as a good steward of that
entrusted to me
Wanting nothing in return from those who are helped
XII times XII in my forgiveness
Xylotomy resistant, choosing to examine the plank in my own
eye instead
Xeroxing messages of love for those who don’t live online
Yoked only to the Lord
Yanked by the Spirit and casted into experiences that refine
me
Year-round faithful, not a two timer
Zealous for God and his ways
Zion’s own now and in the time to come
Zestful and exuberant in all I do in response to God’s love.
This ministry stuff might really be a challenge if it wasn't for God taking me as a lump of clay and shaping me each and every day.
I can hardly wait to see what the ABC’s of tomorrow look like!
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