Mission Trip To Your Life Devotional
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I loved the verse today. A couple of parts that stood out to me were, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also the interests of others." These verses have spoken to me many times thoughout my life, calling me to check my motives. Is what I'm doing only benefiting myself, or do I have other people in mind? My prayer is that God will give me his eyes and heart for others, that my "selfish amibition" will be transformed into a authentic desire to serve others for the sake of bringing glory to God.
hey what you all? this is willy and i am just saying that this trip is great i was in the car for a whole 15 mins on the way to school and it was awsome. but any ways the reading is great and one thing that GOD is telling me to do is start a BLOG type of thing. i dont now were it is going so just keep your ears open for when i get it going. may GOD bless you in your travels today and this whole week.
“What area’s of your life have you not allowed God in?” Ok, so this is a hard question for me personally. I mean, I freakin' work at a church. I type this while being at the CTK Staff Leadership Retreat. Sometimes I feel like "where is God not in my life... my life is all about God". But this is a easy trap to fall into... one that I think many Christians fall into. If you don't do bad things, and you go to church every Sunday, and even maybe do some good things, then your fine right? One of the things that I've learn to know about God through scripture and the work in my life is that he is not a stagnant God. That the challenges that he presents us, are there not to cause us pointless pain or hardship, but to force us to grow.. to mature... to wise up... to move up to the next level of faith in him. The next level of trust. And yes, if you take on the challenge he presents and win, a lot of times there is a time of blessing. But I think we just get stuck there. Why is being a stagnant Christian not OK in my opinion? Jesus never ommissive (I don’t think that’s a word, but I mean he never committed acts of omission, omission meaning not doing something he knew he should have done), and if I’m going to live my life like Jesus, that means I can't be either. Always looking for the next challenge, or at least asking God for it. "God what do you have next for me", or "God what am I not doing that I should be?".
It's so easy for me to focus on the stuff I shouldn't do.. I shouldn't lie, steal, judge, look at porn, murder, masturbate, use God’s name in vein or any of the others typical stuff. But I think that God's challenge to me was to stop looking at how small my "Sins I Committed This Week" list is... and start looking at how small my "Things I Did DIFFERENTLY this week for Jesus" list is. Both lists are important to keep, as sin is sin and it's bad and I need to keep track & control of it in my life, but a mentor of mine said this week.. "discipline is as much about putting stuff IN your life as it is about taking things OUT".
So... I work at a church. 60 hours of my week is in someway work for God.... but the bible says "To whom much is given, much is expected". I am a man of very few material possessions, but I've been given a lot. A lot of responsibilities (my job), and a lot of blessings as well. This convicts me that the area of my life where I need God more then anywhere else is in WHAT I AM NOT DOING THAT I SHOULD BE DOING FOR JESUS.
It's very stretching for me to have to try to be intentional in areas of my life that I just want to be the same as I am everyday. There are certain people in my daily life that I'm realizing that I was not treating the way I would if I were on a mission trip to my life, and I'm being forced to change that. Especially knowing that I need to act in humility because I really just ain't that great.
I had a hard time the first day. I was looking and felt like I couldn't see, listening but felt like I wasn't hearing. I did have the best sleep of my life last night in my sleeping bag(sometimes I smell it to see if it smells like places I've been, is that weird?) I hung prayer flags in my office that had my prayers and some verses for the week; Psalm 138:8 is one verse. one of my prayers for this week is that my heart would be softened, ears and mind open, and that god would keep me willing. -JL
Hey everyone this is Hannah, I'm praying for all of you!!
Monday was pretty good for me. I had a pretty dang sweet time sleeping in my sleeping bag last night... ( I didn't smell it like JL tho).
I felt led to pray. Passing periods, lunch, in all my classes I felt God calling out to me, telling me to pray for the broken lives I come in contact with everyday. And to pray for everyone who's I'm joining with on this mission trip.
I had real conversations with people I usally don't have real conversations with, that was pretty cool.
I've been having a hard time with a certain someone at basketball though. I'm praying that God will soften my heart, take anger OUT and put love IN.
But yesterday was all around a pretty good day, I hope it keeps on getting better from here!
-Hannah Erickson
well i am back and it is a big war going on in the battle field. i came out alive but tyred and a little down hearted. i tryed to reach out to some people today but i lost the fight but i will go back tomarrow with renewed strangth. i am working on the blog but it is not getting so far.
willy
This has been really hard for me so far. I mean, its easy to change in a new environment where everything is new, like a missions trip. But knowing that God wants my everyday, not so intense life is hard. I still did all the same crap that I do everyday but God really opened my eyes to some of my faults and hopefully by the end of the week, I will have the courage to do something about it!
-Zianna
So far, my the trip is...challenging to me. I'm really noticing how I act every day, and honestly- I don't want to be the kind of person that I was. Slowly, I'm changing my actions, and warming up to everyone around me.
Some things I'm focusing on is the way I act around my friends. I seem to act differently around different groups of people. God really opened my heart up, and made me realize I can only be me. I'm the same person, and treat others just as an equal.
Through out the week, now I want to open other's hearts. Show people that God will always love them. Love to everyone. This is giong to be a huge stretch for me, but I know I can do it!
me again. the day turned out to be a good one and eventhough i did not bring someone to christ i had a deep conver and i am really excited about it.
willy
I had an awesome time with a student this morning. We read the verse and challenge together. I was about to leave for work, when I felt the prompt to pray with the student before we each went our own ways. It was encouraging to start the day on such a positive note.
This trip has definately been a challenge and eye-opening for me. I didn't realize how much I "turn-off" God when I'm at work. I do pray every so often and have a couple of other Christians I can talk about my faith with, but I also get so wrapped up in the business of my schedule that God gets put on the back burner. I was encouraged by Hannah's comments about praying all throughout her day. That will definately be a focus for me tomorrow.
Today I felt like God provided some great opportunities to talk with people who I needed to talk to... There were quite a few people who I talked with who I had barely spoken a word to before. I had many good conversations and was reminded of the fact that what I say and who I choose to interact with does matter in big ways.
today at school i sat down to eat my lunch(by the way it was asian bar). will i was eating i started to think how this mission trip could change my life and how god has blessed me with so many brilliant friends that treat me nicely(yes zack that includes you). i was almost done except i still had a fortune cookie. now normally i think these things are stupid and taste bad but i was still thinking about the mission so i didnt really notice what i was eating so i broke it and ate it and inside the paper said "soon someone new coming into your life will be a best friend."i thought how amazing it was that god will keep blessing you no matter what you do. so im still waiting for that best friend.
i am here again and goin to tell you that GOD totolly rocks. GOD has blessed me with a power of foresight and it is tottally awsome and i am so excited.
willy
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