This is the day the Lord has made and we get to fellowship and eat donuts in it! PTL! Donut day at Bread Ministry 10-12. How might God want to use you? Come and see!
Good Morning Donut-Eating Harvesters! Amen! God loves you and uses you as you are to be part of the harvest. We all have a part of that and need each other. I have to fly. Lots to do before donut time, but think about the above and talk to God and your teammates about the plans for . Then meditate on the devotionals below as you prepare for this day. God is with you and has great plans for yyou or someone you will engage with. Rejoice! Prepare and GO! You are blessed to bless! Be a blessing to God and others and be blessed back as you go. Amen! And shalom!
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Waiting for the Harvest
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
In 1962, Joanne Shetler and Anne Fetzer made an arduous trek by bus and foot into the rugged mountains of the Philippines to share the gospel with people who’d never heard of Jesus.
For five years, they translated Scripture into the people’s language, but the Balangao villagers weren’t receptive. They did, however, help build a primitive landing strip so new supplies could be flown in. One day, a plane dubbed “magic from another world” by the people arrived. The pilot then flew a deathly ill, pregnant village woman to a faraway clinic. When the plane later returned with the recovered woman and her healthy newborn, the people began asking about “this God” they’d been told about. Soon the village had a church full of believers in Christ.
All of us who share the story of Jesus have times of discouragement when our listeners don’t seem to hear. The apostle Paul knew that can happen. After explaining to the Galatians the importance of planting and harvesting the gospel, he recognized that a sower may grow tired. So he challenged his listeners not to “become weary in doing good” (Galatians 6:9).
The first five years of Joanne and Anne’s work was surely discouraging. But they kept sowing, and eventually they reaped a harvest. Let’s not “give up” (v. 9). Surely, the message of salvation will “reap eternal life” (v. 8).
By Dave Branon
REFLECT & PRAY
Why do you sometimes grow weary in sharing the gospel? What’s your sure hope?
Dear God, please help me to hang in there and keep sowing when a loved one seems disinterested in the gospel.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Galatians 6:7-10, Paul emphasizes the theme of sowing and reaping—that is, that the choices we make come with real consequences. A life guided by “the flesh” (self-reliant human nature focused on self-gratification—5:16-21) inevitably leads to “destruction,” whereas a life guided by Christ’s Spirit leads to “eternal life” (6:8) and an abundant “harvest” (v. 9). Remembering this principle can strengthen the resilience and fortitude of believers in Jesus as they seek to “serve one another humbly in love” (5:13). Every action guided by the Spirit matters greatly. Sometimes the path of sharing the gospel and living like Christ can be exhausting, and results may not be obvious. But believers can be assured that their witness to Jesus’ love in words and lifestyle will lead to good results that will last for eternity.
Monica La Rose
UR: In-Between Days
Jesus said, “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” - John 15:5 (NIV)
A song that has been meaningful to me gives the assurance that God is with us both on the mountain and in the valley. Over years of growing closer to Christ, I have felt God’s presence with me on the mountains and in the valleys — on my best days and my worst.
But after evaluating my relationship with God, I have realized that the ordinary days between the mountains and valleys are the ones where I fail to feel God’s presence. The days that I fill with meetings, conference calls, and never-ending emails are the ones when I drift from God. I allow myself to be distracted and to think I can do life without God.
Jesus told his disciples, “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” We need to be connected to Christ every day if we want to bear fruit.
When we allow ourselves to be distracted on our in-between days, we unconsciously allow ourselves to drift. We must, with great intentionality, remain in Christ all our days.
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's Prayer
Loving God, help us to abide in you always, including on the days when the world distracts us most. Amen.
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