For him. Those two little words in the emphasis verse make the biggest difference in our unshakable pursuit of God. Read the verse and focus on those two words in the last phrase: My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord.
As a Mission Friends leader, you do so much more than merely preparing a lesson about missions for preschoolers every week. You are instilling a missions heart within your Mission Friends.
My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile. (1 Cor. 15:58, CEV)
Over the past several weeks, our lives have been changed in ways I could not have imagined. As the coronavirus has spread across our country and the world, life has become different for us. In the midst of all that is happening, we have seen a lot of anxiety and fear.
Ding. You hear the sound and look up to see the airplane’s warning light overhead to show you need to buckle your seat belt. The pilot announces that there is some turbulence ahead, and asks all passengers and flight attendants to take their seats and fasten their seat belts.
Have you ever had a time when one bad thing happened after another and another? When it seemed like there were difficulties all around you? You may have been in this situation in the past, or you may be there now. You may likely face this in the future.
The baby was born in late spring. Every day when his mother came home from work, she would put him in his stroller and take him for a walk. They loved to walk around the pond and look for ducks. She would say, “God made the ducks. Thank You, God, for ducks.”
