***The Work of God***

[SoldOut4Christ]

Today's Prayer
Dear God, I praise you and lift up your name for you are great and greatly to be praised. Today I am reminded of the many and awesome responsibilities of my country's President and leaders. I pray that you will work in their lives to bring about your will. I pray that you will provide wisdom and knowledge and unction from on high for each day, each decision, each challenge they face. I pray for protection from harm and from evil influences. I pray for your intervention where needed. Please bless those who serve you and seek your will. And may you receive the honor and glory for all the good that is done. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

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The Work of God
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2, by Os Hillman
01-01-2009

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us -- yes, establish the work of our hands (Ps 90:17).

Martin Luther brought the word of God back to the people. Today, God is bringing the work of God back to the people. God never intended the clergy to be the primary distribution channel of His Gospel. You and I are the distribution channel - those of us in the workplace.

The local church is simply the franchise to equip and release His army into the world to affect every aspect of society. Today, God is establishing mini-franchises in the form of prayer groups and Bible studies in the workplace. He is igniting the silent remnant of workplace believers who have never realized, until now, that their work really is their ministry. It is a holy calling on par with vocational ministry.

Our local franchises (churches) should be viewed as mini battle ships designed to raise an army of qualified warriors who can pray, create, and influence their workplaces and industries with a biblical worldview. We must be reminded of God's perfect plan found in Ephesians 4:11-13.

"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."

The next time you are tempted to pass ministry responsibility to your pastor, remember what Ephesians 4 says. After all, there are no part-time Christians in His Kingdom. We may get our checks in secular fields, but our ministry is full-time.

[mamadita]

Jan. 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM

And all God's children said, Amen!

[Jesusiswelcome]

Jan. 2, 2009 at 6:05 AM

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."

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God has work for everyone of us to do even if that means scrubbing the church toilets. We all need one another. Everyone can't do some of the ministry because that is not their calling; but, we all can and do have a responsibility to reach the lost.

Thanks for a good post.