Scripture: Colossians 1:24-29
Scripture Memory: 2 Cor 12:7b-9
“in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
Journey: Each one of us who is here today (gathered for worship), because of faith in Christ, is here because other people took the time and put forth the energy to explain to us what the Bible teaches about Jesus. Many of you are aware of one central person who “led you to faith.” Some of us can look back in time to a larger number of people who at different times and at different places encouraged us with a Word, invited us to church or who lived “the life” beside us so that we could understand what life is really to be about. This how the church has grown since the very beginning.
Everyone who is truly a member of God’s church has been saved from sin and is given a role to play in joining Christ in His work of reconciling all things unto Himself.
Today in our Journey in the Word we’re thinking about what it means to be “agents of reconciliation” and will be praying that God will use His word to make clear to us who we are as a church and what we should be doing.
For the hope of glory,
Will (for the pastors)
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