“Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” - Luke 3:11
Pabama: (Rhymes with Alabama) Def: A feeling that there is more. A desire to make a difference, to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Not willing to accept the current state of the world, and not wishing to point any fingers. The burning desire to improve, to fall and fail, to be picked up and try again. To prepare ourselves for eternity. To stand triumphant one day, only through Jesus, and hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."

Friday, January 18, 2013

Jesus' Mission . . . . Our Mission

In Luke 4, just after Jesus was tempted, he returns to his hometown. He goes to the
synagogue and reads from a scroll. Our sermon recently made me realize how this is really his Mission Statement, he is just beginning his ministry and here he announces what it's all about.
     “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
     because he has anointed me
     to proclaim good news to the poor.

   He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the
         prisoners
     and recovery of sight for the blind,
     to set the oppressed free,
     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. - Luke 4:18-19

If this was Jesus' Mission, which of course is God's Mission . . . and now he has left the Holy Spirit for me to continue the Mission . . . how much time do I spend working on the Mission? How much time do I spend working on things other than the Mission?

(A phrase I repeat often lately to my daughters has popped into my head: 'Don't be sorry, act sorry.')
Posted by Dyk at 8:32 AM

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