Saturday, September 11, 1999
Saturday, September 11, 1999
So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many
people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called "Christians."
Sounds like some of us or our churches. The church today has resources untold. We have a
skilled, well-educated, talented work force. We claim the allegiance of the best people in our
community. We serve a Master who for 2,000 years has inspired people's hearts and changed their
lives. And yet we are only a shadow of what we might be.
We cannot bring the world to salvation through Jesus Christ overnight, but we can put our talents
to work to make churches more effective. What is God calling you to do?
Ron Newhouse
(Acts 11:26
NRSV)
On the platform of a railroad station there was a large crate with a big dog inside. He was the
saddest dog you can imagine. A lady asked about him. "You would be sad, too," she was told, "if
you were in his plight. He's chewed the tag off the crate, and doesn't know where he's going."
God of love, move me to give more of myself to help Christ's church be more
effective in making disciples. Amen.
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