Serve Relentlessly

Reflection 

We are struck by the relentlessness of Paul, how this great apostle kept going. The word we associate with Paul is servant, he served the Church, and he served his Savior. He was a beautiful servant of the gospel. His life’s mission was to testify to the good news of God’s grace. 

As we think about gathering together as His Church, we want to testify to the good news of God’s grace and to proclaim his mercy, love and kindness to this broken world. We know that this message will only truly be proclaimed by servants.

Prayer

We commit to serve you today, Lord, to testify to the good news of your grace today. Father, we thank you that you have been gracious towards us. We want to serve you by inviting others to hear your message of grace this year, as we gather.

ACTS 20:17-24

17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them:

“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; 20 how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.  22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. 24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.