May 10th Devotion
What makes the church work - John North
Colossians 2:18-19
“Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.”
What makes the church work? Holding fast to Christ!
Don’t let anything loosen your grip on Jesus! If you want your church to “grow with a growth which is from God”, you must allow his life to flow through you and your church. What makes your church healthy will not be a better strategy or worship style or ministry resource, but rather a healthy inner life—a close walk with Jesus, a focus on his word and on his person, a sensitivity to his Spirit.
When you choose strategies and styles and resources, choose those that will focus your church on these things and your church will be on its way to good health.
Before you allow a critical spirit to gain a foothold in your relationship to your church, make sure that you yourself are walking with Christ, living in love, sacrificing for others, allowing Christ to speak and act through you, and focused on others rather than yourself. Then you’ll be a force for spiritual renewal in your church.
Colossians 2:18-19
“Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.”
What makes the church work? Holding fast to Christ!
Don’t let anything loosen your grip on Jesus! If you want your church to “grow with a growth which is from God”, you must allow his life to flow through you and your church. What makes your church healthy will not be a better strategy or worship style or ministry resource, but rather a healthy inner life—a close walk with Jesus, a focus on his word and on his person, a sensitivity to his Spirit.
When you choose strategies and styles and resources, choose those that will focus your church on these things and your church will be on its way to good health.
Before you allow a critical spirit to gain a foothold in your relationship to your church, make sure that you yourself are walking with Christ, living in love, sacrificing for others, allowing Christ to speak and act through you, and focused on others rather than yourself. Then you’ll be a force for spiritual renewal in your church.
Posted in Devotions
Recent
Archive
2024
January
January 1st DevotionDecember 31st follow-upJanuary 2nd DevotionJanuary 3rd DevotionJanuary 4th DevotionJanuary 5th DevotionJanuary 8th DevotionJanuary 7th Follow-upJanuary 9th DevotionJanuary 10th DevotionJanuary 11th DevotionJanuary 12th DevotionJanuary 15th DevotionJanuary 14th Follow-upJanuary 16th DevotionJanuary 17th DevotionJanuary 18th DevotionJanuary 19th DevotionJanuary 21st follow-upJanuary 22nd DevotionJanuary 23rd DevotionJanuary 24th DevotionJanuary 25th DevotionJanuary 26th DevotionJanuary 29th Devotion1-28-24 follow-upJanuary 30th DevotionJanuary 31st Devotion
February
February 1st DevotionFebruary 2nd DevotionFebruary 5th DevotionFebruary 6th DevotionFebruary 4th Follow-upFebruary 7th DevotionFebruary 8th DevotionFebrtuary 9th DevotionFebruary 12th DevotionFebruary 11th Follow-upFebruary 13th DevotionFebruary 14th DevotionFebruary 15th DevotionFebruary 16th DevotionFebruary 19th DevotionFebruary 20th DevotionFebruary 21st DevotionFebruary 22nd DevotionFebruary 23rd DevotionFebruary 26th DevotionFebruary 27th DevotionFebruary 28th DevotionFebruary 29th Devotion
March
March 1st DevotionMarch 4th DevotionMarch 3rd follow-upMarch 5th DevotionMarch 6th DevotionMarch 7th, 2024March 8th DevotionMarch 11th DevotionMarch 12th DevotionMarch 13th DevotionMarch 14th DevotionMarch 15th DevotionMarch 18th DevotionMarch 19th DevotionMarch 20th devotionMarch 21st DevotionMarch 22nd DevotionMarch 25th DevotionMarch 26th DevotionMarch 27th DevotionMarch 28th DevotionMarch 29th Devotion
April
April 1str DevotionApril 2nd DevotionApril 3rd DevotionApril 4th DevotionApril 5th DevotionApril 8th DevotionApril 9th DevotionApril 10th DevotionApril 11th DevotionApril 12th DevotionApril 15th DevotionApril 16th DevotionApril 17th DevotionApril 18th DevotionApril 19th DevotionApril 22nd devotionApril 23rd DevotionApril 24th DevotionApril 25th Devotion
No Comments