Today’s Community Scripture – 3/24/2025

Every time I say your name in prayer which is practically all the time I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed reunion. That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible. So don’t be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his prisoner. Take your share of suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it. But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:3–10 (MSG)

– Reflection:

Every time I say your name in prayer

This passage says a lot to me and my heart of how far we have come since being saved by Christ. It tells me that all of the mess and hell I dealt was and is to strengthen me for the work I have done up to this point and for the man I need to be later. I am sure there are things you all go through too, these are the same precedences being set in you as they were in me. Continue to take ground for the Kingdom and I promise you it will being to make sense if you have accepted Jesus Christ as you Lord and Savior. That is first that will allow you to receive all of what his father has for your life, things that were created for you and me before we or our parents were even thought about. Big huh? I am often surprised by the things that I am able to witness being a follower of Christ. I would love for more of us to as well; it is a little scary because there is nothing asked for that is hard, only your heart. If you can give that over to Jesus, and his father. Man the sky’s are not a limit on you or me.

Where do we go from here?

It would be wonderful if everyone who reads this immediately drops to their knees, begins praising God, and desires to be baptized to show they are ready for the work that Christ has for them. The truth is that this life is tough because Jesus was tough. Only the strong can live a life like this; it is not for the weak at all. Everything we must endure is to witness the promises fulfilled for others and to give glory to God, not to ourselves. It might be difficult to think about at first, but as we move as He did, we see it creates a better world for all of us. If we can make the world a better place for one person, and each of us does this, the world will be so much better moving forward. I am on the path of doing my part, and I want you to do yours.

Our Prayer for Today

Father, thank you for granting me the gifts of writing, mentorship, technology, and sports. It is with all these blessings that I have the honor of becoming a leader, just as you did. Thank you so much for this blessing; we will not let you down. Amen.