I was speaking with someone recently and we were sharing with each other how things are going in our different ministries. I shared all the great things that God is doing here, and this is the response I received that caused me to stop for a second and give thanks to Him. This person said, “It’s so exciting when God allows us to see how much He’s working in a place where He invites us.” I love it…the place He invites us to. He called us here…He invited us here, and now we get a front row seat to see what He’s up to. Not only a front row seat, but He longs for us to participate in His work. Unbelievable!!!
Men…He’s inviting you – are you following even if it means having to give up some of your life comforts/familiarities? Mark 1:16-20 (NLT) The First Disciples 16 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. 17 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 18 And they left their nets at once and followed him. 19 A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. 20 He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men. Mark 10:28-30 (NLT) 28 Then Peter began to speak up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said. 29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, 30 will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.
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AuthorNate Smith is a husband, a father of 6 girls, grandpa to 3 granddaughters and one grandson, a police and fire chaplain, a pastor, and has a passion to see men grow in Christ. #girldad including granddaughter
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