A Monday Devotional With Prayer
60-SECOND FAITH
These short devotional messages incorporate Bible reflection and prayer to help you see yourself blessed at the start of your week. Discover new ideas for building everyday faith as you wrap your reality in the hope of God’s Word.
A Short Devotion for Today
An Inroad to Love
If you’ve ever traveled to another country, you’ve experienced a level of vulnerability. The possibility of losing your baggage, the challenge of picking up a foreign language, and a little fear of the unknown. Being in a new place is humbling. Yet, you do what it takes to adapt, because you expect the benefits will outweigh the inconveniences.
This week, Jesus calls us to consider our willingness to adapt for a greater purpose. There is a blessing for us and for others when we go out of our way to be used by God.
Jesus is our greatest example of showing mercy on this level:
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:16-17 NIV
Jesus had a heart of gold from the very beginning.
He was born into a world of sin, yet lived a sinless lifestyle. He healed, taught, and did miracles for all who welcomed it. He traveled from town to town and embraced those of different backgrounds with no qualms about his accommodations or whether or not there would be a Target near the village. He lived with one ultimate goal, and that was to please the Father. That meant giving purpose to the lowly, spiritual clarity to the higher ups, and salvation to everyone.
As we start this new week, we should prepare with a heart of love and great mercy in mind. With a little creativity, we can make an inroad for someone’s salvation or personal experience with the Holy Spirit.
Name one thing that will make you more versatile or approachable to someone who is not like you. This may be learning how to share Christ in another language or volunteering at a charity.
Reflection Point
Today’s Morning Prayer
God, thank you for the new mercy you give me every day. You know what I need in every frustrating moment and how to encourage me to stay on the path you have for my life. You are God. This week, I ask you to show me how to be the light for others that you have been for me. Fill me with your word, your boldness, and the power I need to break through every barrier in order to bless others. I say Hallelujah right now, for the things you will do through me! In Jesus’ name; Amen.
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