Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“Teachers and people who are in charge will inspire others more effectively when everyone is given a chance to shine, develop, learn, grown, and share what they know, learn, and love.” ~ Jon Barnes
Stop
Don’t stop someone who is trying to move forward by faith, because of your unbelief. Support family, people, your workers and students who would like to improve and advance the kingdom. It is not my place to judge, but to facilitate and observe the quality of instruction and learning that is taken place under my watch. Occasionally, I will make suggestions and slight adjustments to my overview to assist, analyze, and reflect upon progress. So, Go and take those steps that are for you.
Getting In
Each student has an equal chance at being the next “big thing” in how God will use them in the ministry. We don’t know who that next person may be, but your life is a ministry with God. So, prepare yourself and everyone like they are the next “big thing” that will encourage the lost for Christ. Labors are needed so don’t turn them away. Train and watch the workers. When they make mistakes, correct them in love as God does all of us. Like children, let them prove and test their actions, motives, and worth to God.
The Way
When leaders and teachers get in the way of training, progress, and natural growth, people move on out of desperation, dissatisfaction, and regret. Be willing to set up new things for people to practice and develop their skill set in Christ. Rotate, mentor, and allow others to see how hard it is to teach, preach, pray, care, love, give, and share with others so that they can grow with passion, compassion, grace, and mercy. Don’t be a clog in the throat of Christianity and daily sharing.
Today’s Question
Are you a clog in Christianity because you are blocking someone from growing, practicing, developing, and improving their skills for Christ or are you a great teacher and motivator?
Enjoy The Reading
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem
2 Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[a] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence. 2 So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.”
Then I was terrified, 3 but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”
4 The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?”
With a prayer to the God of heaven, 5 I replied, “If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.”
6 The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.
7 I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[b] instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah. 8 And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.
9 When I came to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River, I delivered the king’s letters to them. The king, I should add, had sent along army officers and horsemen[c] to protect me. 10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall
11 So I arrived in Jerusalem. Three days later, 12 I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding. 13 After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well,[d] and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates. 14 Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but my donkey couldn’t get through the rubble. 15 So, though it was still dark, I went up the Kidron Valley[e] instead, inspecting the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate.
16 The city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the administration. 17 But now I said to them, “You know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this disgrace!” 18 Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king.
They replied at once, “Yes, let’s rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work.
19 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
20 I replied, “The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”
Love,
Jonathan
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I love this. A favorite quote of mine is “We cannot do everything, which frees us to do what we can.” We can only be there for people as much as we can and they want– we cannot do everything for them or instantly change the world.
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