Never
Be Lazy,
But
Work Hard
And
Serve The Lord Enthusiastically.
Scripture
Romans
12
1
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I
plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done
for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will
find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
11 Never
be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.
Observation
If
you ever have a chance to go out with a Disaster Relief Team to help
people who have been clobbered by a hurricane or some other natural
disaster I sure hope you go.
I
had the chance this week to work with some great guys (and gals) from
several different states up in Panama City.
Baptist
men and women from the states of Oklahoma, Indiana, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, and of course teams from all over the state of
Florida, we all worked together to help the people in Panama City.
All
of us stayed at Immanuel Baptist Church. We slept in Sunday school
rooms, ate in the church's fellowship hall, and took hot showers out
in a special shower trailer set up in the church parking lot. Our
team was small (only 6), but we had some great people join us each
day so we usually had a team of about 8-10 people. Plus we had a
tractor assigned to our team with an experienced driver who would
help us move debris and huge trees out to the road.
I
have volunteered after many hurricanes and floods but this is by far
the worst devastation that I have ever seen. It is like a war zone.
The clean up and recovery is far from over.
They
are asking for more teams. If you or your church wants to help let me
know. Special thanks to all of our team and a special thanks to Mitch
and Edwin from Tallahassee!
Application
I
will not be lazy. I will work hard and serve the Lord
enthusiastically!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for the opportunity of going to Panama City and
helping the people there who are in such need. I pray for the ones
that we helped. Give them strength. And I pray for healing for those
who we met who are so sick. Help them to rebuild their lives. Protect
them. I pray for more laborers, more teams that will go to help.
Raise up an army of volunteers! Raise them up!
Daily
Bible Reading: Romans 9,10,11,12
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I have made it a habit to pray for those who read this blog! I enjoy
lifting you and your family up to the Lord in prayer.
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