by Charles R. Swindoll
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the
most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each
person. ---Colossians 4:5--6
Our desire, Father, is to be fully present---all
there---wherever we are. We want to live to the hilt every situation we believe
to be Your will. You have placed us in the twenty-first century, with our
specific families, in our particular neighborhoods. May we live here, now,
fully, completely, passionately. In our occupations, may we fulfill
wholeheartedly our calling there as well. You have given us the joy of the
fellowship of the saints in a local church. May we make the most of every
opportunity to welcome others into it.
Lord God, deliver the body of Christ from becoming a museum
full of aging memories---dusty, dull, irrelevant, and out of touch. At the same
time, keep us attached to our past---to the great truths of Your timeless Word
and to the great music of the ages. In all of this, may we stay in touch with
our world today. The needs are enormous and numerous. Help us know how to build
bridges across the moat that separates us from a needy world, so that we become
a point of comfort and authenticity, a place of hope, a harbor of relief, and rescue
for those who have lost their way.
In Jesus's name we pray. Amen.
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