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As the warm days of summer slowly fade, and we settle back into our routines—whether it’s getting back to work, starting a new school year, or participating in church activities—our lives get busier. Even so, these moments of transition are filled with countless opportunities to truly live as the hands and feet of Jesus, spreading His love and shining His light to those around us.
We hope you'll find encouragement today as you read from others who, like you, are striving to live for His glory. If someone you know is headed back to school, be sure to download the free "Back to School" prayers included at the end of this email. Above all, wherever this season leads you, remember to let God work through you, sharing the good news of His grace as you shine brightly for Him.
Love and blessings,
Shine—That He May be Glorified
God wants to make an example out of you. Through you, He desires to put Himself on display. He wants every people group on earth to know that He is good, and He alone is God. When we consider the children of Israel and the land God designated as theirs, it’s interesting to note that Israel, located on the Mediterranean Sea, where other nations would import and export their goods. God was strategic in where He placed Israel because it was to be a light to the world, displaying the goodness and greatness of God.
“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12:1-3, KJV).
God's plan is to move the good news of His grace to you, to get it through you. We are living examples, models to the world of our living God.
When God blessed Abram, He did so because His ultimate desire was to bless all the families of the earth. Abraham couldn’t keep the blessing to Himself. God wanted His love and provision to be extended not only to Abraham’s descendants, but ultimately to every people group on earth.
Ephesians 2:6 tells us when God raised Jesus from the dead, He raised us and seated us together with Him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. There was no individualized resurrection. When He came up, we came up. Like Jesus, God wants others to benefit from our resurrected life, those from every nation, tribe, and tongue.
One of the most powerful truths I recently heard quoted is “The gospel—the good news came to me because it was on its way to someone else.” How true this is!
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