In a world of bad news, God's Word is Good News. In His Word today, the Lord promises to answer our prayers, provide all our needs, give us clear direction, make us fruitful, be our light, and heal our wounds (Is 30:19-21, 25-26). The Lord loves us and expresses His love in many personal and practical ways.
However, many people do not receive all this love from the Lord. They may have refused to let the Lord be fully involved in their lives, or we the Christian people may be the problem. The Lord Jesus often expresses His love for people through the members of His body, the Church. When Jesus wants to touch somebody, He may use our hands. To visit the sick, He will often use our feet. To speak His Word, He will use our mouths. To love, Jesus will use our hearts. Therefore, if God's people don't obey Him, then many people throughout the world are deprived of fully knowing God's love. So we should pray for many more workers to take Jesus' love to the world (Mt 9:38), and we should be the first to answer our prayer.
This Advent, in a special way, touch, walk, speak, work, and love in Jesus' name. Let His love come to and through you.
| PRAYER: | Father, I allow You to make me a messenger of Your love. |
| PROMISE: | "The gift you have received, give as a gift." –Mt 10:8 |
| PRAISE: | St. Francis allowed himself to be a messenger of God's love by constantly and sacrificially ministering to the poorest of the poor in India, Sri Lanka, and Japan. |
Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:
· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College