“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24).
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down! Really? God tells us in His Word that He made the day. We are to rejoice and be glad in it. So, be a “Pollyanna” today and find something good about it.
Diane Conn TennesseePRAY TOGETHER: Praise God for the children in your life. Ask God to reveal new avenues for influencing them in the faith.
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad, glad, glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad, glad, glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
hallelujiah, he has made me glad
he has made me glad oh he has made me glad
I will rejoice for he has made me glad, glad, glad
he has made me glad oh he has made me glad
I will rejoice for he has made me glad.
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray for our pastors and leaders who need a new touch from God today.
The WNAC Convention will be here before we know it. This year the convention is being held July 20-21 in Cincinnati, OH. “WNAC: It’s not just your mother’s auxiliary” will be presented on Monday afternoon. Come find out what this means. The business session and worship service will be Tuesday morning. The WNAC luncheon will be held on Tuesday, July 21, at 12:00 PM. The cost is $25. There are a limited number of tickets, and this luncheon sells out every year. Make plans now to attend.
PRAY TOGETHER: Some missionaries, both home and international, continue to experience serious health problems. Encourage these missionaries through prayer.
Godly people greatly impact the lives they touch. Are these people perfect? No one is. Yet, God takes the smallest acts of obedience and turns them into ripples in the pond of eternity. Cornelius visited with Peter, accepted the Good News, and then shared it with his household. The faithfulness of Paul and Silas—even in prison, so impacted the jailer that he believed and shared the gospel with his household. If you knew the secret to unending wealth, wouldn’t you tell those you love most? How about the location of the fountain of youth? Wouldn’t you tell others? Think how much more wonderful a relationship with God is than temporal riches.
HOW DO YOU RELATE?
Read Acts 2:39; 11:14; 16:31. Notice the effect one person’s acceptance of the Gospel had on their entire family and servants. Now read Proverbs 22:6 and ponder how you could be a better trainer. Go to tangle.com and type in “Find Us Faithful Steve Green.” Listen to the words of the song as you consider how you as a parent or significant adult in the life of a child can impact him/her for eternity. Record your thoughts. Pray for the salvation of your family and for discernment of ways you could be instrumental in this endeavor.
Mona Dukes
South Carolina
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray as Kenneth and Rejane Eagleton welcome an intern couple to help in Campinas, Brazil.
Couples who serve God together can provide a double-whammy effect on a church body or a community. Serving provides a common ground upon which two people can share their faith and walk with each other. In today’s society marred by crumbling marriages and failing family units, it also provides a much-needed example of how God intends marriage and family to work.
HOW DO YOU RELATE?
Read Acts 18; Romans 16:3-5; 2 Corinthians 16:19; and 2 Timothy 4:19. Note that Priscilla and Aquila are never mentioned separately, but rather are always written about as a husband and wife team who ministered in the early church. Do you know a couple like this? If you are married, write down ways you and your spouse can serve the Lord as partners and spend time together prayerfully seeking ways to serve for His glory and for the strengthening of your marriage.
Mona Dukes
South Carolina
PRAY TOGETHER: Continue praying for FWBIM as they restructure their funding methods (in place by 2010). Pray donors will be open and give generously.
Have you ever stopped and thought about the people who shaped your spiritual life? Remember those Sunday School teachers down through the years who spent hours cutting out flannelgraph figures to bring the Scriptures alive to a child? Recall those pastors who spent all week preparing sermons that helped you learn more about the God you serve? And how about the repetitive training your parents gave you to protect your reputation and follow God’s golden rules? It’s up to us to train the generations that come after us. If not us, then who?
HOW DO YOU RELATE?
Read Deuteronomy 4:9. Make a list of the things your parents, teachers and pastors taught you that you can teach those who come after you.
Mona Dukes
South Carolina
PRAY TOGETHER: URUGUAY: Pray that the David Dodson family will have the needed funds to go to the field in August.
Funny how those disciples could forget so quickly. One day Jesus is allaying their fears about who will be the greatest in Heaven by using the example of a small child to exhibit humility leading to greatness. Just a few days later, they try to send away children who have been brought to be blessed by Jesus, and He has to remind them again that Heaven will be filled with those of childlike faith. We are so like those disciples. We spend so much time and energy trying to become more sophisticated when what we really need to do is follow our inner child.
HOW DO YOU RELATE?
Read Matthew 18:1-6 and 19:14. In the first passage what does Jesus say about someone who welcomes a small child on His behalf? And what does He say about one who causes a “little one” to stumble or lose faith? Consider children—how trusting they are—and ponder ways you can positively impact the children in your home or church toward a believer’s walk.
Mona Dukes
South Carolina
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray today for Diane Conn, WNAC bookkeeper.
