Daily Treasure

HER LOVE FOR THE CHURCH
Proverbs 31:20
“She stretches out her hand to the poor; yea she reaches forth her hands to the needy.”

The pastor’s wife packs everything she has, uproots her children from home and school to move to a new congregation. Most of the time, sight unseen, she meets a host of people who will be her new brothers and sisters in Christ. She seeks to love them all. Watch the children who are drawn to her kind, sweet spirit. She reaches out to those who need special needs or attention and she, without hesitation, gives them the love they need. She loves the people, she loves the church and she loves the service she will lovingly performs.

God bless the pastor’s wife and her love for the Church.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER: Church planters need daily prayers, support and encouragement.

HER MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH
Proverbs 31:26
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”

When we call a pastor to our church, it is a package deal. We are blessed to get a pastor’s wife too. While we have accepted the pastor we also, with open arms, should accept the pastor’s wife. She is the crown of his ministry. She strives to walk, talk and act with Christian character and represent the church in a dignified, honorable fashion. She desires that kindness to all will come naturally, and the rule of her life will be wisdom.

God bless the pastor’s wife in her ministry to the church.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER: Pray for and/or attend the Master’s Men/WNAC National Marriage Enrichment Conference, beginning tomorrow evening in Branson, MO.

HER WORK IN THE CHURCH
Proverbs 31: 31
“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

The pastor’s wife is, most of the time, overworked but never under blessed. She may teach, work in WAC, go to conferences, cook for fellowships, prepare the bulletin, type sermons, drive the church van, take her turn in the nursery, direct plays, make costumes, play the piano or organ, organize children’s choir, keep the church in spiritual signage, visit the nursing home, write cards and letters, keep up with the homebound, keep the church abreast on news from missionaries near and far, and if it falls her lot, she may even clean the church. Every work is a hill to conquer and time wasted is time lost. Efficient and capable in the way she carries out these duties, she gives God the glory.

God bless the pastor’s wife for her work in the church.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER: Pastors and their families need special prayer as they minister in our churches.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH
Proverbs 31:13 “She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”

The pastor’s wife contributes to the church in a willingness to serve. She not only has her work at home but often she performs multiple duties in the church. Even if she has a public job she carries her weight in the church. She performs her responsibilities with a sweet and willing heart. She often accepts positions that no one seems to desire. However, she accepts them as if God placed them her hand. What she does in the church is done willingly.

God bless the pastor’s wife and her contributions to the church.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER: MKs are vital to our missions ministry; pray for them and encourage them.

Mark 8:38
“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

My mother and I passed a big tent with chairs set up in neat rows. There was a pulpit, an altar and other things that suggested a tent revival. We begin discussing if souls were being saved in the services there. As we drove on down the road I mentioned a preacher who stands at the edge of our four-lane highway on Sundays and preaches. He often holds up his Bible and quotes Scripture. We agreed that most would be ashamed to take part in these things that promote the gospel. Please dear Lord, let me not be ashamed but rather find opportunities to share the gospel of the Lord Jesus with others.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER:Veteran missionaries need our prayer and encouragement daily.

1 Timothy 1:6 “From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling.”
2 Timothy 2:16 “But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

Vain janglings? Profane babblings? Hmm. Where do we hear these? Well, how about on TV or at the beauty shop? At school, in a restaurant, on the radio, over the telephone, at work or at the doctor’s office. Even at your front door when visitors want you to take literature loaded with janglings and babblings. It’s any means whereby folks disagree with God, His Word, His doctrine and His instructions. Do we know the Scripture so well, that we know where God wants us to stand on issues? Shun vain janglings and profane babblings at all costs.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER:Please pray for newly appointed missionaries as they seek both financial and prayer support.

Mark 4:24a “And He said unto them, take heed what ye hear…”
Luke 8:18a “Take heed therefore how ye hear…”

Hearing is one of the five senses. It is a delightful sense in that we hear music or our children telling us they love us. But it can also be a sense of concern and one that must be monitored. Have you ever grabbed your child and walked away from immoral talk or profanity? That is how we protect our children from these things entering their ears. We also need to protect ourselves as well. When I taught youth classes, I gave an illustration that what goes into the ear usually comes out of the mouth. I also related that we must be careful of anything that goes into our ears because it immediately penetrates the mind and is there forever. Let us take care of our sense of hearing so as to have pure things enter.

LaCrecia McFaddin
Tennessee

PRAY TOGETHER: Let’s never forget to pray for persecuted Christians around the world.