Sunday review: February 7-12

You receive a great deal of input, inspiration, and challenge every week—from this website and likely from several other sources, too. This week’s posts challenge us, “What will we DO with all we’ve HEARD?” Choose a favorite to read again and to share with a friend.

February 7
When one is willing to be obedient even with hesitation, God will use our gifts and our flaws and write a story that is greater than anything we can imagine or do on our own.
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February 8
It seems that our comfort level seems to be gathering and listening more often that going and doing. But anyone who has actively stepped into doing will tell you they learn far more by serving others than by sitting and listening to a good sermon.
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February 9
When we work we will get tired. I had a boss tell me one time that if we do good work we will experience a good tired. There is satisfaction in knowing your good day’s work helped accomplish something meaningful. But sometimes as we do our jobs, we cannot see the good they are doing. Fixing that spreadsheet doesn’t seem to have kingdom impact. Neither does mopping the floors or dealing with an angry customer. But all of our work has the potential to make a kingdom impression on our coworkers and benefit others even when we can’t see the connection.
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February 10
Sometimes we have to wait or retreat in order to provide help. Now is not always the right time. It can be very difficult to step back, especially when you see someone who needs help, healing, or even rescuing. To pull back from helping instead of rushing in when you know there is so much to do seems odd and maybe even like we are shirking our spiritual responsibility, but consider that this is exactly what even Jesus did.
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February 11
Maybe we need to pray not only with pleas for God’s help but also to remind ourselves who God is and what we believe about him.
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February 12
The fact is that forgiveness is almost never deserved. If it were earned, it would demand payment, not mercy. The bridge from my correctness to another’s fault may be the most painful I’ll ever cross. But the mercy I experience on the other side may be the greatest blessing I’ll ever receive. 
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