Today's Prayer

It's a pretty awesome thing, Lord, to be in Your service. As humans, we see the outward appearance, but You look at the heart. We reward achievements, but You reward silent sacrifice. We reward actions, but you reward the motive.  

So Father, thank You for the joy of serving You---supporting Your work, believing in Your mission. We know that  we serve the God that is for us. We know that we serve the God that is holy. But we know that we also serve the God that cares about the "one".... the one that is lost, the one that is in sin, the one that refuses to come to You. 

So, make us a family who has a heart for the whole world, not just our own little backyard. Our desire Father, is to know Christ intimately, and in knowing Him, to model His life of service, as a Follower not a fan. 

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people"

Mark 10:45

parts adapted from For a Heart of Service
by Charles R. Swindoll