Good Morning, Ministry Partner!

July 27, 2020

Be Encouraged by God's Word
Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

— Joshua 24:14-15, NRSV

Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims

Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person's seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Pray Together with Us

May the Lord bless you with all good and keep you from all evil; may he give light to your heart with loving wisdom, and be gracious to you with eternal knowledge; may he lift up his loving countenance upon you for eternal peace.

— From the Dead Sea Scrolls

New Every Morning: a daily (M-F) encouragement resource for clergy that includes a scriptural start for the day, a thought from a brother/sister of the faith, and a prayer to enrich the service of the minister. It is an inner life component of the Soul Care ministry of the Church of the Nazarene's Global Clergy Development Office.
— Dr. Klaus Arnold, director