Good Morning, Ministry Partner!

August 13, 2020

Be Encouraged by God's Word
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world."

— John 4:39-42, NRSV

Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims

Christians will be found in the neighborhood of Jesus – but Jesus is found in the neighborhood of human confusion and suffering, defenselessly alongside those in need. If being baptized is being led to where Jesus is, then being baptized is being led towards the chaos and the neediness of a humanity that has forgotten its own destiny.

— Rowan Williams

Pray Together with Us

O good shepherd, seek me out, and bring me home to your fold again.
Deal favorably with me according to your good pleasure,
till I may dwell in your house all the days of my life,
and praise you for ever and ever with them that are there.

— Jerome

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