The Word Trybe

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭MSG‬‬

Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭MSG‬‬

That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭1‬-‭18‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. You have laid your hand on me! This is just too wonderful, deep, and incomprehensible! Your understanding of me brings me wonder and strength. Where could I go from your Spirit? Where could I run and hide from your face? If I go up to heaven, you’re there! If I go down to the realm of the dead, you’re there too! If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, you’re there! If I fly into the radiant sunset, you’re there waiting! Wherever I go, your hand will guide me; your strength will empower me. It’s impossible to disappear from you or to ask the darkness to hide me, for your presence is everywhere, bringing light into my night. There is no such thing as darkness with you. The night, to you, is as bright as the day; there’s no difference between the two. You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord! You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place; carefully, skillfully you shaped me from nothing to something. You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book. Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.

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James‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭MSG‬‬

You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God doesn’t care? The proverb has it that “he’s a fiercely jealous lover.” And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you’ll find. It’s common knowledge that “God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble.

1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭MSG‬‬

We must not be like Cain, who joined the Evil One and then killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because he was deep in the practice of evil, while the acts of his brother were righteous. So don’t be surprised, friends, when the world hates you. This has been going on a long time.

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2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭MSG‬‬

In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.

‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭PEV‬‬

‭‭ Let me use another picture story. In a big house there are lots of things that people use all the time. Some of those things are really special, like gold bowls and silver spoons, and people use those things for good clean jobs. But for dirty jobs, they use pots made from the ground, or from wood. Well, it is like that too with people that belong to God. If you stop doing bad things, you are like gold things or silver things, and God will use you for the good jobs. You will live in a clean way, and you will be ready for God to use you any way he wants to.

Jesus said to his followers, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.”

Mark 16:15 (NCV)

Send us around the world with the news of your saving power and your eternal plan for all mankind.

Psalm 67:2 (LB)

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Point to Ponder: The Great Commission is my

commission.

Verse to Remember: “Send us around the world with the news of your saving power and your eternal plan for all mankind.” Psalm 67:2 (LB)

Question to Consider: What steps can I take to prepare to go on a short-term missions experience in the next year?

Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them.

1 John 5:10a (GWT)

Your lives are echoing the Master’s Word. . . .The news of your faith in God is out. We don’t even have to say anything anymore—you’re the message!

1 Thessalonians 1:8 (MSG)

In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.

John 17:18 (MSG)

The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me.

Acts 20:24 (NCV)

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Point to Ponder: I was made for a mission.

Verse to Remember: “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:19–20 (NIV)

Question to Consider: What fears have kept me from

fulfilling the mission God made me to accomplish?

What keeps me from telling others the Good News?

We are weak . . . yet by God’s power we will live with him to serve you.

2 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)

I am with you; that is all you need. My power shows up best in weak people.

2 Corinthians 12:9a (LB)

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Point to Ponder: God works best when I admit my

weakness.

Verse to Remember: “My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness.”

2 Corinthians 12:9a (NIV)

Question to Consider: Am I limiting God’s power in my life by trying to hide my weaknesses? What do I

need to be honest about in order to help others?