Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Missing the Launch Theme of the Week: Finding God's Will Friday, August 16, 2002
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July/August 200254Missing the LaunchTheme of the Week: Finding God's Will Missing the Launch Theme of the Week: Finding God's Will Friday, August 16
Key Bible Verse: Human hands can't serve his needs—for he has no needs . …and he satisfies every need there is (Acts 17:25). Bonus Reading:Psalm 50:7-15
I was in charge of an experiments ground station on the first unmanned launch of Apollo. As we were about to launch our first spacecraft, I got called for jury duty.
I showed up at the courthouse with a letter from NASA and the head of the Air Force, saying that I had to be there and asking that I be released from jury duty.
The judge wasn't impressed. "Young man," he said, "if you died today, would they cancel that launch?"
I answered, "No, Sir. I don't guess they would."
He said, "Then you aren't all that necessary, are you?"
That's something we should remember as Christians. God uses us but we're just a part of God's plan. God was getting along fine before I was born and will continue to function after I'm gone.
He has a different plan for everyone. I happen to teach and write because God gave me a gift to be able to do that. Whatever gifts He's given you, they're just as important.
Think of what your gifts are. You might list them. Then ask God if there's anything else in His plan for you that you're missing. Trust Him to give you any abilities you feel you lack. He's the God of the possible!
—Larry Burkett in Great Is Thy Faithfulness
My Response: People tell me that I'm good at …
Thought to Apply: Often God has to shut a door in our face so that he can subsequently open the door through which he wants us to go. —Catherine Marshall (writer)
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