Rick Warren shares five requirements for being used by God. It’s a great checklist to make sure our hearts are in a place where we can willingly receive and embark on the ministries God has called us to, whatever they may be. 1. Keep your life clean. Fleeing sin and repenting when we do fail keeps our conscious clean and our heart focused on God’s grace. 2. Keep your eyes open. Warren writes, “We think of vision as prediction, but none of us can know the future the way God does. Vision is seeing God at work in your present situation and moving with Him. It’s about getting in on what God is doing in the world and being a part of it where He has placed you.” 3. Keep your heart grateful. I recently read that the most content people are those who are most grateful. An appreciative heart keeps us focused on the positives, a necessity to fight ministry burn-out. 4. Keep your purpose firm. “You were planned for God’s pleasure, formed for God’s family, created to become like Christ, shaped for service, and made for a mission!” writes Warren. Remembering our larger purpose keeps us hopeful when our day-to-day purpose seems less sure. 5. Keep your mind on Jesus. Focusing less on ourselves and more on our Savior is undoubtedly essential to being used by God. “Don’t give up when it gets tough,” writes Warren. “Go to Jesus. Keep your mind on Him!”
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:30:19 +0000
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