Sep. 16, 2008 - BFS #102 - Try It, You'll Like It!
Memory Verse: Psalms 26:2 NIV
Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.
Intro: Try it, you’ll like it! (Life Cereal)
When everyone else was afraid to try Life Cereal, they called on Mikey. Sometimes stepping out of our comfort zone is just too scary. Have you felt God gently (or maybe not so gently) nudging you to do something for someone else? You know that it needs to be done, but you keep putting it off because it is outside of your comfort zone? Well ladies, this week we are taking a step outside of our comfort zones.
Assignment: This week I want you to do something for someone else. Do you have a neighbor that needs you? Do you know an elderly person or single mom that could use you? What about the homeless? Pack even one single sack lunch and give it to someone in need. Do you know someone in blogland that is struggling right now and could use a note from you about how much you care? Pray about this. Let God put on your heart the perfect thing for you to do for another. Now, here is the kicker…I DO NOT want you to post about what you do. Whatever you choose to do is between you and God. Our rewards are in heaven, not here on earth, Mathew 6:1. I want you to post about how doing this “act” made you feel. Was stepping out of your comfort zone in this area as hard as you thought it might be? Could you see the gratefulness in their eyes? Hear it in their voice? Tell it from their typing? Do you think you might make doing things like this a more regular part of your time? If this is an area that you are already active in, tell us how you feel this has impacted your life.
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I love this assignment and I have to be honest about the person I am. I love doing things for other people and have prayed for years for God to let me find the Servant's Heart within me. I always kind of knew it was in me but the biggest thing I had to learn about being a Servant of God is being one without expectations and without desiring to have control over whatever the outcome of the gift entailed. I can say I've succeeded in doing that. I've never felt out of my comfort zone when the order comes from God and if the time ever came that I felt nervous or uncomfortable then I just wouldn't do it...and that's happened many times to me. Thank you Mrs. Kerri for this assignment, it's wonderful that you thought of doing this slogan in such a Godly and uplifting way. I appreciate that very much. It's such a blessing to feel God's presence so strongly that I'm walking blindly in faith!
My verse is: 1 Kings 8:23 - And he (Solomon) said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above or on eath beneath who keepest covenant and mercy with they servants that walk before thee with all their heart;
BFS #102 - Try It, You'll Like It!
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