Acts 20 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Acts 20.

Meditate on verse 28.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock,

 among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers,

 to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Paul said good-bye to the people (flock) to whom he had faithfully taught the Word of God. He had not shrunk back from declaring to them anything that was profitable for living obediently in the LORD Jesus Christ (Acts 20:20-21). Paul’s last exhortation to these believers was to go and shepherd the flock God had given them.

Who has God given you to shepherd? Your wife, your husband, your children, grandchildren, a friend, a Sunday School class, a small group, the people who sit beside you at the office, your next door neighbor, the waiter at the restaurant ... Teach, admonish, and encourage with the Word of God, so your flock can grow up in Christ and shepherd well the flock God will entrust to them. Do not shrink from declaring to them the whole purpose of God (Acts 20:27).

Pray Acts 20:19-21 and 32 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help _______ and me serve You

with all humility, tears, and trials.

May we not shrink from declaring anything

  profitable concerning repentance and faith in You, Jesus.

LORD, I commend ____________ to You and to the Word of Your grace

which is able to build them up and give them

the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell