{"id":892,"date":"2017-07-15T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/this-season-may-be-about-ministry\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:10:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:10:21","slug":"this-season-may-be-about-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"This Season May Be About “Ministry”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following God’s lead, looks like this for me for a few days (see photos). I\u2019m here in Austin on a \u201cministry\u201d call to see after my youngest grandson for a couple of days before his big brother gets home from camp up in Seattle, and then we\u2019ll have Nana\/Bryson\/Brennan fun for a couple of days before their Mom and Dad get back home. <\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t call it a \u201cduty\u201d call, because a \u201cduty\u201d call sounds like an obligation. A \u201cministry\u201d call is an honor and an important mission to serve. I know that \u201cministry\u201d typically has a vocational meaning (pastors, ministers, missionaries, priests, etc.). But out of all of our devotion to Christ and our love for others, He asked us to serve alongside Him. \u201cMinistry” comes from the Greek word diakoneo, which means “to serve\u201d. Jesus provided the pattern for Christian ministry\u2014He came, not to receive service, but to give it. \u201cFor even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.\u201d Mark 10:45 <\/p>\n

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We know, intuitively, that we are to love and serve. That\u2019s what Mark 10:45 is all about. Jesus did not merely come as another prophet or teacher or philosopher. He came to do two things. One: to give His life as a ransom for many. And He came, secondly, to serve His disciples so that His disciples will serve others. <\/p>\n

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As a young Mom and wife, my early-on \u201cministry\u201d was to tend to my family’s needs, raising them up in a Godly and loving home. My family was my first \u201cministry\u201d. \u201cMinistry\u201d was my mission for many years as I was the caregiver for my precious mother. She lived with us for many years, and after that, she lived in a Senior Apartment Complex where I visited and\/or called her daily, took care of her in sickness and in health, and helped her make life decisions. \u201cMinistry\u201d was my mission when my precious husband became seriously ill and I was his 24\/7 nurse and caregiver. I never assumed those roles as obligations or duties \u2013 it was a season of \u201cfollowing God\u2019s lead\u201d and responding with \u201cHere am I. Send me. Use me.\u201d <\/p>\n

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This present season has afforded me the rich rewards of serving and praying for my family — supporting them and when asked, give my advice and wisdom. It\u2019s also a season of loving and supporting my friends and others who need an encouraging word and even practical servitude. I find that Facebook is another area of \u201cministry\u201d to be on the daily assignment of giving fresh words from God\u2019s heart to mine, to yours. I don\u2019t take my assignments or opportunities to serve, lightly. And, I don\u2019t do what I do in my own strength because as I said yesterday and re-emphasize today\u2026.I\u2019m following my LEADER. He leads. I follow. He serves. I serve. How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following God’s lead, looks like this for me for a few days (see photos). I\u2019m here in Austin on a \u201cministry\u201d call to see after my youngest grandson for a couple of days before his big brother gets home from camp up in Seattle, and then we\u2019ll have Nana\/Bryson\/Brennan fun for a couple of days…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1631,5368,5369,5370,5371,4519,1813,3157,5372],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-follow-me","tag-following-his-lead","tag-following-the-leader","tag-go-be-and-do","tag-mark-1045","tag-ministry","tag-mission","tag-serve","tag-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7030,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/7030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}