- Intensely local ministry is not defined by programs advertised but by people touched by gospel love and compassion.
- Intensely local ministry means we step in to stop the fight between kids who aren’t ours.
- Intensely local ministry means being the chaplain to the neighborhood, on the spot whenever a need arises.
- Intensely Local ministry means turning off the TV and looking for opportunities to serve the neighborhood.
- Intensely local ministry means sacrificing for neighbors I don’t like, and struggle to love without grumbling and with real joy.
- Intensely local ministry means reaching “Jerusalem” without forsaking the “nations.”
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Marty (et al),
I’ve got two prayer requests about intensely local ministry this week. First, my wife and I are having lunch/play-date with a couple we met at the library. Please pray for my wife and I to both lay the groundwork for a long-term friendship and to get the gospel out.
Second, I’ve been able to get into spiritual conversations with folks at the dog park. Please pray that I can (1) swing conversations to the gospel more quickly and (2) sustain friendships made at the dog park beyond the dog park.
Thanks!
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you got it brother.. have prayed since you posted. Here’s my prayer. It will sound very familiar.
I am praying “at all times in the Spirit, … that words may be given to you in opening your mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which you have been made an ambassador for the declaration of the Name that is above every name, and that you may declare it boldly as you ought to speak.” (Adapted from Paul in Ephesians 6)
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