But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
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If you have ever struggled with your worth, this plan is for you. Why? Because this plan focuses on God’s good purpose and design of you. You are uniquely gifted. You are an original, made to succeed in fulfilling God’s good plan for your life. Fix your heart and mind on what God calls you. He calls you His poetry, workmanship, handiwork, prized possession, and masterpiece. You are special!
Learn from Jesus how we can use all our skills and talents to show love and mercy to others. This plan from Mercy Ships UK takes us through 3-days of Bible readings and reflective questions, with a particular focus on how we can fulfill our role in God’s mission and Kingdom using the gifts and professional skills given to us.
The Call is a Bible Plan that was birthed at the Zero Con. It is a 3-day journey focused on answering God's call to go and share His love in the online and offline world; recognising the significance of each individual in the body of Christ, and using our gifts and talents to serve others with excellence, starting where we are at.
When God’s people fall and need a helping hand, our Saviour is quick to respond and set them on their feet again. A word of encouragement, a moments time, and a heart of love and compassion are the key ingredients for a healing balm. We are called to be faithful, not judgemental. Let us be merciful, for we too have received mercy.
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