Brown's Daily Word 5-13-11

Good morning,
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. This will be another Fabulous Friday. Sunita, Andy and their friend are coming home today from Washington. Sunita loves Spring in New York. We are so blessed. Blessed be the Name of Jesus our Lord. He is the Lord of all seasons and He is the Lord in every Season.
I Corinthians 1:27-29 says, “God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things and the things that are not to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.” In other words,
God uses small things to do very BIG things!
Very few people end up having “big lives,” with careers and accomplishments that make the headlines. Our lives … and our ministries … seem to deal with such ordinary things that we can easily lose our enthusiasm. As Christians we often run out of steam because we don't see the big success that we expected. If we don't see impressive results from our service, we erroneously think that God just isn't blessing our efforts and we get discouraged. SIZE becomes our focus. The problem is that when we put all our focus on RESULTS, we take our focus off of the Lord. We easily forget that God can grow a BIG tree out of an insignificant seed. We forget that God can work in invisible ways, similar to the way a little yeast can cause 50 pounds of bread dough to rise.
In reality, most of us cannot remember the big winners of even a few years ago … the ones that supposedly really made a difference. They were renowned as the best of their fields, but how quickly the applause dies away and the accolades cease. In your own life's story the people who made thea BIGGEST differences are probably not famous or super-talented people, but average, everyday people that God put into your life at the right moment … and they had a BIG influence on you.
Our Lord notices and honors those who serve Him faithfully and with much devotion, both in season and out of season. We are so blessed in the ministries the Lord has called us to be engaged in with those saints and servants who serve Him with their talents, with their treasures, and with their time.
Ed is one of those servants of Jesus, who makes coffee every Sunday morning for the Sunday School group to enjoy. Mark is another servant of Jesus who makes the coffee for Saturday Evening ministry. These servants of Christ are among many who are involved in serving Christ faithfully and joyfully. Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is made of small acts that have a BIG effect. In Matthew 25, Jesus gave a story about people who did small acts of kindness for others … giving them food or clothing, or visiting the sick and those in prison.
Jesus said about the final judgment that, “The King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ (Matthew 25:39-41) I want to hear this on that day when I enter into the fullness of the Kingdom of God!
In Christ,
Brown
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Saturday evening worship service.
Location: First United Methodist Church
53 McKinley Avenue
Endicott
Sponsored by the Union Center United Methodist Church, 128, Maple Drive, Endicott

Saturday, May 14, 2011

12 Noon Women's Banquet
Location: Union Center UMC , 128 Maple Drive Endicott,
Speaker: Linda Ayer
6 PM Coffee Fellowship( First UMC Enicott, )

6:30 PM Worship Service Worship Music: Aric Phinney and the worship team
Speaker: Craig Sabin.