REPRESENTATIVES OF CHRIST

ISAIAH 44:8 (MSG)
Don’t be afraid, and don’t worry:
     Haven’t I always kept you informed, told you what was going on?
You’re my eyewitnesses:
     Have you ever come across a God, a real God, other than me?

2 CORINTHIANS 5:20 (MSG)
God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
We're called to be official representatives of Christ -- sharing his life-changing message.

PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the call to represent you. It is a privilege to participate with you in what you are doing through Christ to transform the world. Forgive me for trying to make so much of what I do as your representative about myself. When I lose focus I become afraid that I'll mess things up or I start to take myself too seriously. Help me to maintain my identity as your ambassador. I'm eager to see what you are going to do in the lives around me and the world as a whole. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.