CHOOSE PRAYER

Teaching Tuesday has me in a quandary. 

I love to teach. I love God's Word. I love to teach God's Word even though the prep is getting more and more difficult.

So.....why am I struggling to accept a teaching time in February? Why the "check in my spirit?"

Is it the topic? 

Is it the time? 

Is it lack of confidence? 

Is my focus self-centered?
Is it God saying no or wait? 

I choose to devote myself to prayer----to continue to pray!

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word (Acts 6:4)

Diversi-TEA

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,....(Matthew 28:19, KJV)

I have shared God's love in rural Hungary, the mountains of Mexico and by the river in Cherkassy, Ukraine. As I taught in those mostly remote areas, I was the one who learned so much. Probably the most.
A paraphrased childhood ditty encapsulates for me the truth of sharing God's love:

God's love in your heart wasn't put there to stay.
For God's love is truly His love when you give it away.

As I prepare to teach from 2 Timothy 4:1-8, I am learning the importance of sharing God's love through "heralding the word, in season and out" as a herald of His truth. May others "hark the herald" and learn.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15)
We're a diverse world. One doesn't even have to cross the ocean to engage with "international" folks.

Where does one "go" in the world? Wherever God sends you. For me, it is going to be around the corner behind a lectern in a fellowship hall.
For you, it might be a your neighbor's doorstep---a great place to share love and a cuppa diversi-TEA.