Is it still 2020?! Hope you are hanging in there! Actually, we pray you are thriving by the power of the Holy Spirit working in you, even in the craziness of this year.
We pray Psalm 105:4-5, 7 over you, that you would:
“Seek the Lord and his strength;
Seek his face always.
Remember the wondrous works he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,
He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.”
May your eyes and heart look to Him, no matter what tough situations or political/social issues are put in front of you. He was faithful yesterday, and He will be faithful tomorrow. *He* is the one who rules the whole earth. Let that truth encourage your heart today.
FEATURED RESOURCE
This month’s featured resource is A Way with Words: Using Our Online Conversation for Good by Dan Darling.
Social media was made to bring us together. But few things have driven us further apart.
Sadly, many Christians are fueling online incivility. Others, exhausted by perpetual outrage and shame-filled from constant comparison, are leaving social media altogether. So, how should Christians behave in this digital age? Is there a better way?
Daniel Darling believes we need an approach that applies biblical wisdom to our engagement with social media, an approach that neither retreats from modern technology nor ignores the harmful ways in which Christians often engage publicly.
In short, he believes that we can and should use our online conversations for good.
LINKS WE LOVE
“I’ve been working on some projects that are just not moving forward. My boss has recently shut some of them down, and I can’t help but feel I’ve wasted a lot of time on things that failed.
This is difficult, because I prayed diligently and worked as hard as I could on them. How can I let go of this frustration and feeling of failure?”
>>CAN’T STAND A COWORKER? HERE’S HOW TO LOVE THEM
“But if you’re working at a job in a sector outside the church, the Lord has you exactly where you are for a purpose. If you are resting in him and trusting in his will, then you are loving him. And you can demonstrate your love for God by loving others in the places where you work.
But how do you do this, especially with the coworker we just can’t stand?”
>>HOW TO LEAD WITH GENTLENESS, NOT FEAR
“It’s no secret that people respond to fear, and unfortunately, many leaders take this approach with their employees.
But fear breeds complicity, not commitment. Instead of fear-based tactics, mature leaders use gentle power. They gain influence through building trust and casting a strong vision. They are known to be for their people, not against them.”
>>FOR CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, AMY CONEY BARRETT’S SUCCESS IS PERSONAL
“Judge Barrett, for them, is a new kind of icon — one they have not seen before in American cultural and political life:
a woman who is both unabashedly ambitious and deeply religious, who has excelled at the heights of a demanding profession even as she speaks openly about prioritizing her conservative Catholic faith and family.
Judge Barrett has seven children, including two children adopted from Haiti and a young son with Down syndrome.”
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