🌈Encouraging Mondays: “In the Work of the Lord”
😊👋🏼Good, Blessed Encouraging Mondays, Family, Friends & New Encouragers!
📖 Today’s message is entitled:
“In the Work of the Lord”
(Definition + Calling)
📖 SCRIPTURE READING — (NLT)
1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
💛 ENCOURAGING MONDAYS REFLECTION
“What Is the Work?”
😊 Family…
We have talked about posture.
We have talked about pressure.
We have talked about movement.
Now we ask:
What is the work of the Lord?
It is not limited to pulpits.
It is not confined to platforms.
God is inviting us to redefine work.
😊 The work of the Lord looks like:
Integrity at your job.
Patience with your family.
Forgiveness when offended.
Serving without applause.
Consistency in unseen places.
This is not about performance.
It is about calling.
The Lord is gently reminding us that work is obedience in everyday life.
The work of the Lord may look ordinary — but it carries eternal weight.
It may look like:
Showing up.
Staying faithful.
Telling the truth.
Helping quietly.
Work is not always visible ministry.
It is faith expressed in daily decisions.
If you breathe and belong to God, you have work.
And your work matters.
😊 ENCOURAGING THOUGHT FOR TODAY
If you’ve been feeling:
• unsure of your purpose
• overlooked in your efforts
• small in what you do daily
Pause and remember:
You are not rejected.
You are not forgotten.
You are not out of reach.
God is still speaking.
God is still drawing.
God is still walking with you.
Your everyday obedience is holy work.
🍎 TEMPLE CARE CHECK-IN
This journey is not about guilt or extremes.
It’s about awareness, stewardship, and grace.
You may be:
• consistent
• restarting
• adjusting
• learning
• observing
And all of it still counts.
Your physical stewardship supports your calling.
Strength to serve.
Energy to show up.
Clarity to think well.
Care for the body God entrusted to you.
CLOSING PRAYER
🙏🏼 Heavenly Father,
May You open our eyes to see our calling clearly.
May You help us honor the work in front of us.
May You help us value small obedience.
And help us serve without comparison.
May our everyday life reflect Your kingdom.
In Jesus’ Perfect Name,
We Praise and we Pray,
Amen.
😊 DAILY PROCLAMATION
Before we close, I want to invite you—only if you feel led—to say a daily proclamation with me.
This is the proclamation I return to daily.
Not out of perfection, but out of surrender.
From Survival to Surrender — My Daily Proclamation
🙏🏼 God, today I stop negotiating with You.
I stop hiding parts of my life behind excuses, wounds, and fear.
I stop managing sin instead of surrendering it.
I stop calling survival “strength” when it is really exhaustion.
I release every attachment that feels good but pulls me away from truth.
I let go of relationships, habits, and cycles that soothe me temporarily but cost me spiritually.
I acknowledge what I already know:
what does not align with You cannot heal me.
Today, I surrender control.
I surrender comfort.
I surrender timing.
I surrender the false intimacy I’ve used to avoid true wholeness.
I choose alignment over appetite.
Obedience over urgency.
Healing over hiding.
God, I no longer want to survive — I want to live whole.
I invite You into every area I’ve kept guarded, delayed, or divided.
Lead my life.
Heal my heart.
Reorder my desires.
From this moment forward, I choose surrender —
not because I am weak,
but because You are strong.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
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