JANUARY 12

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8

What will your legacy be? I received a message on Thursday informing me that the gospel legend Andrae Crouch had died at the age of 72. Now if you are not a musician then more than likely his name will mean little or nothing to you. However his songs, you might have heard of one or two from this list;

Jesus is the answer for the world today

Through it all

My Tribute (To God be the glory)

Soon and very soon we are going to se the king

This is another day

The Christian evangelist Billy Graham described him as,

“The greatest hymn writer of our age, the modern day John Wesley.”

High praise indeed for his contribution to the sound of worship.

It got me to thinking, what will my legacy be? More than two decades ago, an American Pastor returning home after spending four years in the UK with his family said to me,

“Remember we are only here for a while so leave your legacy in the hearts of the people you meet.  Don’t make it your goal to earn lots of money. Than may be a by product of what you do, but make it your mission to leave them with an impression God.” Pr Louis Preston

That may sound simple enough but in a world where the biggest influence in someone’s life is probably what they are exposed to on the television, God may seem tired, boring or even controversial. As true as this may be, we must always remember that we are here to serve, not to save, that’s His job. As the key verse says,

^"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

When speaking about his own songs, Andrae says,

“voices die but words live.”

Today let us be bold and leave someone with a word from the Lord.

The music today is 'Oh, it is Jesus' by Andrae Crouch. Click on the picture.

       

     Housekeeping details for you

     The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.

     A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here