Devotional Guide for Thursday, November 2

Philippians 1:18-30

Reflect
Have you met someone who is completely sold out for Jesus? Someone for whom you don’t have to guess what they believe about following Jesus or doing what Jesus says?
 
Paul is a person like that, and in today’s passage we read how he encourages the Philippians to live all out for Christ. Paul is facing some significant challenges. It is believed he doesn’t know how his upcoming trial will turn out, yet amid all of this, he wants the gospel to be the primary focus of his life.
 
Paul wrestles with what would be better: to live and continue to walk with Christ and share the gospel with others, or to die and be united with Christ in a completely different way.

Apply
No matter where you find yourself today, I pray you can truly live out verse 21: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” May the world experience a sold-out follower of Jesus when they encounter you.

Pastor Terry
 
Pray for Randy Schmor (NAB Gateway)
As Gateway Director, Randy Schmor personally supports, coaches and works with churches as they begin to explore long-term global partnerships in general and Sister Church Partnerships in particular. Please pray for Randy as he trains and connects with many pastors and leaders and as he maintains friendships and connections with the many international ministry leaders on 5 continents. Randy has led and trained short-term mission teams and has guided churches into long-term, Sister Church Partnerships for over two decades. He is on the board of MissionWorks (and their subsidiary MissionExcellence). Randy will also be taking on the role as NAB Field Director in Hungary and Serbia soon.