Devotional Guide for Thursday, May 16

Titus 1:1-9

Reflect
I don’t know about you, but there are some sections of Scripture where I can get tripped up by a term or label and begin to think that the passage doesn’t apply to me. Like in our passage today where we read the terms “elder” and “overseer”. These are terms we don’t use very often in our context here at McKernan.

Paul is giving Titus instructions on how to help the church in Crete. Titus is to help the church look and act in an appropriate way. They are to behave in a manner worthy of being God’s steward to the people around them. They are not to bring shame or dishonour to the Lord or the church.

The characteristics listed in this passage are not restricted to just elders. In fact, they are characteristics we should all embody in our own lives--characteristics that help us become good and faithful stewards of God’s grace, love and truth to the world around us.

Pastor Terry

Pray for Priscilla Project
Priscilla Project….equipping, educating and empowering Women. In India, women are mainly limited to household work, which is not seen as work, so many feel like they don’t have any self-worth. They are very poor, so they have daily jobs like maidservants or on construction sites etc. Many of these women are abused or downgraded. The Priscilla project provides these women with skills training such as cosmetology and tailoring with the purpose of earning much needed income, increasing their self-worth, increasing their stature at home and in society. The training is designed in that they study the bible, evangelism and discipleship in the morning and the afternoon is the practical skills training. As a result, they have an opportunity to explain the gospel of Jesus Christ as a way of life to these women. The ladies are very happy with their newfound knowledge and are excited to go back to their homes and start putting this knowledge into practice.