Week one complete

I am proud to announce that my goal this week of 5 days of consistent quiet and study time with God each morning has been accomplished. Not everyday was easy, but through prayer I was encouraged to get myself up when the alarm clock went off and devote the first 30 minutes of my day to God. I would like to thank the ones of you who called or sent me emails of encouragement. The quick prayers that you sent up and the emails kept me motivated.

One thing that I noted earlier in the week was a weakness in sharing my faith. I focused on that during my prayer time this week. I am happy to say that God provided me with 3 different opportunities to talk with co-workers about Jesus. I will not say that I did a fantastic job of thoroughly getting my point across, but I do believe that a seed has been planted in those people. A couple of Sunday's ago my pastor made the comment that you should always plow the ground, you sometimes plant a seed, and eventually you will reap the harvest. I thought this was a great analogy for my week. Everyday I do the best I can to lead a Christan life and to show others that I am different. This week I had a few opportunities to plant some seeds. Even though I may or may not ever see those specific seeds being harvested, I know I have done my part to plant the seeds and I will have faith that those seeds will eventually be harvested.

Our lessons over the past week were based not only on your relationship with God, but your relationships with other believers and your involvement in ministry. One specific focus was defining your spiritual gifts. This was hard for me. I definitely can say that communication is one of my spiritual gifts. I love any type of outreach where I can be involved with people, but does that count as a spiritual gift? I'm not sure. I pray that throughout the next week God will really open my eyes to what spiritual gifts I possess and may not be aware of. I do feel that God has something special planned for me, but I need his guidance in figuring out what it is. My prayer request to you this week is that you keep me in your prayers and pray that God will help me find my spiritual gift to lead others to him. My challenge to you this week is that you will look at yourself and define what your spiritual gifts are then use those to help others. Let me know how it goes.