MONDAY: MULTIPLY DISCIPLES
KEY PASSAGE
John 20:21
“Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’”
DEVOTIONAL
When we think of living “sent,” the common misconception is that this is just an expression used for Christians who have been called to be a missionary in a foreign country. Those who have been called to leave their home, possessions, and workplaces to go and give their lives away to share the gospel with an unreached people group. But living “sent” is not just referring to global missions work.
John 20:21 is a message Jesus is speaking to the disciples, but it applies to every follower of Jesus. He says, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” So, if we take a look at how God sent Jesus, we will have a better understanding of what living “sent” means.
Jesus was sent to the earth to serve, not to be served. He was sent in humility, in love, in peace, and in obedience. He was sent to seek and save the lost. Jesus lived on mission in everything He did. Everyday was an opportunity to love and serve the broken and hurting people around Him.
In John 17:18, Jesus says, “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.” Jesus has now commissioned us to do as He did. Our mission should reflect His. We are called to wherever God has placed us. Living “sent” is a missional mindset that impacts the way we view and live our daily lives. When we live “sent,” we daily surrender to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and see each day as an opportunity to share the love of Jesus with every person we encounter. We see our workplace, classroom, or home as a place to serve Jesus, not ourselves. It is about being available to be used by God right where you are and knowing your life is not random, but is commissioned.
CHALLENGE
Are you living “sent” or comfortable living for yourself?
Where has God placed you?
Take some time today to take a prayer walk around the place God has you - it could be your home, your school, or your office.
Ask God to make you more aware of the places He is already working, and ask Him to give you wisdom in how He can use you and help you live “sent.”
TUESDAY: OBEDIENCE
KEY PASSAGE
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
DEVOTIONAL
The Word of God is described in Hebrews 4:12 as “alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” God’s Word is alive and active—and when we hear it—it has the power to convict, instruct and direct our lives. But, how often do we hear the Word or read the Word and treat it as something common or just something to be admired?
We are living in a culture that is infiltrated with information. We have scripture verses, podcasts, devotionals, and sermons at our finger tips. But how often do we listen to them and remain unchanged? How often do we listen to the Word in order to make us feel good, or to check it off our religious to-do list but neglect to put the truth of God’s Word into practice?
In the verses to follow, James compares listening to the Word with a person who looks at their face in a mirror and after looking, goes away and forgets what he or she looks like. When we are a hearer of the Word, we passively sit under the teaching of God’s Words and remain unaffected by it. We neglect to do what it says. Being doers of the Word of God will build a firm foundation of faith. Being a doer is the epitome of GOING! Each small step of obedience builds our faith. God’s Word was never meant just to be heard, but to be lived.
James 1:25b says, “not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed by what they do.” You will be blessed in response to not just hearing, but doing what God’s Word says!
CHALLENGE
Are you a “hearer” or a “doer”?
Let’s put hearing the Word and doing what it says into practice.
Read James 1:19-20. How can you put these verses into practice today? Remember, being a doer of the Word does not require perfection—just responsiveness. There is grace available as you put this into practice in your life.
WEDNESDAY: ENTRUST TO FAITHFUL PEOPLE
KEY PASSAGE
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others."
DEVOTIONAL
Paul writes to Timothy, “Entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.” In one simple sentence, we see God’s plan to multiply disciples. The Gospel message is not simply meant to be received by us; it is meant to travel through us.
Paul was not telling Timothy to preach to large crowds, but to invest deeply in faithful people. The kingdom of God does not grow exclusively through platforms; it multiplies through discipleship. Disciples make disciples. What we have received from Christ in our walk with Him, we are called to pass on to others around us intentionally.
To entrust means to place something valuable into another’s care. The gospel is a treasure. When we invest in people we participate in something that outlives us: lives transformed for generations. Just as Peter declared in Acts 2:38-39 - this promise transcends those who immediately receive this promise; it is for you and your children, and all who are far off.
Who has God placed in your life to nurture? A child, a coworker, a new believer, a friend? Spiritual impact often looks ordinary and unseen. Yet every conversation rooted in Christ can echo into eternity.
CHALLENGE
Ask God for one person to intentionally invest in this season. And in conversation with them, ask them these three questions:
What is God teaching you in this season?
Where do you feel challenged in your walk?
Who are you currently influencing spiritually?
THURSDAY: POWER FROM THE SPIRIT
KEY PASSAGE
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
DEVOTIONAL
Jesus, before His final farewell and His ascension into Heaven, explains that we will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit comes upon us. The Greek translation of this word is dynamis. This word, being the root word for “dynamite,” means explosive and transformative power. This is what we are receiving when we receive the Holy Spirit. This power has the ability to transform not only you, but the people around you.
Jesus goes on to say what this power is used FOR: to be witnesses; to be advocates for and to be living testimonies of Jesus.
Not only does Jesus tell us what this power is for, but WHERE it will go. He outlines four contextual destinations that actually translate to us today.
Jerusalem: This represents those closest to us - our friends and family. Being a witness begins where we live and relate.
Judea: This represents the broader community - our workplace, schools, social groups, and other spaces. It reminds us that we are not called to a bubble, rather a broader circle.
Samaria: This represents those who are not like us culturally, socially, or even politically. It challenges us to embody the mission of Jesus by serving the lost and the least, even by crossing cultural barriers.
Ends of the Earth: This represents the global mission. Some go, others send, pray, and support. But every believer is called to be a witness all over the world.
CHALLENGE
Where do you find yourself today in regards to the space you can be a witness? Can you start today in your Jerusalem? Are you able to say “it’s time to take the next step?” Ask God to reveal to you where you can boldly become a witness today. Begin by praying for those people or that group. Then perhaps, ask to get a coffee with someone who comes to your mind in one of those groups, and ask God how you can be a witness to them.
FRIDAY: FAITHFUL TO THE END
KEY PASSAGE
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
DEVOTIONAL
In Hebrews 12:1–2, we are given a powerful picture of life with Jesus: A race. Not a sprint, but more of a marathon; requiring endurance, focus, and perseverance.
The writer reminds us that we are surrounded by a “great cloud of witnesses” which embody all those who have gone before us and lived faithful lives despite all circumstances. Their stories encourage us to keep running.
But we must realize that endurance requires letting go of unnecessary weight. The passage calls us to “lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles.” Some things slow us down not because they are openly sinful, but because they distract us from faithful devotion to Christ.
Faithfulness requires intentional focus.
Most importantly, we are told where to fix our eyes: on Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. He not only began the work of salvation, but also modeled running His race with perfect faithfulness. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross. When our eyes drift to circumstances, doubt and fear may grow, slowing us down or even halting our race altogether. However, when our eyes remain on Jesus, perseverance strengthens.
This race isn’t about starting fast, it’s about finishing well. We finish well by throwing off the things that hinder us and fix our eyes on Jesus the whole way through.
CHALLENGE
What weight might be slowing your race right now?
Is it doubt? Fear? Hidden sin? Fatigue?
Bring it to Jesus in prayer today. Ask Him to renew your focus and strengthen your endurance so you can run faithfully—all the way to the finish.
MONDAY: PURSUE THE ONE
KEY PASSAGE
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
DEVOTIONAL
Have you ever lost something valuable in your life? Whether the missing item was your keys, wallet, or even the TV remote, the entire focus of your world turns to that lost item. When the item is found there is a deep sense of relief and possibly a new found thankfulness for it.
Jesus’ heart beat for those who were lost, those who had no idea where to go, what to do, or who to turn to. It was the reason He came–to seek and save the lost.
We call ourselves Christians which means we are called to be like Christ. To be like Christ, your heart must look like His. He came with the intent to find lost people, and make them a found people.
As we live our everyday lives, we walk past, work next to, and interact with lost people all the time. Jesus’ desire is for them to be found. As Christians, we sometimes only befriend other Christians. But Jesus makes it clear that there are many out there who need to be found. There are many who need someone to see them and invite them out of darkness into His wonderful light.
As Christ followers it is good to have a solid community that encourages us, keeps us accountable, and disciples us. But this entire idea of GOING, and SEEKING, is about reaching out with love to people who do not think or live like us, because that is what Jesus would have done.
CHALLENGE
Scroll through your phone. Try to find three to five people that may not know Jesus and schedule a time to meet with them. It could be as simple as going for a walk in the park or grabbing coffee. Then, I want to challenge you to share with them, at some point in the conversation, how Jesus transformed your life. This is uncomfortable, but Jesus called us out of our comfort zones to seek and save the lost, let’s practice that this week!
TUESDAY: MOVED WITH COMPASSION
KEY PASSAGE
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
DEVOTIONAL
Jesus was moved with compassion. The phrase “It moved me” generally indicates a few things:
Something happened that made me feel emotional
Something happened and it made me physically jump into action
Something happened and it changed the way I live my life
People were so desperate for more of what Jesus offered, that they came in crowds of thousands. Scripture says He had compassion because they were like sheep without a shepherd, wandering with no direction and no idea of what to do next. They were looking for guidance and wisdom from Jesus because He was different from anything else.
This was part of Jesus’ nature, everything He did was for others. No matter how exhausted He was, He would give every part of Himself for the people that desired to know Him more.
We are followers of Jesus, and as he was “moved.” We should also be “moved” by those who desire to know more, learn more, and grow more. Here is the thing about being “moved;” it is not something that should stay on the inside of our hearts and minds. This feeling of being “moved” should physically move us into action to love and care for the lost around us.
The Holy Spirit lives on the inside of us and He calls us to move in our everyday lives. Whether that means buying someone’s groceries at the store, offering a kind word to a stranger in the waiting room, or checking in with someone you love.
CHALLENGE
The Holy Spirit is always speaking, but we are not always listening. This week before you go into your workplace, your school, or the store for the supplies you need, take a moment to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to someone that needs Him that day. Be bold and MOVE on what He prompts you to do.
WEDNESDAY: GENTLE RESTORATION
KEY PASSAGE
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
DEVOTIONAL
Let’s focus on the term “restore” in Galatians 6. Restoration is the process of returning something to its original condition.
Restoration takes work, time, and investment. When Jesus found and restored you, He did not leave you in your mess. He picked you up, dusted you off, and brought people alongside you to help teach you how to walk with Him.
Now here is the obligation for us: what God has given freely to us, He requires for us to give to others. There are broken people all around you who require the very restoration God provided for you.
Here’s the truth: you were put in their path and into their life to be the light. You can be the one to help restore them. Do not hold others to harsh expectations and frustration, but with grace, gentleness, love, and patience. Be agents of restoration.
Here’s how that may look:
Communicate Directly - In private, have a genuine conversation to address the sin committed.
Correct Gently - Rather than condemning the person, point them back to the truth with love.
Encourage Repentance - Joy is the product of repentance. Encourage them to turn from their sin and back to God.
Pursue Restoration - Restoration is a process that requires partnership. Continue to walk with them in honest friendship.
CHALLENGE
Who is one person this week that you can walk alongside and show the grace and mercy of Jesus to? The same mercy that Jesus showed to you, you must now show to others.
THURSDAY: LEAVE THE LIGHT ON
KEY PASSAGE
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light”
DEVOTIONAL
What was your life like before Jesus? Would you describe it as darkness? The Bible does. We are told that life without Jesus is darkness. Walking and navigating in the dark is not only difficult, it’s dangerous. When we are saved by Jesus, our life becomes light. With Jesus, we can now see and walk clearly. Most people we encounter every day are still in darkness, and they need our help to see.
My daughter is scared of the dark. She actually has two night lights in her room, and we make a point to leave a dim light on in the hallway outside her room as she sometimes wakes up and makes her way over to our bed at night. We leave the light on intentionally, to comfort her and show her the way more easily. Groggily walking in the dark is especially hard to do. As followers of Jesus, we need to leave the light on. We choose to live as children of light in a dark and groggy world. We are light, and we don’t shy away from shining because light helps those scared in darkness. We pursue the lost by simply letting the light of Christ shine in the darkness.
CHALLENGE
Take a moment to sit quietly with God. Ask him to show you if you are hindering the light anywhere in your life. Are you truly living differently now as a Christ follower, or does your life still look like darkness? Do you only sometimes turn on the light for certain people? Do you intentionally dim the light around some out of embarrassment? God wants you to leave the light on, because someone needs it! Ask him to show you who today, and for the strength to let the light shine always, unhindered and unashamed.
FRIDAY: JOY IN REPENTANCE
KEY PASSAGE
“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord”
DEVOTIONAL
When you hear the word “repent,” do you flinch a little? Have you only viewed that word through the lens of condemnation? Repentance is simply the choice we make to turn away from something and change our mind about it. When we repent, we choose to turn from something that harms our relationship with God, and we turn to Him instead for forgiveness and restoration.
Ultimately, we repent because we love Jesus. We don’t want anything getting in the way of our relationship with Him. We can go from flinching at the word repentance to taking great joy in it. It brings us back to God, it brings refreshment.
Through repentance, our heart is prepared to love Jesus more deeply. And when we love Jesus more deeply, we are more prepared to go and share that joy and love with others. We can lovingly help people see when they are heading in the wrong direction. We can help them find refreshment in Jesus as we have, not through harsh condemnation, but through gentle leading.
CHALLENGE
When is the last time you shared how Jesus has refreshed your soul? Through your testimony, God is able to reach others. Is there someone in your circle of influence that God may be nudging you to share your testimony with? You never know what God can do through your simple “Yes.” It could be the thing that leads a person to their own repentance, and finding Jesus that they, too, will be refreshed.
MONDAY: OPEN YOUR EYES & LOOK
KEY PASSAGE
Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
I encourage you to read the full story in John 4:1-44
DEVOTIONAL
Our key passage lands right in the middle of a beautiful story about Jesus in His going. (Remember, going isn’t always going someplace far. It is often “as you go” about your day). As Jesus walked through Samaria, a nearby town that people adamantly avoided, He stopped for a drink of water. He met a woman who adamantly avoided people and asked her for a drink.
During their encounter— as many true encounters with Jesus go— this woman was radically transformed. So much so that when she went back to her town, many people came to know the gospel and love of God solely because of her transformation.
When the disciples caught up to Jesus, they offered Him food. He ought to be hungry from His long day traveling through the dishonorable town. But Jesus’ rejected the food saying:
“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work” (v. 34).
Jesus equates doing the will of God to two things:
He equates the will of God with His own purpose. The food God gave Jesus is to do what God asks. Jesus fully accepted to “eat,” or complete, whatever God tasked Him with.
He equates the satisfaction of acting in obedience to the will of God to the satisfaction of feeling full from a delicious meal.
Then Jesus says the following: “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest” (v. 35). The disciples were uncomfortable in Samaria. This whole trip was inconvenient. They didn’t want to interact with the people or be seen there. But if Jesus had the same mindset as the disciples, an entire town would’ve missed the chance to receive the gospel and love of God. We have to open our eyes and look. There are opportunities everywhere to spread God’s love.
CHALLENGE
If you currently see your life with God through the lens of obligation, take a break from whatever you feel obligated to do. Ask God for an outpouring of His love into your life. Give Him time and space to do this for you.
If you are living out of God’s love for you but are struggling to love someone, tell God why that person is hard to love. Then ask God to reframe the way you see them, no longer from a worldly point of view, but as someone who could be or who is a new creation is Christ Jesus.
TUESDAY: COMPELLED TO LOVE
KEY PASSAGE
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! … We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors…
DEVOTIONAL
Do you remember the first time you felt the love of Jesus? Maybe you were heartbroken and you had an undeniable encounter with Him that encouraged your spirit. Or you were sick and experienced a radical healing that filled you with joy. Maybe you were in a Sunday School classroom as a kid and heard the gospel for the first time and were overcome with awe. Or your grandma dragged you to church and the sermon preached straight to your soul and in that moment you knew God has always seen you.
I don’t know what that moment was like for you but my guess is, if you are reading this devotional, your story feels something like this: I was lost, but now I’m found. I was blind, but now I see… At some point, you encountered the love of God. And at some point, you decided to love Him back. With those memories in mind, re-read the key passage.
You are Christ’s ambassador to bring the gospel forth. Not because you are obligated, but because His love compels you.
Compel means “to bring something about by force or pressure.” If you are compelled to do something, you can’t help but do it. The gospel pours out of you because of the love God pours into you.
CHALLENGE
If you currently see your life with God through the lens of obligation, take a break from whatever you feel obligated to do. Ask God for an outpouring of His love into your life. Give Him time and space to do this for you.
If you are living out of God’s love for you but are struggling to love someone, tell God why that person is hard to love. Then ask God to reframe the way you see them, no longer from a worldly point of view, but as someone who could be or who is a new creation is Christ Jesus.
WEDNESDAY: PRAY FOR BOLDNESS
KEY PASSAGE
“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
DEVOTIONAL
Peter and John had just been released from jail for preaching about Jesus. The priests and rulers made threats and commanded them to stop speaking the name of Jesus in the streets (Acts 4:18, 21). When Peter and John return to their people, everyone’s first response was to pray together.
Acts 4:29-30 are the final words of their prayer, in which they ask the Lord to give them boldness to speak the Word and ask the Lord to heal and perform miracles through the name of Jesus. Praying together and calling on the name of Jesus is a bold act already. They had just been arrested for and warned against doing that. It is interesting that they are already praying boldly while asking for boldness. Their concern was not for their own well-being but for the will of God and His Word to be known. Their knowledge of who Jesus is and their faith in the power of God gave them boldness to pray. Their prayers were answered in verse 31 as they were “filled with the Holy Spirit.”
What threats are you facing? There may be legitimate risks to speaking the Word of God in your workplace, home, school, or friend group. Consider the threats you face just on social media. What does speaking with great boldness look like in your life?
The disciples asked God to measure the threats: “Now, Lord, consider their threats.” Can anything truly threaten God? Nothing is a threat to Him. And He will not fail to protect those who love Him and acknowledge His name (Psalms 91:14). To believe in God’s will is to believe that the battle belongs to Him (1 Samuel 17:47).
What was true for the disciples is true for us. When we ask God to give us the boldness to speak and work for Him, He gives the Holy Spirit to speak and work through us.
CHALLENGE
Is there someone in your life who has rejected Jesus? Have you let your frustrations and judgments keep you from reaching them with the gospel of Christ?
Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. Maybe you need a pedicure.
Maybe your feet are dusty. That doesn’t mean they can’t still bring the good news.
Ask the Lord to create in you a clean heart . . . to wash your feet. Let the good news of Jesus travel with you.
THURSDAY: BEAUTIFUL FEET CARRY THE GOOD NEWS
KEY PASSAGE
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
DEVOTIONAL
Don’t judge a person until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That’s a common phrase about trying to see things from someone else’s perspective. How can we judge someone else for not seeing things our way if they didn’t grow up our way, learn our way, or go our way? When it comes to sharing the gospel it is easy to forget to have that kind of empathy. It is easy to judge people who don’t share our beliefs, especially when their unbelief is offensive to us. It can be even more offensive when they are close to us—in the same family or social group. However, if Jesus is calling everyone to Him and everyone who calls on Him will be saved, then we cannot let our judgments get in the way.
In Romans 10, Paul asks us to walk in someone else’s shoes, specifically the Jews who know God and follow the law but reject Jesus. These were Paul’s people and they were particularly frustrating for him, but he doesn’t allow his feelings to turn to judgment. Instead, he considers their viewpoint with empathy. His logic goes like this:
How could they be saved without believing? How could they believe without hearing? How could they hear without being told? How could they be told unless we tell them? How can we blame them?
Paul’s train of thought stops with those who are sent: Christians. We are sent to preach the good news. People are saved by Jesus because people who are saved by Jesus tell them about Jesus. If we don’t go, how will they know?
By standing in someone else’s shoes we are able to see our calling more clearly. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13), not just those who look, talk, or live like us—everyone. We need to put our feet in their shoes and we need to be the feet that go. How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news! We are the feet.
CHALLENGE
Is there someone in your life who has rejected Jesus? Have you let your frustrations and judgments keep you from reaching them with the gospel of Christ?
Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. Maybe you need a pedicure.
Maybe your feet are dusty. That doesn’t mean they can’t still bring the good news.
Ask the Lord to create in you a clean heart . . . to wash your feet. Let the good news of Jesus travel with you.
FRIDAY: GOD GROWS IT
KEY PASSAGE
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
DEVOTIONAL
Parents receive a lot of unsolicited advice. Some of it helpful, most of it not. But the most common and most helpful advice said to me was this: “It takes a village!” It’s true about raising kids and supporting parents. You cannot do it alone.
This is also true about bringing people to Jesus and making disciples— it takes a village!
Paul (who wrote the key passage), was working tirelessly to bring the gospel forward. So was Apollos, another believer. People in the church felt obligated to pick one apostle to follow and listen to— either Paul or Apollos. But Paul calls this unnecessary, as their purpose is one and the same— share the gospel and make disciples. He is saying, “It takes a village!”
You have no control over how many believers interact with someone who needs Jesus. But you can control how you interact with that person. It takes many encounters with many faithful and loving believers to make the decision to come to Jesus. Your faithful and loving interaction matters. The Kingdom needs YOU in the village, spreading the gospel and making disciples.
But, the work of the village is not only done by believers. God Himself works in the village. Paul says: “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow… only God, who makes things grow.” This beautiful reminder provides both purpose and protection.
Your purpose is to play your part. The seed isn’t planted or watered without you. The village isn’t as good, effective, or efficient without you in it.
Your protection is that the growing of root and fruit is not your responsibility. Only God causes seeds to take root and bear fruit. The creation and effectiveness of other believers is not on you. The success of the village is not on your shoulders.
CHALLENGE
Take a moment to sit with God and reflect on the following questions:
Are you participating in the village? Are you sharing the gospel? Do you love others well?
Are you discouraged about seeds you have planted and watered? Are you not seeing growth? Are you carrying the weight of their salvation? Be honest with God about how you feel being a part of the village— the Church, the larger body of believers. Ask Him to reveal what He sees in you and what He is doing in the lives of those you are trying to reach.