Are you ready to try an experiment?  Over half of our congregation has participated in our church-wide mission trip.  If you have had the fortune of going on a week long trip, you know how life changing it is.  It is hard to put the experience into words, but for those of you who have not been you have heard some of this testimony.  It is a week where you are totally focused on serving others, looking for opportunities to share your faith, and seeking out what God wants you to do.  Instead of going through the regular routine of work, your focus is on the work that God has set before you.  Each day you are encouraged by other believers.  When the week is over, individuals begin to count down the days until the next trip.  Why do we have to wait 51 weeks?

So here is the experiment…make life a trip.  How?  I’ve got to go to work!  Pretend you are an undercover agent at work, posing as an employee but really a missionary.  I’ve got to take care of the house and children.  Pretend you are raising a missionary.  I’m shut in!  Great.  You can be one of our greatest prayer warriors.  Be specific and follow up with staff and our prayer ministry to see how God is working.  Make phone calls, write notes, and bake cookies for someone in need.

So here is the assignment….For 40 days pray one prayer all day.

“God, show me someone I can bless today.”

Pray it all day.  Make a note and put it on your mirror.  Pray it over and over when you are getting ready for work.  Make a note and hang it from your rear view mirror.  Pray it in the car on the way to work.  Put a sticky on your computer at work and pray it throughout the day.

I promise you…God will answer that prayer.

The next step is to look for the opportunity to tell them why.  “Jesus has changed my life and served me, the least I can do is serve you.”

On our Facebook page we want to chronicle the stories of how we are partnering with God.  For those of you who are not a fan of our Facebook page, send an email to leeclamp@barnwellsc.com.  You can also write a note and mail it to the office or call Andrea at the church.  We want to celebrate how God is working through our lives.  This is not intended to lift us up, because we can’t do anything of supernatural significance on our own anyway.  This is intended to get us moving in a direction that God is already moving in.

Don’t waste any time.  Make the most of every opportunity.

Each Sunday we will give you the opportunity to let us know how many days you participated in the project and the number of individuals you were able to bless.  Over the 40 days, our goal is for us to serve 1000 people!
Life’s a Trip.  See you Sunday.