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Holistic Leadership Nurtures the community in a deepening spiritual life of worship, prayer, study, and mutual discipleship.
To nurture is the process of build and encourage the believer’s spiritual development in Christ.
Consider a vegetable garden. When you sow the seeds carefully and water it diligently, with patience the fruits of your labor bloom. By contrast, if you plant the seeds carelessly and do not give them your diligent attention, the sun and animals will rip out the seeds and dry the leaves, leaving you with a shell of a plant that bears no fruit.
The same applies to your spirituality and that of those you are serving through your lives. If you care for it and tend it well, it will grow in ways that honor God and bless others. As brothers and sisters in Christ, our aim is to nurture not only our INDIVIDUAL walks with Christ, but also those of our neighbors, community members, and all of Sierra Leone.
Acts 2:42-47 says “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts”
My friends, God desires to do power things in and through you and into the communities you serve. As the believes joined together, DEVOTED themselves to fellowship and prayer, God did miracles and was present with them in a mighty way. We must encourage and demonstrate gathering together in the community to seek and worship Him. God desires for Mankneh, Mamaso and surrounding villages to a light on a hill for all to see. Let us consider how to nurture in our individual roles and together for the glory of God.
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25)
Reflection:
Please respond by writing a prayer to God including two parts:
- Personal prayer to Jesus
- Prayer for the area you serve in
