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Join us! On June 1, 2003, we began publishing Frontline Email Devotions every day of the year. (7 days a week, 52 weeks, 365 days a year). A group of faithful servants help write devotions for our daily spiritual growth opportunity. We want you to join in this experience.
To “devote” is to give yourself to something important. When I am “devoted” to someone or something; it affects how I act. When I am devoted to someone, I will go the extra mile to serve them or care for them. Jesus came to this earth and devoted his entire life for all of humanity and yearns for us to grow in relationship with him. I view “Devotions” as an intentional time in daily life to pause and remember God and all he has done. It is a time to remember that we represent God in daily life and are God’s “Frontline Ministers.” To represent God well, we need the daily Word of God to remind us of “who we are” and to give us strength.
Frontline Devotions began with only twelve people on the list. Since them I have received literally thousands of messages from people who share spiritual insights based on the devotion. It has been so exciting to see that people do want God in their lives. They want to be reminded that God works in the ordinary, routine, and everyday things of life. As they have shared their input, they have shared the devotion ministry with others. More than 300 people now receive Frontline E-Devotions. That list includes Good Shepherd members and “community” from 20 different states.
I invite you to join us on a journey of Spiritual Growth and start receiving (and doing) daily devotions. A daily email devotion will offer you a short text from scripture, a short message designed to take the “truth of scripture” and apply it to daily living, and a closing prayer. It can be a 5 minute experience that simply helps you in the midst of a busy day to “remember who you are” and jumpstart you to serve with joy.
I am excited about this adventure. I see it as a key to helping us grow together as a “spiritual community”. Living daily as God’s child is not an easy task. You and I need God’s daily strength. Let’s be intentional and pause and learn to do “devotions” as a community.
by Pastor Dave Sonnenberg