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Day 4

Reflect

1. What were a couple of things that caught your attention since you prayed yesterday?

2. How has God or how might God deepen your desire for our congregation to be a scout in the world of God\u2019s shalom?

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Imagine\u2026 Being an Ambassador

\u201cSo 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, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people\u2019s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ\u2019s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ\u2019s behalf: Be reconciled to God.\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:16-20)

Paul presents us with this amazing calling, namely being ambassadors for Christ. An ambassador is \u201can official envoy, especially a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special diplomatic assignment.\u201d

We are ambassadors for his story in word and in deed becoming a public demonstration of the gospel:

\u2022 We are messengers of the gospel in our daily lives

\u2022 We model godly character everywhere we go

\u2022 We mold the culture of our workplace and neighborhood

\u2022 We minister grace and love

\u2022 We are a spokesperson for truth and justice

\u2022 We do good work*

We recognize that all of our life is to be a testimony to God\u2019s grace and his desire to reclaim the lost as his people and the world as his kingdom.

*adapted from Imagine Church by Neil Hudson

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Prayer Ideas. Dear God\u2026

- open our ears to hear the Spirit\u2026

- let us hear your pleasure in what we do\u2026

- let us hear your imagination for being ambassadors in every area of life\u2026

- give us a holy imagination\u2026

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Daily Reflections (to take with you as you keep your eyes, heart, and spirit open during the day)

1. How did you reflect on being an ambassador?

2. When have you experienced our church acting as an ambassador?

3. Were there moments when God gave you insight into how our congregation could be ambassadors?

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