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Praying for a Business at Church? |
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Written by Justin Forman
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
 David Miller in his book God at Work says, "When speaking to clergy gatherings of a variety of denominations around the country, I often ask this question: Who here prays for and commissions your teenagers as they go off on a mission trip? Invariably, all hands go up. Then I ask: Who here prays for and commissions your Sunday school teachers each September as the new church year starts? Most of the hands go up again. Finally, I ask: Who here prays for all the certified public accountants in your congregation around April 15, and who here prays for all the salespeople and those working on commission at the end of the month and end of the year, when quotas are due? Silence. Eyes drop to the ground. Usually, not a single hand is raised."
That story described my experience until this past Sunday.
Kurt and Lindsay are incredible friends. Over the past year they've been preparing to launch a business here in Texas. It's been exciting to see how their marriage grow as Kurt's entrepreneurial drive fuses with Lindsay's ability to organize and her attention to detail.
As they've launched their business it's been exciting to see how their example has caused our life group and even our church to embrace this idea of fusing faith and life outside church activities. They represent that all of us to some degree is "sent" by God into whatever arenas God sends us.
A few months ago we had the opportunity to pray for them and send them out as a group of 7 couples that meet regularly as a part of our community group. This past Sunday we had the opportunity to share that experience with the church body as we asked God's blessing and commissioned them to their business and into the community. It was exciting to send them out and it was a poignant reminder and to picture to everyone in our church that we don't just send out "missionaries" overseas.
The tide needs to change. The Church and it's pulpit is a powerful broadcasting channel that can impact the Christian community. That tide only changes if businessmen and women begin trafficking with pastors and vice-versa to understand the unlimited potential for good business to become great ministry. Here's to wishing what happened on Sunday is just the beginning.
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