Dec 27 Devotion: The Door of Ministry!

I Cor. 16:9- For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

*Here, the Apostle Paul concludes his first letter to the Church at Corinth by givingfinal instructions concerning the…

-Collection of tithes and offerings -v. 1-2

-Charity needs to be our motivation –v. 14

-Conduct to be displayed as Christians –v. 13, 15-16

*The Door of Ministry!

-v. 9

*it’s a door of…

1. Opportunity! -v. 9a (great)

2. Opposition! -v. 9b

3. Obedience! -v. 16

4. Obscurity! (not to be done just to be seen!)

5. Observance! (to be practiced, done regularly)

**it’s not to be…

–Optional!

–Occasional! (on and off, intermittent)

–Omitted! (closed!)

May we take full advantage of the Doors God opens for us to minister unto those who are hurting, seeking, low, confused, wayward, and especially those who are lost!

-Pastor Doug Foster