Serving Faithfully in the Ministry You have Received
Serving Faithfully in the Ministry You Have Received. These precious, flawlessly distributed gifts are to be used in community, through the power of the Spirit who gives them, to build up our brothers and sisters and to grow the church as a light shining in a dark world. Word-Filled Women’s Ministry We’ve reached 2 Corinthians 4, where Paul begins by telling the Corinthians that he and his companions have received mercy and a ministry from the Lord and they do not give up, “Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart” (2 Corinthians 4:1). The word ‘ministry’ caught my attention because I’ve also been in Colossians where Paul tells them, “And say to Archippus, ‘Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord that you may fulfill it’” (Colossians 4:17). Ministry is a service. It means to serve or labor for the benefit of another. Paul often uses it of himself and those with him as ministers of the gospel. But in a broader sense, every ...