God's Love Can Work Through Me

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

God can use your life to carry hope, encouragement, and love to other people. You don't have to be perfect to make a difference. Your words, your actions, and the way you treat people can reflect God's light and love, reaching hearts that need welcome and hope.

Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs. For many years he faced hard moments, insecurity, and questions about his own worth and purpose.

In time, though, he discovered that his life could also carry hope and encouragement to other people.

Nick decided to use his story, his words, and the way he lived to remind people that it was still possible to find purpose, love, and hope, even in the middle of hardship. Millions of people in different parts of the world came to feel inspired and strengthened by his testimony and by the way he shared hope.

Sometimes we think we have to be perfect before we can help or love others. But God can also use our story, our words, and our life to reflect his love. You don't need a perfect life to light up someone else's. God can carry love, hope, and kindness to other people through you, even in the simplest gestures of an ordinary day.

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

After these ninety days, who are the people God is sending you out to with this light now?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for everything he showed me in these ninety days, and for the road that starts here.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

Lord, thank you for walking with me all the way here. Send me out with this light, and let my life point to you, imperfect as it is.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Choose one person today and tell them something God has done in you during these ninety days.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)