Common Good

 

Today’s Reflection

God has already placed within each community of faith all the grace gifts, skills, passions, and experience necessary for that community to fulfill God’s call to mission and ministry in and with its unique mission field.

—Christine Harman, For the Common Good: Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts (Discipleship Resources, 2021)

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Today’s Question

How can your spiritual gifts bring about the common good in your community? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
—1 Corinthians 12:4-7 (NRSV)

Prayer for the Week

Lord,
Give me knowledge and insight that will help me make the right choices in my life. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings

• Genesis 25:19-34
• Psalm 119:105-112
• Romans 8:1-11
• Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

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