It’s so easy to be caught up in fluff in ministry.

I have these words blu-tacced to the bottom of my monitor, from the lips of the very first Christian leaders:

ἡμεῖς δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου προσκαρτερήσομεν.

which means,

“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Acts 6:4)

(The bold is what’s emphasised in the Greek.)

I’m going to do some praying right now.

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