Ripple Effect - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2024

Bible in a Year: Exodus 12-13, Matthew 16

Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Ezra 7:28

Today's Scripture & Insight: .

Ezra's name means "helper," a characteristic that resides at the heart of good leadership. Under Ezra's prayerful guidance, he and his protégés would lead a spiritual awakening in Jerusalem (see chapters 9-10). All they had needed was a little encouragement and wise direction.

That's how God's church works too. As good mentors encourage and build us up, we learn to do the same for others. Such an influence will reach far beyond our lifetime. Work done faithfully for God stretches into eternity.

By: Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray
Who is your primary spiritual mentor? (If you don't have one, who might you ask to mentor you?) Why is mentoring in Christ something vital for you to receive and extend to others?

Father, show me someone I can mentor.