100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 52

On Day 17, the members of the Church Leadership Team (those who have been in this process since Day 1) were asked to remember and write down how they felt and what they thought about the church at the start of this process. Today, new members of the Project Teams are encouraged to do the same.

If you’re a member of the CLT, let your team members know you’re available to them as they work through this process like you did.

Today’s Big Idea: Don’t despise your role. Have you ever felt unimportant because you don’t have the same role as someone else in the church, like a teacher, a worship leader, or the pastor? Today is the day to give those feelings to Jesus.

Key Verse: Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body (1 Corinthians 12:15).

Thoughts to Consider: It’s an interesting picture the apostle Paul draws here, isn’t it? Imagine one of your feet thinking it’s not of any value because it’s not a hand. The sad reality is, we do that in the church. But in Christ’s church no gift is more important than any other, which means the reverse is also true—no gift is less important than any other.

Jesus made you as you are. There’s no unimportant part of the body. There may be some parts that are less visible, but they all matter to Jesus—and they all matter in His church. You matter.